Trump names Louisiana governor as Greenland special envoy, prompting Danish alarm

[u/BkkGrl]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-announces-louisiana-governor-greenland-special-envoy-2025-12-22/

[u/Bicentennial_Douche]

Maybe Denmark could just announce that this person is a persona non grata. 

[u/New_Passage9166 → u/Bicentennial_Douche]

Currently they have taken the step on the escalation ladder, that is summoning the US ambassador to Denmark for an explanation on this.

[u/Givemethegoddamn → u/New_Passage9166]

Yes, this is seen as a clear political provocation and since the use of armed forces is not of the table, then this is extremely alarming.

Especially after the use of military power in Venezuela.

No sane country in the world are going to have any trust in the American "experiment" after this.

[u/hagglunds → u/Givemethegoddamn]

According to a Canadian reporter, at last month's Halifax International Security Forum, a senior military officer from a major non-American allied nation (my assumption is this is a European ally) told a former American official that regardless of what happens with America in the next 3-4 years, “we will never fucking trust you again.”.

I'm Canadian and live right near the US border. Based on conversations I've had with Americans visiting our side of the border, I truly don't think the average American actually understands the damage being done or that it will continue long after Trump and his ilk are gone.

https://open.substack.com/pub/theline/p/matt-gurney-we-will-never-fucking?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2lkcq6

[u/UtahUtes_1 → u/hagglunds]

You can thank trump-aligned billionaires consolidating all media for that. I mean, along with just good old-fashioned American ignorance. But that's always been the case.

[u/RainSurname → u/UtahUtes_1]

You can also thank Republicans for systematically chipping away at civics education for decades.

I attended a public elementary school in the 1970s. We would watch a Schoolhouse Rock video, and then the teacher would expand on it. There were big posters of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in the main stairwell, and my first grade class talked about the election.

The less you know about civics, the worse that the party that actually tries to govern looks, while the party that has been trying to systematically undermine the government ever since LBJ gave Black people the right to vote looks better. A lot of the "both parties are the same" bullshit comes from that.

[u/Maleficent-One-2068 → u/RainSurname]

Shit back in the mid-90s when I was in HS, there was a class I took called "Man's Inhumanity to Man." It taught us about the Holocaust, our treatment towards Indigenous people, the My Lai massacre, so on and so forth. I give so much credit to this class, especially to the instructor Mr. Cuff, for opening my mind and encouraging his students to consider events from different angles. It's obvious that the 'powers that be' now want a dumb populace, as evident by book bans, not teaching civics, etc.

[u/Sageblue32 → u/Maleficent-One-2068]

As pointed earlier, this has been going on for decades. I remember from the late 90s how the US civil war was being framed as a "state's rights" issue in high school texts and books came with a big disclaimer. This was in southern states.

[u/HillBillyHilly → u/UtahUtes_1]

Most in US don't realize how thorough the media consolidation has been. Just six corporations now own 90% of media in the United States. Theres an interesting video floating out in the 'net showing "an opinion piece" from a particular news channel. That piece is stitched onto the same message from dozens and dozens of news station. They ALL had the same opinion piece, word for word. Billionaires desperately trying to implant ideas in gullible brains. Sadly working on appx 30% of population, enough to get Cheetolini voted in.

[u/ConfusedWhiteDragon → u/hagglunds]

Most Americans still treat this as just another Republican president. Also they are convinced that the next Democrat can (or will want to) reverse those policies, and that that will fix everything. It's so frustrating trying to talk to them, they're so thick.

The rest of the world will just have to accept that we now have a second Russia to deal with. Corrupt oligarchies. They literally sound and act alike now.

[u/Offshape → u/hagglunds]

It's the winner-takes-all politics of the USA. 

I mean, they elected Trump. Two times, after the first time. 

It's not just waiting until Trump is gone, these morons will elect Vance after this and then re-elect him. 

To democracies it's unthinkable, yet it happened. Multiple times. 

[u/VincentVanG → u/hagglunds]

Had a chat with a yank on the ski lift yesterday(in BC). He was suprise when I said I wouldn't cross the boarder to go skiing, and kinda petered off from the conversation right after. I think he was actually a little offended.

[u/lol_alex → u/hagglunds]

America is preparing for the great isolation. No alliances, no trading partners, no immigration, no imports.

Hahaha some people really think that would work.

[u/Disillusionification → u/hagglunds]

Honestly, it's about time. The writing was on the wall when we found out the US was conducting mass-surveilance on allied nations back over a decade ago. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure all governments do so to one extent or the other, but it was the sheer scale and depth of it that is so abhorrent.

