France Willing to Send Troops to…..Greenland
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France Willing to Send Troops to…..Greenland

France Willing to Send Troops to…..Greenland

All of a sudden, European leaders are all-in on spending money for defense.

President Donald Trump is just starting the second week of his second term, and already the Europeans are willing to beef up their own defense and security.

Keep in mind that Greenlanders are expected to vote on independence in the near future. Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede has indicated that an independence referendum could be held as early as April 2025, coinciding with the upcoming general election.

In realpolitik, that means a vast and uninhabited region rich in natural resources and with direct pathways to this country could be laid bare for Chinese investors and Russian interests.

Needless to say, Trump would prefer to offer the Greenlanders a mutually beneficial deal for a strategic partnership of some kind.

However, in doing so, he has managed to create mass hysteria in Europe.

To begin with, France laughably discussed with Denmark about its sending troops to Greenland in response to Trump’s supposed threats to annex the Danish territory.

Asked about calls to send EU troops to Greenland, Barrot said in an interview with France’s Sud Radio that France had “started discussing [troop deployment] with Denmark,” but that it was not “Denmark’s wish” to proceed with the idea.

Barrot’s comments came as Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was in the middle of a lightning tour of European capitals to drum up support from allies in dealing with Trump.

…”If Denmark calls for help, France will be there,” he said. “The European borders are sovereign whether it’s north, south, east and west … nobody can allow themselves to mess around with our borders.”

The news was met with much fun analysis on social media.

Now, after years of complaints and ignoring Greenlander requests, Denmark has managed to find a few billion dollars for the Arctic Island’s defense.

Denmark said on Monday it would spend 14.6 billion Danish kroner ($2.05 billion) boosting its military capabilities in the Arctic – a decision that comes amid continuing furor following US President Donald Trump’s renewed interest in controlling Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory.

The agreement aims to “improve capabilities for surveillance and maintaining sovereignty in the region,” according to a statement from Denmark’s Ministry of Defense.

“At the same time, support to Allies and NATO’s efforts in the Arctic and North Atlantic is essential to strengthening overall security and defense,” the statement added.

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen made a whirlwind tour of the European Union to essentially complain about Trump’s not losing interest in the deal (which he will not, given the reasons I cited above).

Over the space of a day, Frederiksen met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris and Nato leader Mark Rutte in Brussels.

Although the leaders were said to have discussed issues including Ukraine and hybrid Russian attacks in the Baltic Sea, the Danish PM’s whirlwind trip betrayed the nervousness felt in Denmark over Trump’s repeated comments.

The Arctic island of Greenland is an autonomous Danish dependent territory.

However, Trump has repeatedly signalled that he wants the US to acquire it for national security reasons – and refused to rule out using military or economic force to do so. “I think we’re going to have it,” he said on Saturday.

We will see how it all plays out. However, Europe learning it has to actually pay for the security of land it wants control over is already paying dividends.

Meanwhile, back in the states, the harridan that the Great State of Alaska has for US Senator is indulging in her usual Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Murkowski, who has criticized Trump on multiple occasions and voted to convict him on impeachment charges after the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack and who last week voted against one of his key Cabinet appointments, is vice chair of the standing committee of the Arctic Parliamentarians forum, while Chemnitz chairs the committee.

“Of course a businessman turned president would be interested. But Greenland is not for sale,” Murkowski and Chemnitz said in a statement obtained by POLITICO.

“As legislators representing Greenland in Denmark and the United States, we see a better path forward. The United States, like Denmark, should recognize that the future will be defined by partnership, not ownership,” they added.

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What are they going to do in Greenland? Surrender? 🤔😂

    MarkS in reply to mailman. | January 30, 2025 at 5:50 pm

    France can show Greenland how it’s done

    Concise in reply to mailman. | January 30, 2025 at 5:56 pm

    How you English say, ‘I one more time, mac, unclog my nose in your direction’, sons of a window-dresser! So, you think you could out-clever us French folk with your silly knees-bent running about advancing behavior?! I wave my private parts at your aunties, you cheesy lot of second hand electric donkey-bottom biters.

    Imagine what America would do if Mexico decided to take back Texas. It wouldn’t be pretty. The US has no claim whatsoever on Greenland.

      stevewhitemd in reply to JR. | January 30, 2025 at 5:59 pm

      We aren’t saying that we have a claim. We’d like to buy the place. We’d like to buy a permanent claim.

        henrybowman in reply to stevewhitemd. | January 30, 2025 at 6:08 pm

        But that’s not all. For just $9.95 extra shipping, we’ll send you the Iceland accessory completely free. That’s TWO islands for the price of just one!

      irishgladiator63 in reply to JR. | January 30, 2025 at 6:18 pm

      Well, if Biden were president, he’d invite them in, let them have Texas, and pay them to live there.

