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paulcook 8 Jan 10:22am, 8 Jan 2025 7,171 posts	0 paulcook I'd totally forgotten about Greenland being part of the EU. Though I did wonder if the US has to attack itself (clearly not anyway) as a NATO member attacking another NATO member. Either Greenland or Canada. I'm guessing Trump is more likely going to pull some economic strings as a matter of trying to get any insane ideas he has off the floor.
Cerrertonia 8 Jan 10:26am, 8 Jan 2025 22,583 posts	0 Cerrertonia (O/T but hey). Greenland isn't strictly part of the EU - they have a kind of special associated territory type status. They voted to leave in the eighties over fisheries policy and a ban on the use of seal fur and and did so a few years later, when they got home rule from Denmark.
Johnny Blaze 8 Jan 10:33am, 8 Jan 2025 33,537 posts	0 Johnny Blaze Trump clearly wants to emulate his buddy Vlad. The next 4 years are going to be insane.
paulcook 8 Jan 10:47am, 8 Jan 2025 7,172 posts	0 paulcook Greenland could still rejoin the EU too. Be like Ukraine et al all over again on that score too. This is all about natural resources and mining.
richmac 8 Jan 10:51am, 8 Jan 2025 30,950 posts	0 richmac Johnny Blaze wrote:Trump clearly wants to emulate his buddy Vlad. The next 4 years are going to be insane. Could it be an invasion pissing contest ? Does Trump think that he needs to out mad Putin to stop Putin attacking the US?
Johnny Blaze 8 Jan 11:03am, 8 Jan 2025 33,538 posts	0 Johnny Blaze It wouldn't surprise me if he dangled a wad of dollars in front of them to "encourage" them to declare independence. After that they are fair game.
richmac 8 Jan 11:23am, 8 Jan 2025 30,953 posts	0 richmac They would be - if they became independent from Denmark then they would have to apply to join the EU & NATO until that happened they would be open to invasion with no protections.
jdawayinamanger 8 Jan 12:13pm, 8 Jan 2025 18,306 posts	0 jdawayinamanger "Greenland could still rejoin the EU too" No we al agree that's impossible, it takes centuries.....they can't even start to talk about it for another generation or two.
Johnny Blaze 8 Jan 12:20pm, 8 Jan 2025 33,539 posts	0 Johnny Blaze Only 56000 people. There may be some tricky discussions over seal pelts and swizzle but I'm sure that could be dealt with quickly.
paulcook 8 Jan 12:24pm, 8 Jan 2025 7,173 posts	0 paulcook Not sure why they'd consider it at the moment to be honest. As you say there'll be tricky discussions over seal pelts, and they get EU citizenship / eligible for funding anyway (I think). Sounds like they got the cake and ate it. 😉😉😉😉

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