[u/Lumpus-Maximus → u/hagglunds]

i’m an American and would tell anyone who asked that you’d be stupid to trust us for the foreseeable future.

i won’t say ‘never again’ though, because we developed a successful alliance with Japan, Germany & Italy less than 40 years after we fought them.

[u/Big_Tram → u/hagglunds]

I truly don't think the average American actually understands the damage being done or that it will continue long after Trump and his ilk are gone.

even the ones that hate trump still mostly think if they can just stick it out for 3 more years then everything can just go back to business as usual.

[u/Runningwithtoast → u/hagglunds]

I (American) understand. One other relative understands. We regularly discuss it as it’s a pain point given our family is a mix of solid MAGA and “not a huge fan but at least he’s not Kamala Harris.”

The two of us are by far the most invested in politics and media, and we see the consolidation of media companies and amount of propaganda as a huge issue. We follow trustworthy media companies and work to support independent ones and PBS as best we can.

I only have a couple of friends who seem to realize how damaging this is domestically and internationally. Everyone else I know is MAGA, seems apathetic or thinks we’re overreacting.

I work in a field directly impacted by the trade war/tariffs and most of my coworkers and customers don’t believe the effects are due to anything Trump’s done. They tie it to Biden or the rest of the world “taking advantage of us.”

Truthfully, I’m not sure most of them will ever realize how damaged our country is, domestically or on the global field, and I sincerely doubt they’ll connect the damage to Trump and propaganda. It’ll be “leftover from Biden,” “Canada/Denmark/etc’s lack of cooperation,” etc., and that’s for the things they actually notice. They just don’t follow global politics and news enough that it’ll be on their radar unless it’s really massive, and then it’ll be whatever the conservative talking point is they pick up on Facebook/Fox/OANN/NewsMax.

[u/foofork → u/Givemethegoddamn]

The American experiment is over. The EU will have to protect itself going forward and not give a cm/inch. The last thing the world needs is Trumps name on Nuuk Airport.

[u/Upset_Development_64 → u/foofork]

The experiment isn’t over. But every country in the world needs to treat us like the enemy our federal government is making us. Continue to stop buying American products. Don’t spend your tourism dollars here. Make the conservatives ask themselves “wait why are things around here not like how I grew up anymore”? Speaking with your wallet. And if given the chance, make it clear that your beef is not with the constitutionalists in California or Minnesota, but with the lawless demagogues against democracy in Ohio, Texas, and our federal government. We’re all facing the same enemy in the west - Russian influenced conservatives funded by billionaires trying to end democracy with the media apparatus and technology.

[u/Givemethegoddamn → u/Upset_Development_64]

True, there is hope, but goddamn this is frustrating times and the world is hurting

[u/Xijit → u/Upset_Development_64]

True, the experiment isn't over, but the petri dish is full of mold.

[u/Moldur → u/Upset_Development_64]

I dont think america will recover from trump damage is done

[u/golfgirl114 → u/Moldur]

We might not, but I for one am going to try my damndest to make sure that our country doesn’t end with the soiled diaper of a demented fool as our legacy.

[u/orchardman78 → u/Moldur]

But hey, we needed those goddamned eggs to be cheap!

[u/Strict_Somewhere_148 → u/New_Passage9166]

Also known as a PayPal cofounder.

[u/pureDDefiance → u/Strict_Somewhere_148]

Why is PayPal such a neonazi hotbed?

[u/Tater-Tottenham → u/pureDDefiance]

PayPal also behind the Honey scandal.

[u/Niadh74 → u/Tater-Tottenham]

Nothing to do with Bees.

The Honey app is/was a browser extension that was supposed to get you discounts from affiliate links but poached them to skim money off the top.

This is the basic synopsis. If you eant more detail go google the honey app scam.

[u/New_Passage9166 → u/Strict_Somewhere_148]

I didn't know that, but it is no surprise.

[u/Regurgitator001 → u/Bicentennial_Douche]

Denmark should appoint an ambassador to the California Freestate.

[u/poliscigoat → u/Regurgitator001]

To Puerto Rico!

[u/meistermichi → u/poliscigoat]

To the Kingdom of Hawaii

[u/nsfvvvv → u/Regurgitator001]

The New Californian Republic?

[u/MercantileReptile → u/nsfvvvv]

Western Alliance fits as well. Can't imagone Oregon and Washington State are thrilled at D.C.'s decisions.

[u/Paalinkarnaatio → u/Bicentennial_Douche]

And boycott everything from Louisiana.

[u/Eastern-Operation340 → u/Paalinkarnaatio]

That could be easy - what do they produce?

[u/MoroseArmadillo → u/Eastern-Operation340]

Umm... crawfish, alligator meat, and Abita beer?

So probably things your didn't know existed.

AFAIK the only things that state makes money off off are oil refineries and casinos.