      Paul in reply to JR. | January 31, 2025 at 7:24 am

      Texas would stomp a mud-hole in Mexico

      steves59 in reply to JR. | January 31, 2025 at 7:55 am

      Your analogy sucks, as is to be expected.
      We aren’t making a claim, dingus. We’re making an offer.

      NotCoach in reply to JR. | January 31, 2025 at 12:40 pm

      We NEED Greenland so that when we round up all the trannies we have somewhere to ship them.

    The last French Naval victory was February 14, 1885. The US would first have to leave Greenland in order to come back and invade it. But it would almost be worth the effort just to see the mighty French Navy faced with the prospect of clearing the US Navy from the Atlantic.

Go ahead with it Macron and watch how soon in the process your foolishness give Ridley Scott another reason to make a Napoleon sequel.

French troops to Greenland?

It’s a definite tell that there’ll be no shooting and ugly trenches.

Besides, they’ll bringing the croissants and some wine, all to be enjoyed with the leftover Danish cheese and beer.

Hilarious… either way Trump wins. Greenlanders vote for independence? A US alliance will surely follow soon afterwards. Greenlanders stay w/ Denmark, and the Danes and Frogs spends billions beefing up Greenland’s defenses? Trump still wins as we have NATO allies more deeply entrenched where we want to keep the Chicomms and Ruskies out.

Go ahead and clutch your pearls proggies… but keep your eyes open while you’re doing it and maybe you’ll learn something.

“Of course a businessman turned president would be interested. But Greenland is not for sale,” [US Senator Lisa] Murkowski and Chemnitz said in a statement obtained by POLITICO.

As legislators representing Greenland in Denmark and the United States, we see a better path forward. The United States, like Denmark, should recognize that the future will be defined by partnership, not ownership,” they added.

Huh? How did a sitting US Senator become a representative of Greenland? Did anyone from Greenland vote for her?

Why does Paris have tree-lined streets?

So the German army can march in the shade.

    MarkS in reply to oden. | January 30, 2025 at 5:54 pm

    Now that you mention it, on a France tour, the guide said that Napoleon came up with that so the French Army could stay cool

Did you mean French Military Defeats?

Historian Mark Felton provides some background in this recent video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMDDLGkP1I0&t=320s&pp=ygULbWFyayBmZWx0b24%3D

    alaskabob in reply to moonmoth. | January 30, 2025 at 6:45 pm

    Would Denmark be stupid enough to sell to the UK? If so… make it gold bullion.

      moonmoth in reply to alaskabob. | January 30, 2025 at 7:02 pm

      According to Mr. Felton, the applicable law gives the UK the right of first refusal. (Which may be one reason why the US would like to see Greenland gain independence.) To my recollection, he didn’t mention whether that law stipulates the terms of payment. They might well require payment in gold bullion.

    stevewhitemd in reply to moonmoth. | January 30, 2025 at 7:52 pm

    THAT was a useful video. Mr. Felton always is good.

Perhaps they should offer them a good deal on used French military rifles. Never been fired and only dropped once

I heard France has upgraded its Threat Level from “Run” to “Hide”.

France is all in on defending Greenland but isn’t so interested in Ukraine which actually is in Europe. Trump needs to just pull out of Europe completely and let them defend Ukraine and Europe themselves. It’s about time.

France has troops for Greenland but not Ukraine.

Q: How are France and Denmark alike? Both got rolled by the Germans in 1940. France in six weeks, Denmark in six HOURS.

Trump once again reveals his great superpower, which is to get his opponents to overreact and reveal themselves as idiots.

“Of course a businessman turned president would be interested. But Greenland is not for sale,”

– says the Senator from Alaska, the state which was bought

And … all of Europe which is unwilling to spend on defense as part of NATO against an actual threat (Russia invaded Ukraine have you heard?) … trip all over themselves to beef up security when it comes to Greenland.

There is Trump – and there are clowns. Lots and lots of clowns.

wonder if they will reactivate Thule AB

Trump is playing the Dems and the MSM like a cat chasing a laser. He has thrown so many things at them so soon that they are in chaos. They want him to fail so badly that they are reacting like teens. They are a rudderless ship and I can’t think of a Dem who can steer the party.

France offering troops to protect against U.S.
EU buying Russian gas.
I think NATO membership has passed it’s expiration date.

Clovis Sangrail | January 31, 2025 at 6:01 am

OK. I take back everything I said in the comments on the last post on this topic. Trump is a genius and consistently makes his opponents look like idiots.

To be fair, the French haven’t had a good opportunity to surrender for quite some time. Their military could probably use the practice.

Politico has got it all wrong. Murkowski is not a Republican senator. She is a full blooded RINO.

Another reason the US needs to leave NATO… With friends like France who needs enemies.