Greenland's prime minister says citizens 'don't feel safe' after Trump's threats

I get that, it's surreal to see that kind of survivalist energy spreading to the Arctic between countries that are supposed to be on the same side. Turning a peaceful territory into a place where people are stockpiling water and checking for threats is a dark shift was what I was implying

Hybrid warfare, I think they call it nowadays.

Yeah because it feels like a modern siege. When you pair military threats with a 25% tariff you are basically trying to bankrupt a country into submission. It is less about a deal and more about breaking their will through financial and psychological pressure

I don’t think so. Greenland is experiencing low economic growth right now, but that is because it is in-between big public spending projects. Greenland is an odd place when it comes to economics. A big part of their economy is public spending, because as danish citizens there is a certain amount of minimum services they need to have access to, but those services are also very hard and expensive to provide to a population of 50.000 spread out an area more than twice the size of Texas.

Threatened the USA - invaded cities and executed citizens in the streets

Blood clot 2026, youre our only hope

If you have a majority in congress that is happy with keeping DJT in office, I’m afraid the problem will not just go away with him, but with them..

Greenland was the compromise idea after he failed to negotiate the sovereignty of Canada

Don't forget the Big Macs, Coke, nuggets, fries, and icecream.

Some fuckin weird prayers y'all got down there these days

McFastFood is so loaded with preservatives, he'll probably last forever 😔!

Hopefully he doesn't nuke the world over some particularly offensive meme or anything like that..  maybe we should just tell him they're full of books so he leaves them alone. 

Can we get McDonald's to exclusively use tallow for his fries?

Only difference is, in the case of Greenland he'd be fighting modern armed forces, something the US hasn't done since ww2. Denmark has taken the threats very seriously, and was prepared to fight. If the crisis back in January is any indication, then Denmark would have direct military support from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, The Netherlands, France, the UK, and Canada. Possibly more, things calmed down while several countries were still considering whether or not to commit troops. And almost all EU and NATO members offered varying degrees of support for Denmark rhetorically. So it'd mean the US effectively loosing all of its allies. It ended up being only a few dozen troops sent, but that's because things calmed down, they were sent to lay the groundwork for a large permanent contingent. France offered warships, used their airtankers to rapidly deploy Danish fighter jets, and reportedly committed hundreds of troops, and offered to send more if Denmark asked for it. Denmark sent expolsives to blow up runways to make it difficult for the US to send forces in, and blood for potential wounded. It would've fought back had the US invaded, no matter the outcome, it would've been a shitshow and the US would've seen a higher rate of casualties than it has seen in decades. To my understanding the plan is still to establish a larger permanent military presence, bases are being expanded and refurbished in Kangerlussuaq and Nuuk, most likely in order to host more Danish troops, as well as allied European and Canadian troops. That's at least the last we've heard.

They even wear his sign on their foreheads. MAGA has are the mark of the beast.

Some Americans are idiots, some are assholes, some are half decent and some are genuinely fantastic people. And out of all those, all those millions, they couldn't do better than make the choice between Harris and trump? It will never cease to amaze me.

> It's also alarming how many Americans don't understand that it's them that are causing the issue. They blame Joe Biden. They point out that Trump makes Americans feel unsafe as well. > > F*** off America. You made this mess. Take ownership. It's exactly this sort of apathy that left the door open for Trump in the first place. Note that after WW2, Germany and the German people were (rightly) blamed for the outcome. And unlike Trump, Hitler's party never actually got close to half the vote.

Not to mention literally every single American who disagrees with it is just going “how is nobody else doing something about this?”

"What are *we* supposed to? Tell *us* what we are supposed to do???" said the non-MAGA Americans, completely bewildered. Apparently it is the responsibility for the rest of the world to figure out what to do and tell them.

So what, as individuals, can we do? Everyone just says “f*** off,” as if that’s somehow helpful or would improve things.

