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RoeVWade

(869 posts) Mon Jan 5, 2026, 04:06 PM Jan 5

If Trump goes for Greenland, maybe

all Nato countries, and perhaps some that aren't, should maybe blockade US bases on their territory. Not give air clearances or something along that line. Shut off delivery of common goods. Maybe not let soldier leave bases.

Something benign enough, but powerful enough. There have to be enough of them, that at least our damn Congress including Republicans will turn on Trump at least on this one thing.

This is probably not a practical suggestion, but Trump's blubbering's are just outrageous... Something should be done.

Someone should be thinking of something. I'd be happy to see him impeached and convicted. but both pigs will fly and hell has to freeze over before Republicans will do that apparently.

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If Trump goes for Greenland, maybe (Original Post) RoeVWade Jan 5 OP

I agree that there should be a powerful response if Trump tries, but I think that anything harming NATO is not "benign". FadedMullet Jan 5 #1

OP Called Possible NATO Response, Not Effect On, "Benign." ColoringFool Jan 5 #3

I see your point, but I still think that blockading bases, denying air clearances and stopping deliveries...... FadedMullet Jan 5 #5

Chump attacking NATO means war! BidenRocks Jan 5 #10

NATO Countries Would Respond With Far More Than "Benign." ColoringFool Jan 5 #2

Non US Nato troops in Greenland jonstl08 Jan 5 #4

While I think that the whole "Greenland" thing is just "Trumpian Palaver", I would agree that a few NATO..... FadedMullet Jan 5 #7

Greenland population 57000, Denmark subsidizes half their budget. lamp_shade Jan 5 #6

They think it's some kind of resource panacea.... paleotn Jan 5 #9

Threatening to not allowing troops to leave bases and on that native countries land for R&R for weeks or months RoeVWade Jan 5 #8

I think they need to be cautious. NH Ethylene Jan 5 #11

MaddowBlog-Team Trump confirms: The administration wants to buy Greenland LetMyPeopleVote Jan 7 #12

FadedMullet

(771 posts)

1. I agree that there should be a powerful response if Trump tries, but I think that anything harming NATO is not "benign".

Reply to RoeVWade (Original post)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 04:17 PM

Jan 5

Putin's Puppet wants to harm NATO and this plays into his game plan, such that it is. The whole Greenland thing is one of Trumps follies or fantasies, meant as a distraction, IMHO, and is best ignored.

ColoringFool

(405 posts)

3. OP Called Possible NATO Response, Not Effect On, "Benign."

Reply to FadedMullet (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 04:28 PM

Jan 5

Is how I read it.

FadedMullet

(771 posts)

5. I see your point, but I still think that blockading bases, denying air clearances and stopping deliveries......

Reply to ColoringFool (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 04:59 PM

Jan 5

.......is not "benign" at all. European allies would be harming their own interest and giving Trump a bigger excuse to continue to attack NATO. Buying arms from Sweden, France and Germany would be a better way to go. IMHO.

BidenRocks

(2,922 posts)

10. Chump attacking NATO means war!

Reply to FadedMullet (Reply #5)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 06:41 PM

Jan 5

Very easy to understand.

Air tankers will be targets.

ColoringFool

(405 posts)

2. NATO Countries Would Respond With Far More Than "Benign."

Reply to RoeVWade (Original post)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 04:25 PM

Jan 5

jonstl08

(548 posts)

4. Non US Nato troops in Greenland

Reply to RoeVWade (Original post)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 04:42 PM

Jan 5

If I were NATO I would deploy non US troops into Greenland to deter Trump from invading.

FadedMullet

(771 posts)

7. While I think that the whole "Greenland" thing is just "Trumpian Palaver", I would agree that a few NATO.....

Reply to jonstl08 (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 05:06 PM

Jan 5

.......troops in Greenland would make a terrific point that even Trump would be hard pressed to ignore. Maybe even a couple of token Ukrainian troops just to underscore their position more emphatically.

lamp_shade

(15,392 posts)

6. Greenland population 57000, Denmark subsidizes half their budget.

Reply to RoeVWade (Original post)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 05:05 PM

Jan 5

What does trump have in mind?

paleotn

(21,806 posts)

9. They think it's some kind of resource panacea....

Reply to lamp_shade (Reply #6)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 06:37 PM

Jan 5

Well, maybe in about a 100 years once much of that ice melts. 80% of Greenland is covered in an ice sheet that averages a mile in thickness. Oil? Perhaps offshore, but the Labrador Sea, Baffin Bay, and the North Atlantic that far north would provide the most technically challenging, and expensive, oil ever recovered. The Canadian offshore oil patch southwest of Newfie is challenging enough and it's waaaaaaay further south than offshore Greenland.

It's the ramblings of tech bro morons and grifters. If marketable resources could be extracted there at scale, that would have started long ago. It didn't because it can't be done and make any semblance of a profit. The whole idea is nuts.

RoeVWade

(869 posts)

8. Threatening to not allowing troops to leave bases and on that native countries land for R&R for weeks or months

Reply to RoeVWade (Original post)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 05:26 PM

Jan 5

would definitely cause lots of distress to US forces. and commanders. It's the most benign thing I can think of so far, that might work to make congress do something. Yes, I'm trying to think of something that doesn't also help our adversaries.

Not so easy, just trying, that's all.

I'd rather waterboard Hegseth or something, if given a choice to do something where it's deserved. Heh.

NH Ethylene

(31,301 posts)

11. I think they need to be cautious.

Reply to RoeVWade (Reply #8)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 06:57 PM

Jan 5

Trump, et al could use any belligerence in Greenland as ammunition to build up support here for what is now just a ridiculous proposal.

LetMyPeopleVote

(176,351 posts)

12. MaddowBlog-Team Trump confirms: The administration wants to buy Greenland

Reply to RoeVWade (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 07:07 PM

Jan 7

Where exactly does the president intend to get the money to buy a massive arctic island that isn’t for sale?

Mike Johnson: Rubio was kidding about Trump wanting to buy Greenland.

Rubio: No, I wasnâ€™t. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-01-07T19:59:04.538Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/team-trump-confirms-the-administration-wants-to-buy-greenland

The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times reported, and MS NOW confirmed, that Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers in a classified briefing this week that the White House is less interested in military action and more interested in trying to buy Greenland — which, by all accounts, is not currently for sale.

On Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson brushed off the idea, telling reporters that Rubio might’ve made the comment “in jest.” The Louisiana Republican repeated the line Wednesday morning, explaining at a Capitol Hill press conference that he thinks he remembers hearing the secretary of state talk about a possible Greenland purchase, but the GOP leader said he “took it as a joke.”

Readers, it was not a joke.

Q: Does the US intend to buy Greenland?

MARCO RUBIO: That's always been the president's intent
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-07T16:31:55.422Z

Asked to clarify comments he made to lawmakers behind closed doors on Monday, Rubio told reporters late Wednesday morning that it’s “always” been Trump’s “intent” to try to buy Greenland.

Less than an hour later, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said largely the same thing, explaining during a briefing that the president is “actively” discussing the purchase of Greenland.

Leavitt says Trump is "actively" discussing buying Greenland
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-07T17:10:56.139Z

As policy priorities go, all of this seems plainly ridiculous. And yet it also raises a host of new and related questions: Where exactly does Trump intend to get the money to buy a massive arctic island that isn’t for sale? Is he going to ask Congress to appropriate the funds? Would GOP lawmakers be willing to write an enormous check?

And how embarrassed is the House speaker right now after his “took it as a joke” line has been publicly discredited by his ostensible allies?

I was also wondering how trump will get Congress to give him the funds to buy Greenland.

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