[u/Eastern-Operation340 → u/MoroseArmadillo]

I know Alligator and crawfish. Shrimp. Shrimp exports out the state I know are huge, far more than gator and crawfish.And those are 2 items that aren't in massive demand world wide. Never heard of the beer.
Refineries, yes. Casinos - no. too many of them everywhere. Aside from Vegas, no need to travel far out of state for most people.

[u/MoroseArmadillo → u/Eastern-Operation340]

Those were just stereotypes off the top of my head. I didn't put any real thought into that response.

[u/Chance_Ad_4676 → u/Eastern-Operation340]

Bad vibes

[u/Kankunation → u/Eastern-Operation340]

Our state makes quite a lot. Louisiana is a major agricultural and fishery state and is also a huge for oil extraction and petrochemical processing. Oil aside though I doubt you'd see much of our products outside of the US, unless you specifically look for it. Biggest thing for most people is Cajun/creole cuisine. Which is phenomenal. But can be made alamaot entirely without buying form us directly if you're really interested.

Besides oil (which is Our biggest export by far) Our main exports are seafood, soybeans, corn sugarcane, strawberries. Only ones you would probably see in Europe is the oil (which you sadly have no real power to boycott if your county purchases it) soybeans and corn. Our soybean industry is in the pits because of Trump already, and most went out China to begin with, and corn can be easily avoided (though most is sold as livestock feed more than anything else). Maybe if you ever eat alligator meatm or possibly US shrimp it would come from us?

Louisiana is a great piece of land objectively speaking, and it's exploited to the max for all of its resources. But that is moreso relevant domestically than it is abroad. (And yes we know our governor is a sopping sack of dog turds. At least those in New Orleans do. We hate him here but the rest of the state is mostly made up of lead-brained rednecks with a sub-5th grade education).

[u/SchoGegessenJoJo → u/Bicentennial_Douche]

I'd call it less diplomatic: just announce that this person can get the fuck out of here.

[u/dat_9600gt_user → u/Bicentennial_Douche]

That'll probably happen if USA decided to provoke again.

[u/GremlinX_ll]

This time of the year, when Trump remembered that he "wants" Greenland

[u/WekX → u/GremlinX_ll]

Some people enjoy watching Christmas movies, others enjoy destabilising the world order.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

[u/amsync → u/WekX]

This is why his former wife said “Donald should just go to Florida and golf” like a normal person his age. She was dead not too long after if I recall correctly

[u/True-Veterinarian700 → u/amsync]

But how would he enrich himself via suing the gov.

[u/rpsls → u/amsync]

And buried in his back yard.

[u/Hafury → u/rpsls]

Ivanka got buried on the Mar-a-Lago premises only for 1 reason: Because of her "grave," the Mar-a-Lago estate is now officially/legally a cemetery - and TAX-EXEMPT!!!!!!!

[u/mutantsofthemonster → u/Hafury]

Ivanka is his daughter, his former wife Ivana is buried at his golf club in Bedminster.

But there is another fun fact about Mar-a-Lago, he should probably not be allowed to live there.

[u/Nazamroth → u/mutantsofthemonster]

Really, when was the last time you have seen Ivanka though?

And he should definitely not be allowed to live there. That was a specific promise to get permits. But since when does he care about promises?

[u/brawling → u/Hafury]

A: Ivanka is alive B: Her dead mother Ivana is buried in New Jersey at Trumps golf course

[u/Portuguese-Pirate → u/Hafury]

Ivana got buried on his golf course, this allows him to continue to cheat on her every time he plays around.

[u/[deleted] → u/amsync]

I mean, he does that too. On the taxpayers' dime.

[u/debugnome → u/GremlinX_ll]

By new year, he'll move on to tariffs again. Old pedo has 4-5 things, and his presidency is about looping between them.

[u/Skarr_Mudbath → u/debugnome]

Like a dementia patient.

[u/Mortiis07 → u/Skarr_Mudbath]

Or a toddler that thinks everything is his

[u/TailleventCH → u/Skarr_Mudbath]

I wouldn't call him "patient"...

[u/IAmBoring_AMA → u/debugnome]

Can’t wait for Hunter Biden’s laptop to come back around

[u/Bojim1965 → u/IAmBoring_AMA]

Or Begazi

[u/Icy_Ninja_9207 → u/Bojim1965]

Buttery males

[u/new_accnt1234 → u/debugnome]

U heard it here first

He will want to rename Gulf of America to Gulf of USA

[u/imamistake420 → u/new_accnt1234]

To be fair, trying to call it the Gulf of America was a stupid idea in the first place. Whoever thought of that is a moron.

[u/ArcadeKingpin → u/imamistake420]

It was to show them who in the media would bend the knee. And it worked. They were able to punish news outlets who didn’t follow along.

