Trump taking over Greenland?

I often wonder if Farage would sell the UK to the US if he got Megabucks for it ...

He’s clinically insane and has fronto-temporal dementia (which is more and more obvious by the day). He’s not in charge, he just thinks he is, he’s a useful idiot being used by enablers. High time he had a fatal heart attack and took the great Hellevator down to where he belongs.

Trump is a disgusting and hateful human being. That goes for anyone here defending him, because if you are then you are revolting too.

Scottish person here.

Hmmmmm.

:-)

So if he asked if could buy England, you would be fine with her being sold to America?

The Rest is Classified podcast did a very good episode about 6 months ago on why the US wants Greenland. There are perfectly sane reasons.

The US bought Alaska and the UK bought a 99 year lease on Hong Kong so I guess it could be done that way rather than militarily.

And do you think they would want that partnership with the U.S. or Denmark?

Not at all - on latest opinion polls 85% of the population want Greenland to be an independent nation. However it is currently not economically viable and receives state subsidies from Denmark. That said their income from natural resources is increasing so it shouldn't be too long before they can stand on their own.

However it will still need a defence partnership.

Similar to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Similar populations too.

Greenland is an autonomous territory with control over various areas of its own governing. It even left the EU, despite Denmark remaining (although it isn’t treated like any other country outside of the EU, given its relationship with Denmark).

Trump is a Republican, though he was originally a Democrat...

The only people who can get rid of Trump are the Republicans.

Perhaps your statement would be better phrased as "Look what happened when the Conservatives helped the Republicans"

We got Trump, twice!

@1dayatatime I understood Greenland is an much a part of Denmark as any other part of Denmark, as it was fully incorporated in 1953

Look what happened last time Labour helped the Democrats…

I don’t think Europe will go to war with America - they can’t basically - but I do hope that someone somewhere is working out covert tactics to try and stop Trump if he does go too far.
The sort of things Britain could do include:
. Isolating America diplomatically and eroding America’s global standing.
. Covertly making alliances with other countries (with the shared goal of achieving regime change in America.)

• Discrediting Trump to the American public
• Trying to forge our own relationships/alliances with the Billionaires that surround him - identifying ways to separate their interests from Trump’s
• Helping other more reasonable American politicians - who might force Trump out
• Sidelining the US financially by supporting other financial systems
• Providing clandestine aid to resistance in Greenland

An unnamed as of yet second ship seized by the US in the Caribbean as well.

Bella 1 is seized.

I thought they said they’d seized it now?

”The Disrupter” sure knows how to shake things up!
Bella 1 still on the run but change of course.

Denmark has said that Greenland can be independent whenever they want, and Greenland is actively working towards being able to achieve this. So Denmark is not trying to insist on its claim any more, they’ve completely accepted the right of the local population to become independent when/if they want.

The US hasn’t had anything to do with Greenland for ages, and accepted Denmark’s claim to it when they bought what is now the US Virgin Islands from the Danish in 1917. The US never owned it, they just accepted that the Danish did, as they had for hundreds of years.

Do you think the indigenous people of Greenland would prefer the U.S. in charge then? I think it is disingenuous to state it's somehow the same predicament for the people of Greenland.

Goodness, some of us don't see being bilingual as a bad thing. You are being suspiciously negative.

The US / Greenland issue raises some interesting points on territorial claims.
In the last 50 years the UK has tended to operate on the basis of what the actual inhabitants of the disputed territory want. For example the Falkland Islanders and Gibraltans in referendum have clearly stated a preference to remain part of the UK. An obvious exception to this is the Chagos Islands where the views of Chagossians were completely ignored. Also parts of the UK such as Scotland were given the opportunity in a referendum for independence.

Other countries such as Argentina (wanting the Falklands) or Spain (wanting Gibraltar) tend to operate on geographical proximity where the views of the inhabitants seem to be of less relevance. Similarly regions such as Catalonia which had a referendum on independence were blocked from enacting this.

In the case of Greenland, its future status (either as an independent country or part of Denmark or the USA) should only decided by the 57,000 Greenlanders and not Denmark or the US.

Both Denmark and the US in any case have a weak claim to Greenland, although both have administered it in the past.

Currently the majority of Greenlanders want independence however as a country they are not self sufficient and currently rely on handouts from Denmark.

The generals know it is coming and are preparing the ground - there may be some reluctance, but they know it is coming - as I said, these are serious people who do not partake in hyperbole: https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/12/30/europes-generals-are-warning-people-to-prepare-for-war

Again, defence and national security are not governed by the EU, never has been.
We did not need EU "permission" to do what we thought necessary.

On EU "struggle to agree".... i must have missed the total support given to Ukraine of 168 billion, inc 70billion of military assistance......

Hungary should be kicked out of the EU, they do make life harder for the majority.

Of the West? No-one because the West is not a single entity but a group of nations with shared history and similar cultures each with their own individual rulers🙄

The US likes to think of itself as 'the world's policeman' but the reality of that died a long time ago and is even less the case with their move towards isolationism.

They don't rule the UN - they are not the only one's with a veto, they are one of five permanent seats on the security council and they are bound by the same NATO rules as all other members.

If you are basing the idea of them being the 'ruler' of the West on their military might alone, then you are confusing 'ruler' with 'bully'.

How am i wrong if you agree we have more planes? plus they are better ones too.

So UK French pilots didn't bomb Syria last week...

You re talk nonsense, forced into it, they'd fight and the over 400 deaths in Afghanistan suggests we would take casualties too.

The US cares very much about losses, as they should, Russia doesn't give a 4X.

The previous Govt ignored warnings and ran down capability.

Sorry, it went a bit over my head!