President Donald Trump has said previously that he is seeking U.S. ownership of Greenland, a Danish territory.

The Danish foreign minister has summoned the top U.S. diplomat in Copenhagen to explain a media report alleging that American nationals linked to Donald Trump are attempting to infiltrate Greenland and run covert influencing operations there.

  • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyzEnglish
    311·
    1 day ago

    Whats the alternative? Making in-roads with China? Europe trying to join the BRICS+, the equivalent of Russia trying to join NATO?

    • DicJacobus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      in-roads with China is far and away a more realistic scenario than the other two.

      So long as Russia is involved, Europe and Russia are de-facto at war. and are mutually incompatible with each other.

      • MrSpArkle@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        22 hours ago

        China has no allies. They do not cooperate militarily with anybody to the degree the EU or the US does.

        Don’t conflate trade relations with alliances.

        • DicJacobus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          5 hours ago

          I missed the word “the equivalent of” and thought Russia joinint NATO was part of the dicussion and flagged China/Europe as far less far fetched than Europe BRICS or Russian NATO.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      1 day ago

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada–United_States_relations

      At the outset of the American Revolutionary War, the American revolutionaries hoped the French Canadians in Quebec and the Colonists in Nova Scotia would join their rebellion. They were pre-approved for joining the United States in the Articles of Confederation. When northeastern Quebec was invaded, thousands joined the American cause