Europe does not need america. Not if they get their shit together, forestall their own fascist coups at the ballot by fielding real leaders with popular reform. They will not of course though. The western establishment is as dumb and corrupt as the democrats though so will fall.

The political message from Europe has to be clear and forceful: If you touch Greenland, that will be the end of US military bases on the European continent (including Ramstein).

Nobody actually said that, there's an US military base in greenland already.

All I can imagine is a shirtless Pete Hegasth doing karate moves in a mirror.

That man looks like he's staring into the abyss.

I get what you're saying, but the more direct comparison would be to the Chief of Staff of the Army, not the President.

I gotta say, I spent a solid minute on Google Images trying to find a picture that made him look more badass than the professional headshot photo, but a good half of the images are him in readers.

I’m rightfully scared of that chin. Like I want to make fun of it, but I know full well he could kill me with it.

If you think he looks bad ass. Try taking a look at Thomas Rathsack. He is my fucking hero, and a danish special forces veteran.

Buzz Lightyear

They need to get rid of that multicam. No need to keep wearing that nasty looking American shit.

He looks like an action figure.

Trump declares himself the acting president of Venezuela.

He also thinks it’s fine to kidnap the president of Venezuela.

Well, if both those things are true…

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Hah! That's actually geographically significant, and might have some kind of resources.

It was Hans, which is 1km^2^ and definitely has nothing. Eventually we ended the decades long sorta-war by splitting it along the obvious fissure provided. So smart, so worth it. /s

I wish all wars were so wholesome.

What are you talking about? I’m the president of FIFA peace! I’m sending the troops! 🫲🍊🫱

I can't see Carney committing troops. He seems firmly committed to appeasement, which never works and will signal to the USA that Canada is wide open for the taking. His whole "elbows up" thing magically melted away the day after he won the election.

“The Canadian Armed Forces are not initiating any new operations at this time,” said government sources, adding that Canada stands “shoulder-to-shoulder” with the people of Denmark and Greenland, which is an autonomous Danish territory.

Standing shoulder to shoulder kind of requires actually standing shoulder to shoulder though. Otherwise it looks like calling "I'm right behind you" while running the other way. And this doesn't send a strong message of solidarity to the USA.

Yeah, we definitely aren't yet.

The problem is that the second part really isn't true. They've been relied on for a whole lot. It's very painful to move on, even if the relationship seems unsalvagable, and so there's a lot of hopium out there about waiting this presidential term out and then everything goes back to normal.

You're right, it stinks quite bad. Thankfully our militaires probably have until mid-spring or summer to prepare. It would be even more suicidal than it is now for the US to attack in winter.

Despite the moral flaws of American military, many US soldiers will feel bad about invading a clearly peaceful and democratic country.

US troops arent even bothered about invading their own cities and killing people on home soil... what makes you think they would think twice about invading and killing foreigners?

We mustn't follow the same analysts I guess.

I don't think he's interested in the populated areas in the south. If there's anything he's interested in, it's more likely the minerals. What he would probably like is for US companies to go there and take those minerals. But if they do that without Danish permission, Danish forces can come and kick them out. What would happen if he lands US troops illegally in that inhospitable corner to protect such an illegal operation?

Fighting over Greenland is really hard, because it's mostly empty and inhospitable. What he really wants is for everybody to simply recognise it's his, but how do you get there? It's not working for Putin, it's not working in Venezuela.