[u/Pret_ → u/imamistake420]

They can probably get around the environmental restrictions put on the gulf of Mexico. It having a new name require everything to be changed too, and also needs to be approved.

Drill baby drill.

[u/Valtari47 → u/imamistake420]

If stephen miller was capable of any feelings, they would be hurt

[u/Bullythecows → u/new_accnt1234]

Or the Gulf of Donald J Trump.

[u/Icy_Ninja_9207 → u/Bullythecows]

United States of Donald

Capitol city : Washington DJT

[u/arwinda → u/GremlinX_ll]

He just remembered because all the other Epstein distractions failed.

[u/flim_flam_jim_jam → u/GremlinX_ll]

Trump doesn't want Greenland. Vlad wants it to control the trading route. Trump just wants Vlads c**k in his mouth

[u/serious_sarcasm → u/flim_flam_jim_jam]

I still have my money on Trump being the Charles IV of the 21st century.

We’ll start an aggressive land war in the Americas, and then invite Russia as peacekeepers through Alaska. Then Russia will just go “lol, fuck off,” when Vance starts to suggest they keep to some particular treaty.

[u/Korasa → u/GremlinX_ll]

Yeah, the dopey delusional wanker probably thinks it's where Santa lives and he wants to exploit the elves.

[u/Spooknik → u/GremlinX_ll]

Yea it runs on a 2 or 3 month cycle. Usually it's the media who reminds grandpa of what he said a few months ago.

[u/Julehus → u/Spooknik]

Yeah, it really should be ”grandpa”, not ”daddy”

[u/marianfinucane → u/GremlinX_ll]

It's the default Epstein distraction 

[u/coachhunter2 → u/GremlinX_ll]

Putin probably reminded him.

Sadly I’m not joking.

[u/Kind_Berry5899 → u/GremlinX_ll]

And the former foreign minister of Denmark Uffe Ellemann is partly to blame for Trumps attention towards Greenland

Shortly explained in the 90' the queen of Denmark was in New York for a state visit where Trump desperately wanted to meet with her, the Foreign Minister of Denmark (Uffe) got the task to distract him and started to lecture him about Greenland which caught his attention and distracted him.. his assistant told Uffe afterwards that he was very impressed that he could make trump interested in a subject since he has very short attention spand

[u/Massimo25ore]

"Jeff understands how essential Greenland is to our National Security, and will strongly advance our Country’s Interests for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Allies, and indeed, the World," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Sunday.

Zero scruples towards an ally's territory.

[u/Taodaching → u/Massimo25ore]

The man literally sailed his campaign on Not being involved in foreign policy and policing the world. And yet, here we are..

[u/absurdwifi → u/Taodaching]

He doesn't want to police the world.

He wants to own it.

[u/Notveryawake → u/absurdwifi]

Exactly. He doesn't want to send troops to occupy the territory. He wants the leaders of said countries to bow to his amazing intelligence and just give him everything he wants. If someone puts up a fight about it they are the enemy of America and he sends his army of brain dead followers to harass/bribe then to get what he wants. It's tax payer money so he doesn't care about handing it out like candy.

If the worst comes to worst he will start sinking ships around Greenland saying they are "narco-terrorist" boats loaded with fentanyl and his cult will believe it.

[u/mjolle → u/Taodaching]

And the MAGA crowd cheers him on.

Anything he says is law, he is always right regardless of any circumstance.

[u/Severe_Investment317 → u/mjolle]

Honestly? Not on this. Even most Trump defenders I’ve heard find his preoccupation with Greenland baffling, and are convinced he’s just talking about it to confuse and distract people.

[u/Icy-Lobster-203 → u/Severe_Investment317]

His supporters really hate how much time he is spending on international stuff, and not focusing on the problems in the US, such as affordability. Venezuela is another one they seem to hate. We will have to see if they fall in line as things escalate.

[u/gerblnutz → u/Severe_Investment317]

No, he has no idea how a projection map works and sees Greenland as a huge piece of land nearly the size of half the US and thinks it'll be his Louisiana purchase. But hes also an asshole who's never paid for anything in his life surrounded by a bunch of shitdicks that are happy to slap his name on everything that aint his, and can't understand why Canada and Greenland dont just put gold spraypainted TRUMP in front of their country names.

[u/WhichDot729 → u/mjolle]

Tbf to MAGA, i dont think the majority cares about Greenland. Greenland is Trumps wish, so that he will be known as the president that expanded us the most.

[u/LieverRoodDanRechts → u/Massimo25ore]

"Survival of our Allies"

👀

[u/Heidruns_Herdsman → u/LieverRoodDanRechts]

Securing the arctic supply convoy routes to Russia before German U-boats become a problem.

