United States as a Rogue state

Thanks. I'm not stupid. When I see replies to me getting 40+ likes and mine 1-3 it's obviously a controversial opinion in this particular topic. Of course I'll keep being me.

The EU leaders are like the third class passengers on the Titanic

No ones stopping an increased military foothold. They reduced their own presence from 15,000 soldiers to 150.

As for the rest, hes not interested in deals as he'll have to pay a fee for minerals extracted. Hes not interested in that. He wants 100% and hes not going to pay some "eskimo" ti get it.

If they provide US exclusivity on everything, and no Denmark or Greenland permissions req. for a US Co. to build whatever they decide in Greenland in future (and presumably they will move in the workforce they need etc. as well), that is almost defacto US annexation, so Trump might accept that!

Denmark and the rest of Europe rolling over, in other words. I mean, if it's going to be de facto annexation, why not just have an actual annexation? The only difference would be that European leaders would have an 'out' to tenuously convince themselves that Europe and the US still have some kind of cordial, respectful relationship, which is no longer the case when it comes to Trump's presidency, and with three years (at least) left of this, all it's doing is delaying the inevitable. He's only going to continue making demands.

European leaders are clearly terrified of Trump and he will continue to use Ukraine as blackmail to get what he wants. That's the guy we're dealing with now. The idiotic American population have a lot to answer for by voting this guy in not once but twice

And even if the Democrats got back in, the US still wouldn't be a reliable ally because the demagoguery of Trump is no longer a blip, but a known and established tendency.

European countries are going to have to start prioritising defence again because I don't think anyone else is going to do it for them.

I hardly want to see war with the US either, but it's also clear we're in a cycle of appeasement, and that usually only gets worse until the appeased demands more than the appeaser can stand. I mean, if it were a case throughout history that one polity cedes something to another for the sake of a quiet life, wars would never ever happen, but obviously this is not the case. So, this must mean that lines get crossed. What's the line for Europe?

You'd hope that common sense would break out at some point. If it doesn't we can be pretty certain our kids will live in far more dangerous times. As for what the line is for Europe....that is one of the issues with Europe, coming to that decision will take a fair amount of time.....and who knows what it will take to have a consensus on it. Does any country really want to send their young people to war?

European leaders have already been clear that the US can mine stuff on Greenland, as well as patrol its territorial waters in such a way that excludes Russian and Chinese shipping. Still Trump is rattling the sabre. I worry people are sticking their hands in the sand when it comes to the doctrine of Trump's America.

The worried faces of the Danish and Greenlandic representatives suggest this is not empty words.

Denmark and Greenland vow to 'work closely' with US after 'emotional' talks

I mean this in the sense that they're entirely open to US firms bidding to establishing mining concerns on the island as well as cooperating on the security of territorial waters. Formal agreements in this regard would give Trump what he's looking for, but this doesn't appear to satisfy him.

It's also concerning because he's talked about Greenland before, nearing this time last year. He spoke of Canada in almost the same breath and same way. We kind of laughed about it then, but you'd have to think, now, that if he annexes Greenland, he will revisit the Canada thing.