Trump intent on conquering Greenland, Danish minister says as talks with US end

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/14/greenland-us-trump-talks-denmark

41 Comments

  1. OneNormalBloke on

    So what’s the difference between him and pootin? NATO has left the building ladies and gentlemen.

  2. Trump intent on starting WW3 and or causing the collapse of the US, I can’t believe people voted for this incompetent criminal.

  3. Its like when Russia went into Ukraine and people said why are russians letting this happen.

    Well citizens of the US, why are you doing this?

  4. Hashtagworried on

    Why is this even a topic of conversation? If he’s really as good as he thinks he is, he’d be able to negotiate a deal where there is no need for a hostile takeover.

  5. Mountainenthusiast2 on

    Fuck this man. 79 and still not matured enough beyond the behaviour of a toddler. 

  6. It’s wild to me that, at this moment in time, we can basically use “Trump” and “US” interchangeably because the rest of the US government has decided to surrender all its power to him.

    Like if someone said “Starmer intent on invading Norway” or “Pedro Sánchez intent on invading Portugal,” they would get laughed out of the room… because we know that rational governments would shut any such ideas down immediately.

    But that is not the case in the US.

  7. Mitochondria420 on

    Putins #1 item is to get rid of NATO. This is exactly what he wants so trump is playing right in to it. 

  8. ThatchedRoofCottage on

    Will no one rid us of this troublesome president?

    Congress, you listening? Grow a pair and remove him.

  9. Kind_Relative812 on

    He needs to be removed….voluntarily or kicking and screaming, either way he needs to go.

  10. A country with 350 million people and 250 years of history, yet all we ever hear is “Trump, Trump, Trump.” It’s impressive how one person seems to run the entire country single-handedly, while everyone else either stays silent or competes to see who can kiss the emperor’s ring the hardest. It’s always “Trump wants this” and “Trump wants that,” and the rest of you in the U.S. just seem to fall in line.

    What a strange country and people you are.

  11. Ok-Communication1149 on

    Congress needs to put a stop to it. If they don’t, we need to vote out the conspirators. I trust our military commanders will agree that attacking an ally is not a lawful order.

  12. Same kind of messages the Canadian one said about making them the 51st state.

    Trumps words aren’t some 4d chess game. He’s literally saying all this in private too. It’s insane.

  13. Putan is intent on ending NATO and using his puppet trump to do it via this take over of greenland bs

  14. Civil_Philosophy9845 on

    So can Trump really control this decision alone? lets conquer greenland -> and it happens?

  15. “We don’t want to be neighbors with Russia.”

    How do you forget that we are already neighbors with Russia?

  16. The United States is currently imploding, soon they won’t be able to conquer anyone.

  17. Only 17% of Americans support annexing Greenland (not even a majority of Republicans do). And only 4% of Americans support taking it by force. Even 92% of Republicans are against taking Greenland by force.

    Though really a lot of Americans aren’t paying attention. 36% of all Americans don’t know if the US should annex Greenland and 25% don’t know if taking it by force is a good idea or not.

    [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/just-one-five-americans-support-trumps-efforts-acquire-greenland-reutersipsos-2026-01-14/](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/just-one-five-americans-support-trumps-efforts-acquire-greenland-reutersipsos-2026-01-14/)

  18. hangfromthisone on

    Give him a gun, put him on a boat and pat his shoulder. Go on, you loco pedo, go conquer verdelandia

  19. How many thousands of our brave sons and daughters will soon perish upon the icy shores of a foreign land just to make the orange tumour chortle with malign glee?

  20. These fucking spineless Republican fucks in congress need to grow a pair and impeach this pedophile already. Trump knows midterms are gonna be terrible for the GOP and is trying to stop elections with this stupid ass conflict.

  21. Prize_Compote_207 on

    Its. Cheaper. To. Let. Denmark. Keep. It. And. Theyre. Our. Ally.

    Explain it language Conservatives will understand.

    Then again, they dont seem to understand allies or friendship in general.

  22. They need to be absolutely clear. Subtlety goes over dumps head. They need to stand at at podium and just clearly say “any action against Greenland will create a state of war between the United States and Denmark.” Drawing that line in the sand will likely make the moderate republicans (I’m aware the word moderate is doing some Olympic lifting) finally stand up to him. Support for taking Greenland is already so low among trump supporters, framing it as declaring war against Europe instead of seizing an island might clear things up for them.

    Because right now that’s how they’re seeing it. They’re just taking an island away from somebody who doesn’t even use it.

  23. They must be running out of champagne in Beijing and Moscow by now, from all the celebrating.

  24. This is horrendous. This is not ok. He and his entire administration needs to be removed. Congress and military: do your jobs and commitment to our constitution!!!!

  25. Does anyone else find it ironic that America is the only country to enact article 5 of the UN charter, and will also be kicked out of it for being the reason for the second enactment of that same article?

  26. Of all the impeachable offenses, I figured “invading an ally” ought to top it, no?

  27. AnonAmbientLight on

    This is why someone’s character matters when you consider them for office.

    That translates to things like this, where clearly Greenland and the Danish say “no” and Trump won’t take no for an answer 

    Like when Trump raped those women and children. 

  28. HandsomeGenius2552 on

    I have read some Americans saying on reddit they can’t organise general strikes or cause mass civil disobedience because they’re living paycheck to paycheck, and their jobs are necessary to survive.

    You people need to understand that dark times are ahead of you all either way. ICE has already started killing citizens now and Trump is serious about invading Greenland.

    If Trump starts a global conflict, The US economy will crumble anyways and all of you will still be participating in this war whether you want to or not. Better to tank your country’s economy yourself without starting a global war so that these Billionaires can feel the pain. Democracy needs to be fought for every now and then, maybe now it is The US’s time to fight for it.

  29. We do not want to invade Greenland. For fuck’s sake, WE DO NOT WANT TO INVADE ANOTHER COUNTRY.

    It’s fucking insane that our belligerent, unhinged, drooling ass piece of shit president with dementia can unilaterally decide this shit. We do not want to invade Greenland. Denmark is an ally. Someone put a stop to this, for the love of god.

  30. Prince_Scorpion on

    This is when we invoke the power to remove a president due to mental illness. This cannot be allowed to stand.

  31. This would be the greatest foreign policy, military and economic mistake in the history of the United States. Every ally we’ve had in the last 80 years would wake up an enemy the next morning. They could crash the treasury, the stock market, America’s ability to project power into the Middle East, and on and on. It would demonstrate that Trump is the fool many people think he is and all of western civilization would suffer, starting with Americans. I’d support a military coup before I’d support this. It’s that idiotic.

  32. And for the idiots like my parents who see this and say ‘oh, he just says things to rile people up’, here’s my response: When you are the leader of a fucking nation, YOU DO NOT JUST SAY SHIT TO PISS OFF OTHER NATIONS. This is literally how wars are started.

  33. captsmokeywork on

    How come attacking an ally is not grounds for the 25th amendment?

    Are all Americans cowards?