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BumRushDaShow

(165,932 posts)
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 07:18 AM 5 hrs ago

Starmer considering sending military to Greenland as Trump ratchets up rhetoric

Source: The Independent

Sunday 11 January 2026 23:48 EST


Sir Keir Starmer is considering sending British troops to Greenland as Donald Trump’s rhetoric over snatching the Danish territory continues to ratchet up.

It comes just days after the prime minister committed to sending troops into Ukraine as the core of the coalition of the willing to guarantee the peace, with former senior military top brass questioning whether the UK has enough personnel.

The revelation comes after former Obama assistant secretary of state Frank Rose told The Independent that Mr Trump’s actions threaten to undermine US defence in the region and lead to allies turning on him.

President Trump has insisted he wants control over Greenland and has not ruled out the prospect of using military force to seize the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/politics/greenland-starmer-trump-military-arctic-b2898311.html

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Starmer considering sending military to Greenland as Trump ratchets up rhetoric (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 5 hrs ago OP
Thank you Sir Keir Starmer !!! SamKnause 5 hrs ago #1
Our greatest ally is considering going to war against us. Irish_Dem 5 hrs ago #2
There will be a lot more posturing bucolic_frolic 4 hrs ago #3
Seriously Trump wants to send our military to Greenland. A peaceful country, Fla Dem 3 hrs ago #4
He should have been in a jail cell on January 7th, 2021! OldBaldy1701E 3 hrs ago #5
"He should have been in a jail cell on January 7th, 2021!" BumRushDaShow 3 hrs ago #6
He should have been in jail several times over his disgusting life. Fla Dem 3 hrs ago #7
Starting back over 50 years ago! BumRushDaShow 2 hrs ago #10
I read this in sheer, unadulterated horror angrychair 2 hrs ago #8
Get the rest of the EU and/or NATO involved too. progressoid 2 hrs ago #9
Good- let's hope the rest of the EU and Canada join in. Nt Fiendish Thingy 2 hrs ago #11
Don't talk, Miguelito Loveless 1 hr ago #12

Irish_Dem

(79,926 posts)
2. Our greatest ally is considering going to war against us.
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 07:34 AM
5 hrs ago

Never thought I would see this day.

Putin is thrilled.

Fla Dem

(27,431 posts)
4. Seriously Trump wants to send our military to Greenland. A peaceful country,
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 09:23 AM
3 hrs ago

but with resources he wants for his friends.
He does not have the power to do that without Congressional approval. Congress has to grow some balls and start pushing back on this warmonger. Should have been impeached after his invasion of Venezuela.

BumRushDaShow

(165,932 posts)
6. "He should have been in a jail cell on January 7th, 2021!"
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 09:30 AM
3 hrs ago

But he was still in office as (fake) President then, until January 20th, 2021 at noon.

angrychair

(11,713 posts)
8. I read this in sheer, unadulterated horror
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 09:56 AM
2 hrs ago

The level of fucked we are cannot be understated. I spent many years of my life in Italy, including all four years high school, and I was born in the Netherlands.

Europe was my retirement plan and now this fucking asshole has destroyed that and I could not possibly be more bitter and angry.

Not to mention the death and destruction this will cause for everyone.

I am literally in tears typing this. I cannot believe it's come to this. That this fucking idiot is going to start a world war. Absolutely insane.

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