So about Greenland
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Seen during protest in Greenland:
And from the Guardian:
A third voting bloc in the European Parliament has said they will halt the ratification of the EU-US trade deal next week, signalling the biggest material confrontation between the two sides since Donald Trump came to power.
The centre-right and largest group, the European People’s Party, and the second-biggest bloc of MEPs in the Socialists & Democrats group have already said they will pull the plug on the parliamentary legal process on Wednesday.
Now, the liberal Renew group has said it will join them.
In a statement, Valerie Heyer, the French MEP and head of the group, said:
The threats by President Donald Trump to impose increased customs duties on states refusing to agree with his plan to annex Greenland are unacceptable.
These announcements follow many other aggressive actions towards the EU. Therefore, it is now time to move from reliance to deterrence.
Consequently, Renew Europe cannot vote the EU-US Turnberry trade deal.
Furthermore, the EU should be prepared to deploy targeted and proportionate countermeasures. The activation of the EU Anti-Coercion Instrument should be explicitly considered, as it was designed precisely for situations of economic intimidation of this nature.
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History Hit released an interesting video about Greenland this week. . .
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So, the US interest is, arguably, in oil, natural gas, and rare earth minerals, to counter China.
Very interesting history and analysis, Bernard.
Thanks!
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US President Donald Trump has said he no longer feels obliged to think only of peace after he did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize, as he again repeated his demand for control of Greenland.
In a message to Norway's prime minister, Trump blamed the country for not giving him the prize.
"Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper' for the US", Trump said in the message obtained by US media.
"The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland," he added.
CBS News, the BBC's US partner, confirmed the message and its contents.
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said he had received the text message on Sunday in response to a text he and Finland's president Alexander Stubb had sent to Trump.
Støre said they had conveyed opposition to proposed tariff increases over the Greenland dispute, and pointed to the need to de-escalate, proposing a three-way phone call the same day.
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Bessent channels Donald Rumsfeld. Remember the unknown unknowns?
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/18/bessent-national-emergency-tarriffs-00735660
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And the Russians love the Greenland controversy.
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It’s not in the interest of the US at all. It’s all about the interest of one guy, and that guy appears to be Robert Lauder.
There may be a couple of other guys as well.
@Steve-Miller said in So about Greenland:
It’s not in the interest of the US at all. It’s all about the interest of one guy, and that guy appears to be Robert Lauder.
There may be a couple of other guys as well.
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Greenland’s prime minister said the Arctic island’s population and its authorities need to start preparing for a possible military invasion, even as it remains an unlikely scenario, as President Donald Trump continues to threaten taking over the territory.
“It’s not likely there will be a military conflict, but it can’t be ruled out,” Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said at a press conference in capital Nuuk on Tuesday.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/greenland-pm-tells-people-prepare-162519127.html
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/us/politics/republicans-trump-greenland.html
A small but growing group of Republicans in Congress is expressing openness to President Trump’s increasingly explicit push to acquire Greenland, along with his desire to punish European allies who resist the idea.
... with the president stepping up his threats and showing no sign of backing down, Republicans across the ideological spectrum are increasingly finding ways to defend or justify his threats — or embrace them altogether.
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Interesting tv drama I found randomly and hit subscribe button for it.
The Prime Minister of Greenland has an audience with the Pope.
Link to videoCarry on.
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Laurence O’Donnell was right. We’ve twisted ourselves in knots all week over Greenland, and LO said he really wouldn’t use force to get Greenland. Today Trump said he won’t use force to get Greenland.
Which is not to say that a lot of damage hasn’t been done.
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I don’t know if this is over yet. A Danish MP said there can’t be a deal without the Greenlanders, and they weren’t part of these discussions.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/22/trump-greenland-framework-future-deal-reactions
Trump keeps doing irrational things and gets snatched from the brink by people with brains. They let him announce a deal and let him take credit and then actually work the deal behind the scenes.
I think Trump is losing his marbles and is growing increasingly nutty. I hope things don’t get to a point where something he does triggers a total disaster. We’ve already had some close calls.
Now, where are those Epstein files?
