# Trump now wants to use military force to take the Panama Canal and Greenland **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 7, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691 "2025-01-07T20:27:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/341 "2025-03-28T09:56:27Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > Oh they are “appeasing Denmark” is it? It’s not that literally _no business or resident_ was willing to host them And there were plans, both in Nuuk and in Sisimiut, to pelt the SUVs with eggs and snowballs. It would have been good tv. That is probably the explanation of the “appeasement”. I guess the eggs would hurt most. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/342 "2025-03-28T11:17:20Z")
> [@Mikkel](#): > > And there were plans, both in Nuuk and in Sisimiut, to pelt the SUVs with eggs and snowballs. It would have been good tv. It would be gifting Trump his pretext for invasion. That’s why the Danes were working to prevent it: [60 police officers from Denmark also arrived in Nuuk on Sunday, state broadcaster KNR reported.](https://www.asiaone.com/world/greenland-leaders-lambast-us-delegation-trip-trump-talks-takeover) Humiliating the caudillo would have made U.S. progressives feel good with Greenlanders paying the price. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/343 "2025-03-28T11:57:15Z")
> [@Mikkel](#): > > And there were plans, both in Nuuk and in Sisimiut, to pelt the SUVs with eggs and snowballs. > [@PhillyGuy](#): > > It would be gifting Trump his pretext for invasion. There you go, within the US hurling eggs at an armour plated SUV with the VPOTUS inside is exercising free speech. Outside the US it’s _casus belli_. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/344 "2025-03-28T13:19:30Z")
Hurling eggs at an armored plated SUV with the VPOTUS inside is also prohibited, depending on the party, of course. Attacking Congress to overthrow the government, on the other hand, is definitely free speech. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/345 "2025-03-28T13:21:14Z")
Trump said he wants to be the Fertilization President. Eggs are symbolic of fertility. Ergo, bombing the limo with eggs is a show of support. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/346 "2025-03-28T13:22:51Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Trump said he wants to be the Fertilization President Well, he’s certainly full of horse shit. ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/347 "2025-03-28T13:33:19Z")
No there’s a good idea at what to hurl at the SUV! HORSE SHIT! (Too bad the windows wouldn’t be open.) ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/348 "2025-03-28T17:18:07Z")
Not a bad idea, but I think they have a sad dearth of horseshit in Greenland. Snow though… ETA, there are some Icelandic horses in the south. With a bit of planning it might be possible. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/349 "2025-03-28T19:33:36Z")
New poll says 70% of Americans oppose annexing Greenland. > **['Rarely seen anything so unpopular' as this Trump obsession: CNN polling analyst](https://www.rawstory.com/greenland-trump-poll-2671627791/)** > > President Donald Trump's obsession with annexing Greenland is wildly unpopular among not just Greenlanders but among Americans as well.CNN polling analyst Harry Enten this week broke down new polling showing that Trump's pitch to incorporate... ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/350 "2025-03-28T19:34:43Z")
Richard Nixon resigned with a 24% approval rating. Some people will never come to rationality absent a frontal lobotomy. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/351 "2025-03-28T20:01:20Z")
I know this is from the disreputable _Daily Mail_, but the info seems to be legit. The Vance delegation opens up to Greenland, but no one wants to see them: > **[Usha Vance suffers fresh humiliation in Greenland](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14546057/Usha-Vance-Greenland-humiliation-Trump.html)** > > Second Lady Usha Vance's scheduled trip to Greenland has become an embarrassment for the Trump administration. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/352 "2025-03-28T20:55:54Z")
I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lkt9TIdpvrY/hqdefault.jpg "I'd Rather have a bottle...") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkt9TIdpvrY&t=1) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/353 "2025-03-29T00:07:02Z")
https://www.youtube.com/embed/JhA3bpjah5k?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDJhA3bpjah5k ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/354 "2025-03-29T01:54:01Z")
That is so stinkin’ cute. Now I want more than ever for Canada to annex the west coast. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/355 "2025-03-29T02:30:10Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Now I want more than ever for Canada to annex the west coast. They can have chunks of the Northeast, too. Paternal grandparents, why didn’t you stay in Canada? (Admittedly, if they had, I wouldn’t exist; my parents almost certainly wouldn’t have met. But somebody would; I expect my parents would still have had kids, just with other people.) ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/356 "2025-03-29T03:08:31Z")
I question this headline, but the story is relevant:. [Vance rules out military force for Greenland](https://thehill.com/newsletters/5221115-vance-rules-out-military-force-for-greenland/) > [@](#): > > “We do not think military force is **ever going to be necessary** ,” Vance said in response to a reporter’s question on whether there are military plans to take over the island. > > “What we think is going to happen is that the **Greenlanders are going to choose** , through self-determination, to become independent of Denmark, and then we’re going to have conversations with the people of Greenland from there.” Considered in light of Vance’s leaked objection to bombing Yemen, it looks like JD is less militaristic than Trump. If they wait until the whole Greenland independence process can be completed, TrumpWorld will be waiting a very long time. I wonder if Donald will see this headline and then take a verbal potshot at his veep for being soft on the Greenlanders. . ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/357 "2025-03-29T03:18:12Z")
“We do not think military force is ever going to be necessary,” in now way takes the use of military force off the table. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/358 "2025-03-29T03:29:14Z")
Especially when coming from liars. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/359 "2025-03-29T03:33:39Z")
No, really worse, "I do not think _X_ is going to be necessary,” by definition means _X_ was something you were thinking about doing. It’s a non-admission admission. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/360 "2025-03-29T03:40:30Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > but no one wants to see them: Mentioned upthread a bit: > [@Mijin](#): > > Oh they are “appeasing Denmark” is it? It’s not that literally _no business or resident_ was willing to host them, so their one and only stop will now be to a US base 😂 > > [https://thehill.com/policy/international/5217567-danish-reporter-us-visit-greenland/](https://thehill.com/policy/international/5217567-danish-reporter-us-visit-greenland/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691.md?page=19)