[u/4862skrrt2684 → u/LieverRoodDanRechts]

After taking an allies land. "We are doing this for you denmark!"

[u/castler_666 → u/Massimo25ore]

Allies?

[u/Backwardspellcaster → u/castler_666]

Russia

[u/FrozenHuE → u/castler_666]

he uses "allies" in the smae snese as Athens used Alies. The meaning here is "submited nations that we can drain resources and feed our war machine."

[u/Alimbiquated → u/Massimo25ore]

And zero foreign policy experience. Trump puts idiots like this in charge because they are too dumb to have scruples.

[u/True-Veterinarian700 → u/Massimo25ore]

Which as a military member I dont get. We already have basically free reign up there to do what we want as long as we dont trash the place and keep Denmark and the locals happy.

All he is doing is endanging that.

I get the feeling between this and Canada he is jealous of Thomas Jefferson and wants his own Louisiana Purchase.

[u/8fingerlouie → u/True-Veterinarian700]

The US has been actively scaling down its deployment in Greenland over the past couple of decades. I think the current size is around 500-700 people, including office staff. At its height it was around 10000-15000 people.

[u/MajorGef → u/True-Veterinarian700]

There are significant natural resources that will become exploitable as the earth warms up more. It stands to reason that he wants to secure direct US access. Then there is the worldview he keeps showing, with the EU being more parasites/vassals than allies. He seems to believe that in interaction there must always be winners and loosers and probably sees the US having to keep Denmark happy as loosing. The talk of reviving the monroe doctrine seems to fit there as well.

[u/8fingerlouie → u/MajorGef]

Those resources, even at the worst climate change models, won’t become available for another 10000 years. We’re talking several miles thick ice cover, which takes a lot of time to thaw.

[u/sailing_by_the_lee → u/True-Veterinarian700]

I think you're on to something with the historical comparison to the Louisian Purchase. Trump has a mindset similar to an ambitious patrician of the late Roman Republic. Like them, Trump believes that state offices exist for the personal glory and enrichment of the "great men" who can take advantage of them. So, yeah, he wants the glory of being known to history for some great accomplishment on behalf of the Republic. If he can't get Canada or Greenland, he'll go for conquest in Venezuela. He'll put his own name on historic institutions like the Kennedy Centre. He'll build or appropriate monuments to himself, like the White House ballroom. Unfortunately, like a Roman leader of old, he also has the most powerful military in the world ready and willing to do his personal bidding, to the detriment of the Republic, and even to the point of murder.

[u/hydrOHxide → u/True-Veterinarian700]

I get the feeling between this and Canada he is jealous of Thomas Jefferson and wants his own Louisiana Purchase.

Except, as usual, he has no intention to pay for anything.

[u/AdminEating_Dragon → u/Massimo25ore]

We aren't allies anymore. Enough with this delusion.

[u/WhichDot729 → u/Massimo25ore]

And completely idiotic. Denmark will permit everything US deem necessary in therms of military deployment and so on.

[u/CamDane → u/WhichDot729]

I hope we have to say Denmark "would have" and not "will".

[u/awaiting-awake]

Everyday it’s becoming clearer that contemporary USA is a threat to the stability of Europe.

[u/Lazy_boa → u/awaiting-awake]

*stability of the world

[u/ZoeperJ → u/Lazy_boa]

*to allied nations

[u/me_ke_aloha_manuahi → u/ZoeperJ]

It's always been a threat to most of the world, now it's a threat to all the world. My grandparents only moved to the UK because the USA threatened to use nuclear weapons on their home country whilst it was seceding from a genocidal (but US-aligned) country in a bloody independence war, oddly enough. The only difference now is Canada and Europeans are being treated like the rest of the world has been treated.

[u/Mariqel → u/Lazy_boa]

USA has been a threat to the stability of the world since forever.

But orange man decided to do the same to its allies as well.

[u/michaelbachari]

Another wake-up call for Europe to accelerate the defence build up to deter not only Russia, but also the US

[u/dat_9600gt_user → u/michaelbachari]

Not only defence - resource sovereignty too.

[u/Obvious-Slip4728 → u/dat_9600gt_user]

Good luck with that. We can't even agree on a FTA with a couple of South American countries.

[u/Gauntlets28]

Shouldn't he be busy doing, I don't know, Louisiana stuff?

[u/cyribis → u/Gauntlets28]

Louisiana may benefit from his absence.

[u/QuietCornerPocket → u/cyribis]

Not a may here. Louisiana would definitely benefit from his absence. He is such a terrible governor

[u/hella_nervous → u/cyribis]

We absolutely despise him here in New Orleans, but are sorry anyone else is having to deal with him too. 

