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Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland

https://bsky.app/profile/chriso-wiki.bsky.social/post/3mhfsau25uk2f

ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social)

1/ Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland in January, with military support from France, Germany, and Nordic nations. Elite troops and F-35 jets with live ammunition were sent, and runways were to be blown up to prevent an invasion. ⬇️

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Mar 19 at 11:49amWeb
Show threadjacquesmMar 19

Of course they were. The United States has never before damaged its own reputation in Europe as much as they did in the last 12 months.

And the same goes for Canada, possibly worse. You don't go around threatening your allies unless you really have plans and that's why you don't elect senile old guys to positions of power.

Show threadphilipallstarMar 19

> that's why you don't elect senile old guys to positions of power.

Anyone of principle would have been saying this before 2025, and far louder.

Show threadjacquesmMar 19
Note that this is from a country that wouldn't exist if not for the allied countries and that the US has somehow managed to all but erase that reputation. We recognize our debt, we also recognize that this is to a country that no longer exists in a meaningful way. All we have now is multiple variations of the mob.
Show threadchewbachaMar 19
Jake Tapper was on the case… against Biden.
Show threadzeroCaloriesMar 19
And partisan hacks will say that a stubbed toe and terminal cancer are both bad.
Show threadequilibriumMar 19
Europe and the rest of the world.
Show threadempath75Mar 19
The only way the US can fix our reputation will be to try and imprison our current leadership after they are eventually removed from power. And in particular, the Trump family needs to have all of its assets seized.
Show threadnxmMar 19
Imprison based on what and seize assets based on what exactly?
Show threadjazz9kMar 19

Why? They haven't done anything wrong and it reeks of communist tactics.

Obama bombed kids in the Middle East, went after Republicans illegally with the IRS, and deported many more than Trump.

He got a Netflix deal.

Show threadkingleopoldMar 19

This is why two party system is really great. because they both don't try to put old guts into power in last decade. /s

Younger people are not fit to power in 300M country with lots of smart and rich people. Instead these smart and rich people back these old guys because when it comes to election they use half of their brain or sometimes not use their brain at all. One of these rich one was recently bl00mberg and he tried to get elected at age of 500 year old but couldn't do it.

Show threadmatsemannMar 19
Russia's invasion ironically strengthened NATO, with more countries joining or feeling the usefulness of it. Somehow the US managed to break down all that good will in such a short amount of time.. I think it's hard to overstate how much more hostile people look at the US the last few years. So much soft power has been lost.
Show threadfortysevenMar 19

> I think it's hard to overstate how much more hostile people look at the US the last few years.

True both outside AND inside the country.

Show threadsilvestrovMar 19

> * The Danish public broadcaster DR reports ...*

This is the source article (in Danish) for the bluesky posts:

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/groenland/danmark-forbered...

Danmark forberedte sig på muligt angreb fra USA: Fløj poser med blod til Grønland og gjorde klar til at sprænge landingsbaner i luften

Nøglekilder i Danmark og Europa fortæller nu for første gang, hvad der skete i de mest kritiske dage, hvor Donald Trump truede med at tage Grønland "på den hårde måde".

DR
Show threadcrispyambulanceMar 19

There's a difference between "posturing" for show and actually "preparing for war".

They're wise to the fact that "the Stable Genius" isn't going to try anything violent with Denmark/Greenland, but they still want to prevent him thinking about just stealing territory "peacefully."

Show threadjacquesmMar 19

Trust me, Denmark wasn't posturing.

The assumption was - and still is - that the USA wasn't posturing either.

We (and I realize I obviously don't speak for all of Europe but I have my finger on the pulse in many places here) are also not assuming that when Trump is gone the USA will go back to normal.

Show threadTrasmattaMar 19
This is the type of thinking that convinced people that Trump would never be stupid enough to start a full on war with Iran. And yet here are.
Show threadsmcinMar 19

Source cited by @chriso-wiki.bsky.social is this article on DR.dk, the Danish public broadcaster:

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/groenland/danmark-forbered...

Danmark forberedte sig på muligt angreb fra USA: Fløj poser med blod til Grønland og gjorde klar til at sprænge landingsbaner i luften

Nøglekilder i Danmark og Europa fortæller nu for første gang, hvad der skete i de mest kritiske dage, hvor Donald Trump truede med at tage Grønland "på den hårde måde".

DR