United States as a Rogue state

I'd jump in bed with China before ever attempting to deal with that orange oompa looma out of pure spite for him. It's gods greatest joke that your man in Pennsylvania missed.

Seems like Europe, either as a continent or individual countries, will exhaust every other option before actually having to take things in its own hands and actually be a dominant world power.

Not that this would be easy. European populations generally seem to bristle at the idea of tight integration of European military or even a European army. This general aversion will be played upon by the US and China, who will attempt to intensify it.

But perhaps its too late, anyway. The three most powerful countries of Europe - the UK, France and Germany all have hard-right political movements banging loudly on the door. If those countries all fall that way, the game is likely up.

No question about that. Like Putin he thinks real estate makes countries rich.

True but at the moment what choice do countries have? In addition, it’s a far more bitter thing to be harmed by a friend than an adversary.

No its not, be they're certainly more practical and haven't used their power militarily so far. Having 25% of your economy tied up in a partner like Europe makes it less likely for them to upset us and the bigger our group the more it would hurt them. We would wield soft power and we'd have to build a military to match it.

Ireland need to get with the programme too. Start leveraging our natural resources for energy production and export. Build a strong economy and put together a stronger defence force to assist the EU. Maybe look at picking up a Gotland Sub from Sweden to protect the data and power assests in our waters.

The European countries are probably already taking steps to remove the few military personnel they just sent to have a look around Greenland! There is no difference between US taking Greenland, US taking Venezuela, and Israel taking Palestine. The latter has been let happen and now the others are a logical follow-on. The only question is when Taiwan.

He goes on to say that Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, and Finland "have journeyed to Greenland for purposes unknown” are playing a "very dangerous game".

"Strong measures" must be taken so that this "potentially perilous situation end quickly and without question," Trump adds.

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US President Donald Trump has announced a new set of tariffs for a swathe of countries that export goods to the US, beginning on 1 February.

Trump says these will remain in place until "such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland" by the US.

Defense is Europe's number one priority. Riding on the USAs coattails into Iraq caused nothing but grief and disaster and most of the US couldn't find Iraq on a map.

A century ago Europe was a quarter of the global population but we're now around 8%. The notion that Europe should have global ambitions is simply neo imperialism. The only intervention I can foresee is a stability presence in a post Putin Russia, and that would very much be limited to the Urals; China is already de facto economically in charge of west Russia.

Its a crazy situation. You can pick pretty much any industry bar tech and Europe is the best at it. Cars, Trucks, drones, medical, with very little investment our military equipment is top notch, the list goes on and on.

Yet theres a reluctance to push on a be the power that Europe should be. I've said before here, theres no future outside the EU for any country. They'll be picked off by lunatics like Putin or Trump. Without the umbrella of the EU, no one would be coming to save you. All those right wing head bangers in Europe and right here at home need to get their head around that fact. Its doubtful that have the capacity to do so.

Ireland is also smaller and Ireland only started in the last 20 / 30 years to be on the better side. Portugal is a lot worse off compared to Ireland when it comes to companies.

Ireland is also an investor in the US, creating jobs in the US as well.

But in general, I share your ideas. At the front, Ireland claims to be a sovereign country, behind the back of things it's all US American to the core. The country is too dependent on the US no matter what way you look at it. The American mulinationals are only there because of the tax, the same language, the legal predictability of EU law plus the positive attitude of the Irish. But there isn't much home grown Irish.

This is especially a problem if the US has a president like Trump and if it's about Greenland a looming conflict. Standing by and looking at things whilst the US just grabs Greenland, that's as undemocratic as can be and it's certainly not values or integrity.

The combined 45 nations that make up "Europe", as defined by the membership of the European Political Community, collectively hold about two and one-quarter Trillion dollars in United States sovereign debt. Ireland is actually one of the larger individual holdings of this, at 300 Billion dollars. Larger than every country except GB, Belgium and Luxembourg.

This European holding is about one-third of all foreign held US sovereign debt. A total of 38 Trillion dollars comprises US national debt, most held by institutional bodies in America and abroad.

Now, the retained value of this is a very important factor in both the value of the dollar and, more crucially, of the credit rating of the United States incorporated.

If Europe as a collective, or even just the countries so disrespectfully targeted by this White House action were to dump even a portion of this debt - fire sale it, junk the bonds - lets say 500 Billion dollars worth, it would be enough to completely pull the chocks out from under the US credit line and send all of its markets into a tailspin that would make 1929 look like the proverbial picnic.

Now its completely true that it would come back to us in economic turmoil and fundamental instability.

But I think its the only thing to be done now. I think a nuclear option is required.

F**k this son of a b1tch. Its time to destroy him. And to destroy America, in this guise, for a hundred years.

Why is it okay for Denmark to claim Greenland and treat it like their plaything, but not for US to claim it, and make it prosper

Strange that America itself accepted Denmarks sovereignty of Greenland for at least a hundred years but now Trump, and you for some reason, question it. Greenland can decide to become independent or become a member of the Uninter States. Its in their power.

Israel isn't doing the same. Who precisely was raping women multiple times and taking hostages and doing the killing?

I read similar thoughts last week by a Canadian Professor. It would certainly give Donnie's enablers pause for thought. You can't reach them through any moral argument, but you can appeal to their sense of greed by showing them it will make their pockets considerably lighter

According to Israeli human right groups there is systematic abuse, both physical and sexual, of detainees within the Israeli prison system. Some of these people are held without trial for months on end. This doesn't mean all Israelis are rapists, but you were quite happy to describe all Palestinians as rapists. Also the point was you are against America stealing land, but you don't seem to be against Israel doing the same thing in the West Bank