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Pic Of The Moment: White House Says Trump Is Considering Military Invasion And Occupation Of Greenland (Original Post) EarlG Jan 2026 OP
... aggiesal Jan 2026 #1
I'm pretty sure ordering an attack on a NATO ally would be an illegal order. surfered Jan 2026 #2
oh, trump will declare it a Law and Order event, then Debated for 5 plus years, then forgetten riversedge Jan 2026 #4
Ya Think? peggysue2 Jan 2026 #9
DURec leftstreet Jan 2026 #3
Trump's strategy Dave Id Jan 2026 #5
This is correct. Not only are multi-front wars a distraction from Epstein, they make it less likely the gop wiggs Jan 2026 #6
Don't forget Ukraine.There is a lot going on there that has completely fallen off the radar since Venezuela. Amaryllis Jan 2026 #7
Plus he's bombing rando African countries whenever he thinks of it.... FakeNoose Jan 2026 #10
Putin has to be taking this..... SergeStorms Jan 2026 #15
Rec MustLoveBeagles Jan 2026 #8
If congressional Republicans don't join forces with Democrats to stop this, we are going to have to fill the nation's Martin68 Jan 2026 #11
I was just thinking the same thing. ReRe Jan 2026 #25
The end of NATO Red Mountain Jan 2026 #12
The criminal "Vladroe Doctrine" applied to the western hemisphere. Justice matters. Jan 2026 #19
Yeah he needs to go. This is completely batshit insane. Initech Jan 2026 #13
Orange Caligula orangecrush Jan 2026 #14
How many House Democrats ScratchCat Jan 2026 #16
I am considering a "range of options" in order to acquire the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. That they artemisia1 Jan 2026 #17
Is trump also considering DownriverDem Jan 2026 #18
K&R LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2026 #20
Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland, 1939, setting off World War Two. Paladin Jan 2026 #21
Exactly! ReRe Jan 2026 #26
An attack on one NATO country is an attack on all NATO countries JohnnyRingo Jan 2026 #22
Go ahead, invade! Aussie105 Jan 2026 #23
That is exactly what Putin wants. n/t Whiskeytide Jan 2026 #24
When Trump starts blowing up Greenlandic Inuit paddling around in their kayaks, we'll know the invasion is imminent. sop Jan 2026 #27

riversedge

(81,663 posts)
4. oh, trump will declare it a Law and Order event, then Debated for 5 plus years, then forgetten
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 11:43 AM
Jan 2026

lots of stern letters back and forth. but maybe the Polar bears will just declare a WIN!!

peggysue2

(12,624 posts)
9. Ya Think?
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 12:45 PM
Jan 2026

Totally illegal but these arrogant clowns do not care. This is a might makes right moment. Stephen Miller has already proclaimed that no one would dare challenge the US military to defend Greenland. This morning the Goon Squad is beating chests, bellowing non-stop over the 'police action' in Venezuela, how the Maduro extraction was something only the US military could pull off.

Therefore, they can do anything, anywhere.

A kick in the teeth to NATO and anyone who disagrees.

This Administration is the epitome of the Ugly American.



Dave Id

(337 posts)
5. Trump's strategy
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 12:08 PM
Jan 2026

Get the country into a war to keep it too busy to open an investigation in his kidnapping and raping minor girls with his BFF Jeffery Epstein.

wiggs

(8,862 posts)
6. This is correct. Not only are multi-front wars a distraction from Epstein, they make it less likely the gop
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 12:40 PM
Jan 2026

will vote against his policies, threaten TSF, impeach him, remove him, etc.. That's different from distraction. When the world is on fire, potuses usually get what they want.

Amaryllis

(11,438 posts)
7. Don't forget Ukraine.There is a lot going on there that has completely fallen off the radar since Venezuela.
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 12:43 PM
Jan 2026

FakeNoose

(42,543 posts)
10. Plus he's bombing rando African countries whenever he thinks of it....
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 01:06 PM
Jan 2026

It seems he doesn't need much justification either.


SergeStorms

(20,876 posts)
15. Putin has to be taking this.....
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 01:25 PM
Jan 2026

as an invitation to do anything he damn-well pleases regarding Ukraine (and anywhere else, for that matter).
One puffy, makeup covered hand washes the other. Those "secret" meetings between Pootie and Krasnov loom large.

Martin68

(28,102 posts)
11. If congressional Republicans don't join forces with Democrats to stop this, we are going to have to fill the nation's
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 01:06 PM
Jan 2026

streets with protestors. This cannot be allowed to stand.

ReRe

(12,190 posts)
25. I was just thinking the same thing.
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 10:30 AM
Jan 2026

Get 10 million in the streets, even in the snow! This business of annexing Greenland has to stop. Asshole is turning us into Russia, for God's sake! WTF!!!????

Red Mountain

(2,382 posts)
12. The end of NATO
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 01:09 PM
Jan 2026

a Putin goal. The Europeans need to play hardball and threaten US bases. Starmer needs to wax poetic about always wanting to own a couple of golf courses in Scotland. For national security reasons, of course.

Justice matters.

(10,104 posts)
19. The criminal "Vladroe Doctrine" applied to the western hemisphere.
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 03:07 PM
Jan 2026

State-sponsored terrorism is their tool.

Initech

(109,344 posts)
13. Yeah he needs to go. This is completely batshit insane.
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 01:13 PM
Jan 2026

No, the US does not need Greenland. Trump and Hegseth need to be thrown out on their worthless asses and straight to prison.

ScratchCat

(2,753 posts)
16. How many House Democrats
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 01:31 PM
Jan 2026

Have introduced Articles of Impeachment today?

Wouldn't that be the only and obvious thing to do today?

Threatening NATO allies with attack? Not removeable?

I watched seven different Democrats Monday and Tuesday say that Venezuela attack was a)against the US Constitution, b)against Federal Statutes and c)against International Law. Exactly ZERO followed up those comments by demanding Trump and Hesgeth be removed. Even Bernie Sanders wouldn't say it. Even Mark Kelly wouldn't say it.

Yeh, lets just watch Trump burn the world to the ground. Sure.

artemisia1

(1,910 posts)
17. I am considering a "range of options" in order to acquire the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. That they
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 01:33 PM
Jan 2026

do not belong to me is not material. (SARCASM)

 

Paladin

(32,354 posts)
21. Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland, 1939, setting off World War Two.
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 04:18 PM
Jan 2026

That's where trump's sick fascist wet dream about Greenland is taking this country. Everybody happy?

JohnnyRingo

(21,017 posts)
22. An attack on one NATO country is an attack on all NATO countries
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 06:31 PM
Jan 2026

I'm afraid he's looking for an excuse to get out

Aussie105

(8,221 posts)
23. Go ahead, invade!
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 10:00 PM
Jan 2026

NATO countries might not respond in a military fashion.

BUT:
NATO countries will declare America to be a rogue state, confiscate all NATO country US held properties like bases, nullify any trade agreements, and dump any bonds held in US stocks.
As well as locking US owned bank accounts.
Any US company trading in Europe will seize up.

It will hurt Europe doing so, but America has more to lose.

Want to turn your country into a poverty stricken banana republic, Mr Trump?
Trigger a global recession?
Your choice!

The situation is quite serious though.
You can't tell if Trump is bluffing or not, and he is not prepared to listen to any advisors brave enough to tell him this is a bad, bad idea.

sop

(19,448 posts)
27. When Trump starts blowing up Greenlandic Inuit paddling around in their kayaks, we'll know the invasion is imminent.
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 10:42 AM
Jan 2026

Those traditional skin-on-frame narco-eskimo kayaks can transport a lot of contraband.

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