The announcement followed a NATO meeting on Wednesday where top military officers from the alliance’s member states discussed a compromise in which Denmark would give the United States sovereignty over small pockets of Greenlandic land where the United States could build military bases, according to three senior officials familiar with the discussion.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive diplomatic matter, and they said the idea was one Mr. Rutte had been pursuing. Two of the officials, who attended the meeting, compared it to the United Kingdom’s bases in Cyprus, which are regarded as British territory.
This is literally THE EXACT SAME DEAL WE ALREADY HAD WITH DENMARK. We have treaty rights from the end of WWII that allow us to build bases in Greenland subject to Danish approval.
Mr. Art of the Deal threw a tantrum and pissed off our allies for nothing.
Anyone remember that scene from the original Star Wars film, set onboard the Millennium Falcon during a board game sort of like chess? The wise advice: “Let the Wookie win.” In this case, the wise advice is, “Let Donald Trump win (or at least think he won).”
Sometimes maintaining peace ranks higher than the rights of small (in population) nations, but it is worth noting that the Greenlanders were mistreated today — by NATO leader Mark Rutte. This is a google translation of Greenlandic media:
Trump wants to go over the heads of the Greenlanders, so it will look like a dispute between colonial powers (Denmark and the U.S.) Greenland needs greater independence to resist this. A UN seat for Greenland would point in the right direction. Maybe Greenland should ask for a free association relationship with Denmark like the Marshall Islands has with the U.S. Making believe the crisis is over would be a mistake.
The UN is irrelevant to the temper tanTrump in the White House. The Board of Peace rules now!
Chairman for life: the temper tanTrump in the White House.
Entry fee: 1,000,000,000.00 US$
trump walks into a Taco Bell. “I want tacos for around $2 & change each, and I will not accept any higher price, or else I will either tear this Taco Bell to the ground, or buy it and fire all of you worthless losers!!”
“Uhhh, yeah, that’s what tacos cost-- there’s our Value Menu right there”.
“Tough negotiating wins again! The art of the deal!!”
One final revision to this scenario. After his free taco idea gets shot down, he’ll somehow manage to negotiate to pay $3 for items on the $2 menu and call that a win.
Meanwhile, an AI-artist type under the moniker Demonflyingfox has created three videos about what Greenlanders think of any attempt to take their home. Sound on and enjoy.
Sigh. And of course I never remember how to get videos to embed, so follow this link to the guy’s video page and click on the top three for the Greenland Defense Front.