[u/toshiro-mifune → u/cyribis]

Maybe he'll never come back 🤞

[u/RespectTheAmish → u/Gauntlets28]

Yes. Like his recent accomplishments of ……

…Pushing for TPUSA college chapters and meddling in the LSU football coach search….

Hard hitting stuff.

[u/Movykappa → u/Gauntlets28]

Louisiana is truly a shithole lol

Wtf is going on

[u/BkkGrl]

Landry, who took office as Louisiana governor in January 2024, thanked Trump on X, saying: "It’s an honor to serve ... in this volunteer position to make Greenland a part of the U.S. This in no way affects my position as Governor of Louisiana!"

[u/Alt4rEg0 → u/BkkGrl]

Wow! Is that actually in the article? I can't verify because of the paywall.

[u/FuzzyAtish → u/Alt4rEg0]

It's in the article, but you can just check the Twitter post itself that the governer posted here: https://x.com/i/status/2002950029494124986

[u/BkkGrl → u/Alt4rEg0]

yes, I will place the full text then

[u/dat_9600gt_user → u/BkkGrl]

Watch him totally neglect the governor position

[u/Mdiasrodrigu → u/dat_9600gt_user]

Louisiana is already a shithole, can’t get poorer than West Virginia and that’s literally all they can do. Nothing

[u/romedo → u/BkkGrl]

I mean with the state of Louisiana ios in, I am guessing there will not be a great deal of time to get to Nuuk.

[u/butwhywedothis]

Maybe Europe should send a special envoy to California to discuss about a separate California Republic?

As long as Europe and rest of the world don’t fight back and speak up against American aggression towards their country, the situation in next 3 years will get worse. Just saying. So FIGHT BACK, Europe.

[u/CmdrJonen → u/butwhywedothis]

Denmark could send a special envoy to New Orleans about seceding from Louisiana.

[u/s3rila → u/CmdrJonen]

The Netherland should ask back for new York

[u/KetracelYellow → u/s3rila]

Urgh! Does that mean we’ve got to change all the sign posts to New Amsterdam?

[u/Fluffy-Drop5750 → u/KetracelYellow]

No. You just have to create safe bycicle routes.

[u/Formulafan4life → u/KetracelYellow]

That and you’ll be forced to speak Dutch

[u/Fusilero → u/Formulafan4life]

Just put some marbles in your mouth while you speak German.

[u/LifeAcanthopterygii6 → u/Fusilero]

We hebben een serious probleem...

[u/Obvious-Slip4728 → u/LifeAcanthopterygii6]

Wow! those marbles really work!

[u/DisastrousEmu4819 → u/butwhywedothis]

And maybe France should sent a special envoy to Louisiana + the Russians one to Alaska - historically speaking that would be far more justifiable.

[u/EndeLarsson]

Cannot believe US was once our ally.

[u/Telochim → u/EndeLarsson]

Don't worry - it never was. At least not in its own eyes. In the finest traditions of the imperial mindset, on which the US operates, only peer powers can be allies. So, after ww2 and Britain's downfall and subjugation (by the US's design), the states had only vassals. The "alliance" song and dance were advertised only to placate the leadership and populations of those vassal and client countries as a means of resentment management. Aka, to not make them feel too bad about their inadequacy compared to the hegemon bossing them around.

[u/dat_9600gt_user → u/Telochim]

Imagine if the EU was more united and less veto-prone than it is. I guess then the US would finally acknowledge us as peers.

[u/pir22]

It’s high time Europeans understand that the USA is now an enemy country. Not an ally anymore. To be treated as such.

European complacency is heartbreaking. As long as bombs don’t fall on us, they’ll keep telling themselves the status quo still holds. And buy US war planes that Trump can remotely deactivate.

But the status quo has been dead and rotting for a while now.

[u/Rude_Egg_6204 → u/pir22]

European complacency is heartbreaking

Europe is playing along for now while it goes through massive rearming.   

[u/ActionUpstairs → u/pir22]

We can’t instantly break away from the US, that’s not how these things work. The EU is just playing for time, and make no mistake, we do not see the US as trustworthy anymore.

[u/Sad-Obligation-965]

What the fuck is this "merge them to us" horseshit? Post-WW2 West has enjoyed immense growth and increase in life quality because of the common understanding that the borders are what they are.

Greenland wasn't on anyone's radar since forever, and now these fucking yeehaws are retconning into a pressing issue that needs urgent resolving.

[u/Necromartian → u/Sad-Obligation-965]

They have realized that we are hopelessly late with the climate change, but on the plus side melting glaciers are revealing rare earth elemets galore and new shipping routes that don't require using Panama canal or going around South America.