I really, really hate this Trump administration. I've never felt so at the mercy of an unstable leader in my life. But I think this is more of a result of unchecked capitalism than an individual MAGA culture I think that the fact that Joe Biden was quite literally unable to talk coherently for like 6+ months is *just as extreme* as having a leader who is threatening the entire world. If the Prime Minister of France or Germany could not speak coherently to his nation, there would be protests and he would be out. Same with Italy, Spain, etc., We've somehow created a machine that finds it acceptable to let old men decline with Nuclear Capabilities. Reagan was exceptionally old, but exceptionally articulate for that age. They're both unacceptable, but the democrats could prop up the former, and the GOP prop up the latter. The fact that the US has propaganda machines going on both sides of the isle, is really leading to the decline of a common sense populace. Now we just have extremist populaces instead of a unified culture with differing preferences.

The fall of Orbán gives me hope for the world still.

Poilievre and the Conservatives were headed towards a massive victory not so much because people liked him (even at his peak he was underwater in terms of popularity) but because in Canada we tend to vote out parties we are tired of and not vote in parties we want. And justifiably or not, the voting public was tired of Trudeau. As soon as there was an option that was not Poilievre but also not Trudeau (I'm sorry Singh, but you were never able to make the general public take you seriously. Maybe Lewis will have more success), the writing was on the wall.

The US is not the exception nor is it the first. Populism is not so much an ideology as it is a tactic and it has been around for a long time. The fascists of the '30s were populists. Most authoritarian dictators use populism. A little history lesson. Justin Trudeau was a lot like Tony Blair - very popular when he was first elected but through a series of opposition attacks and some missteps he became a very unpopular leader. The conservatives had a 25 point lead on the Liberals by the start of 2025. Then along comes Trump, his tariffs and most importantly his threat to annex Canada. That pissed of nearly every Canadian and galvanized the country. Trudeau recognizing his unpopularity stepped down and the Liberals selected a new leader - Mark Carney. Carney correctly recognized the American threat and he had credentials to lead the country (Bank of Canada governor during the 2028 crisis, Bank of England governor during Brexit, Harvard MBA, Oxford PHD in economics). His speech at Davos resonated with the world and galvanised Canadians. For his part Poilievre did not pick up on the American threat and continued his same old anti-woke and personal attacks on Liberals. True he is a conservative populist and has borrowed heavily from American style GOP tactics, but his is not Trump. In fact Trump didn't endorse him. When the election was called, Carney managed to close that 25 point gap in just a couple of months and win a minority government. An unheard of feat in Canadian politics.. **It was an election about leadership - not party.** In fact many who traditionally voted NDP and BLOC "lent" their vote to the Liberals. Carney continues to move Liberal party policies back to their traditional center and continues to win over the hearts and minds of many Progressive Conservatives. In fact there have been 5 MPs that have cross the floor to the Liberal party and with this week's byelections he now has a majority. So if there is a lesson for American Democrats it is, pick a good leader and tact to the vote rich middle. That is where the majority of Americans feel comfortable. The challenge for any future American president is how do you deal with all of the broken shit the Trump will live behind. The world has changed.

Yep. Should we blame all Canadians for the Maple MAGAs? Don’t think they couldn’t be elected one day. Look at Alberta.

Yep. It is a cancer that keeps metastasizing.

What can I, as someone under 18 in a rural area who already goes to the no kings protests, do to convince you I don't support Trump?

Huh? I don't follow your comment at all.

I might be inclined to argue that it's the misogynists and racists that screwed America rather than Joe Biden. Trump is so horrifyingly terrible as a human that if the Democrats ran an overripe septic tank as a candidate it should have won by a landslide. But yeah Biden and the previous administration does have some blame. They had 4 years to plan for this outcome and it seems to have achieved exactly nought.

LOL american exceptionalism has always been a pile of dogshit 

Thats a fact. I knew as soon as the Democrats put out a woman Presidential candidate it was over. Not even just a woman, but a woman who is a POC. That's the unholy duo to a large chunk of our ignorant and hateful population.