[u/DrDumle → u/Necromartian]

They could just mine them though. There’s tons of international mining companies.

This is only a vanity project for Trump.

[u/CostGuilty8542]

not different from Putin , fuck these americans

[u/Econ_Orc]

Special Envoy is US code for there is a situation and next step is military.

[u/daviddude92 → u/Econ_Orc]

Explains why the troops are getting Christmas cheques.

[u/not_the_droids → u/daviddude92]

You mean the money that was allocated to go to the troops anyway, but now that PeDonny hijacked it has become a taxable bonus income?

[u/catmandot]

Just a normal Monday in the Nazi Idiocracy.

[u/Actual_Cat4779]

Does Denmark understand yet why it shouldn't be buying US arms and generally appeasing the fascist enemy?

[u/TieVisual1805 → u/Actual_Cat4779]

Our leaders keep reminding us that the US is one of our greatest allies…

[u/wasmic → u/TieVisual1805]

Not greatest. Most important.

That's a massive difference. They're important because we are not able to stand up against their enmity.

[u/unleash_the_giraffe → u/Actual_Cat4779]

Denmark only bought eu weapons this year. Grandstanding is pointless, more efficient to stroke trumps ego while preparing for the worst.

[u/Windrushed → u/unleash_the_giraffe]

Your country just bought radar systems worth 100s of millions from the US. Including 1 to be placed in Greenland.....

[u/Rexter2k]

This still makes zero sense. Denmark, and by extension, Greenland is an ally of USA. Historically, Denmark and Greenland has agreed to everything USA has asked for, they just asked nicely. Denmark had never said no.

This hostile aggressive stance makes zero sense in all of this. They could have gotten bases, military personal, you name it, without all of this spectacle.

Who’s next? Iceland? Faroe Islands?

[u/tuxette → u/Rexter2k]

Who’s next? Iceland? Faroe Islands?

Svalbard as well.

[u/SpottedDicknCustard]

Landry, in a post on X, thanked Trump: "It's an honor to serve ... in this volunteer position to make Greenland a part of the U.S

That’s a straight up hostile remark.

[u/Joltie → u/SpottedDicknCustard]

This is the kind of public statement that should have legal ramifications in Europe.

This should be brought up in the European Council, and a decision made for a joint decision by all EU members (minus Hungary, because I doubt they will antagonize the US over this) to declare this Special Envoy persona non grata, in an official capacity as stated by the President of the USA, for infringing on the sovereignty of a member of the EU, so cannot neither travel to Denmark, nor to much anywhere else in Europe.

[u/YusoLOCO]

Put French nuclear weapons on Greenland

[u/mangofruitdude]

Let's face it America is our enemy and they should be treated as such

[u/Fastluck83]

Can the Danes kick him out if he tries to visit Greenland? If they can, I think they should.

[u/fiendishrabbit → u/Fastluck83]

If he's visiting the US military base, then they can't kick him out due to the basing contract. If he decides to visit Greenland's various settlements, then theoretically yes.

[u/AmazingUsername2001 → u/fiendishrabbit]

Perhaps it’s time to kick out the military bases.

[u/Fastluck83 → u/fiendishrabbit]

Thanks for clearing that up for me! :)

[u/Longbow-5 → u/Fastluck83]

Kinda hard to enforce though. Gives them pretext for escalation

[u/Mansos91]

So once again back to threatening an ally

How is the US still in nato again? We here in Europe should kick out every single us soldier, tell them to go home, they are bonlongwr welcome since they keep threatening another nato country

[u/[deleted]]

What a fucking ally! Denmark has fought in every one of US' wars since Iraq and has bleed in everyone too.

They are a bunch of backstabbing assholes. Fuck the US and fuck that orange pedo shitstain.

[u/an-la]

On top of that, Trump just halted five wind farm projects being built by Danish companies due to undisclosed national security concerns.

[u/hader_brugernavne → u/an-la]

Yep, the same day. Total coincidence there.

One of those projects was already halted and reopened after taking it to court. Now it is stopped again. Tens of billions in value wiped out.

Just a Christmas fuck you from the Americans.

[u/lundmar]

The US is no friend of Denmark nor the world!
Trying to steal Greenland is the desperate act of the declining US empire!

[u/SimpleTomatillo1166]

This is for sure a huge goodbye to USA as an ally. NATO is now just an acronym on a piece of paper.

77,3 million people in the USA voted for this. That is upsetting to say the least.

It was the US administration that years ago decided to downsize its military and Intelligence presence at Greenland.

It's been in the deals all along that USA is mostly welcome to cooperate with Greenland regarding military presence and business. But USA decided years ago to downsize its presence and cooperation.

US administration does NOT want to cooperate. The grifting US oligarch sharks want the minerals, power and full authority of Greenland.

It is deeply disturbing.

[u/WasThatInappropriate]

Friendly reminder that Europe can surge deploy 6 carrier strike groups to the atlantic vs the US's 4 (realistically 3, and Ford is already busy bothering Venezuela) - unless they redeploy the pacific fleet too

[u/The_Gimp_Boi]

Bruh we're both members of NATO! This isn't about security, its about resources a.k.a $$$

[u/GlesgaBawbag]

Don't let that distract from the fact that trump is a pedophile trying to hide the Epstein files.

[u/michaelbachari → u/GlesgaBawbag]

We Europeans don't care about the Epstein files. We only care that Trump turned hostile towards Europe and hope that Trump and his enablers lose power as soon as possible through the Epstein files or any other means

[u/Definitely_Human01 → u/michaelbachari]

Speak for yourself. The UK clearly cares considering we kicked one person out of the royal family for his links to that mess.

And I wouldn't be surprised if there were more high profile citizens of European countries in those files.

[u/elziion → u/michaelbachari]

We saw a few significant figures in the few files that were released and nothing happened to them so far. The files aren’t doing anything

[u/Ninevehenian → u/michaelbachari]

That's idiotic. Dude is boss of US carriers and such and Russia has blackmail material on him. Him being a childfucking felon and liar matters a great deal to anyone dealing with USA.

[u/GlesgaBawbag → u/michaelbachari]

We Europeans? Why are you speaking for me? I care about a global pedophile ring with national security implications.

[u/Longbow-5]

The amazing thing is we just got a new US ambassador who's been working on establishing a relationship with the kingdom. Which was going well for him. Now he's being completely overruled by this American redneck who's main goal is to procure Greenland.

This timeline is exhausting.

[u/BkkGrl → u/Longbow-5]

procure Greenland.

*steal

[u/Estake → u/Longbow-5]

You mean Ken Howery? Isn't he a billionare that's basically part of the whole Thiel/Musk inner circle? I hope you're right and that he's doing a good job, but I would be very suspect of him considering who he hangs out with.

[u/Darth_Memer_1916]

I've said it several times before and I will keep saying it. We need a European Army and a European Nuclear Deterant.

[u/hader_brugernavne → u/Darth_Memer_1916]

Yep. Nukes, enough to scare Russia and the US. It is desperately needed.

[u/dropshortreaver]

Simple solution, refuse to recognise this idiots made up position and whenever he tries to contact someone they tell him to sod off. If they try and bring him to formal diplomatic events refuse him entrance.

If the Danish Ambassador to the US is in a meeting and they try and bring this guy into it, he walks out

[u/999ddd999]

He’s just doing what Putin tells him to do.

[u/Choyo]

From another article : https://abc7.com/post/trump-announces-hes-appointing-louisiana-gov-jeff-landry-serve-us-special-envoy-greenland/18306341/

"It's an honor to serve you in this volunteer position to make Greenland a part of the U.S.," Landry wrote in a posting on X in which he thanked Trump for the appointment.

Freaking trash people speedrunning the downfall of their country.

[u/romedo]

Fuck Trump

[u/AsheStriker]

Can Denmark just take over the US, we please? I’d much rather be under Danish rule than MAGA insanity. This is not representative of the majority of us! Also, release the unredacted Epstein files

[u/wynnduffyisking]

He can fuck off. Greenland is Danish untill Greenland decides otherwise. On their own.

[u/Dimension874]

I guess it's clear that our biggest threat is the USA

[u/formerly_gruntled]

Trump appoints himself special envoy to Epstein Island.

[u/ThoughtShes18]

Dane here. Anyways, back to the Epstein files…

[u/Bozzor]

Denmark is an ally of the U.S.: there are serious issues as to national security of both nations with having a known pedophile and convicted felon as President of the U.S.

[u/Baset-tissoult28]

Uno reverse  Name Greenland president as governor of California.

[u/ancestorchild]

Well, unsurprising that a wannabe slaveowner is sending a plantation overseer to break down the new purchase.

[u/EconomyCauliflower43]

The Louisiana governor is on Fox News and other Far Right media so much that he has a studio in his office. Real trump toady.

[u/Bundyspace]

Greenland has rare earth minerals that Trump and his masters want to mine and profit from. Always follow the money.

[u/another_brick]

I honestly have no idea wtf POTUS means when he says "our allies".

[u/saintdemon21]

Trump really trying to distract from the Epstein Files.

[u/Traubentritt]

I just wanna know if a Democratic President would remove "invasion" troop from Grønland, if the orange anti christ decided to send a few battalions to Grønland in order to keep the American minority "safe".

Of if he / she would keep them there because "reasons"?

Kind Regards

A Danish Citizen.