*From Bloomberg News reporters Alberto Nardelli, Alex Wickham, and Michael Nienaber*
A group of European countries, led by the UK and Germany, is discussing plans for a military presence in Greenland to show US President Donald Trump that the continent is serious about Arctic security and to try to tamp down American threats to take over the self-ruling Danish territory.
Germany will propose setting up a joint NATO mission to protect the Arctic region, according to people familiar with the plans. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has separately urged allies to step up their security presence in the High North and recently reached out to leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to discuss the issue.
It needs to be done, send a contingent of forces from every major NATO and EU member.
Edit: I’m not saying they’d be able to stop the Americans, but it has 2 functions; deterrence, and if he does do it, it’s an armed attack against all of the participating nation’s troops. That provides the highest likelihood of Americans rising up against him.
postusa2 on
It belongs to Greenlanders, as Denmark has said. What the EU and Canada should do is take the opportunity to station those troops in Canada, ready to support Greenland and Denmark, and begin assembling an umbrella of protection over the Arctic for the coming years.
MathematicianOld3942 on
Crazy timeline where Germany will set foot in another country to protect them from annexation
-speakeasy- on
If our government was capable of shame, this should work. I fear the idiot will see it as a challenge as opposed to an opportunity for reflections
Royal-Hunter3892 on
What would happen to US troops deployed in Europe as part of NATO ?
So US soilders deployed in Europe as part of NATO troops would defend Greenland from Invading US Soilders from US mainland ?
What a clusterf”ck !!
DoobyScrew on
Operation Nanook happens next month so it would be easy to move the Canadian and Danish forces to Greenland. Denmark, Greenland and Canada normally join in this yearly.
Heck let the UK and Germany join in the fun in the snow.
chrisni66 on
Boots on the ground in Ukraine to deter Russia, and boots on the ground in Greenland to deter the US…
What a time to be alive…. 😞
Odd_Independence3668 on
While everyone was distracted by Trump and Greenland, he kidnapped the Venezuelan president and probably had some role in the uprising in Iran as well. Nothing will ever happen with Greenland. It’s a show to distract. He’s the greatest showman. Venezuela and Iran are close allies with Russia.
tylergravy on
The weather conditions up there make this mostly political theatre. It’s harsh as hell, not made for people or equipment.
Awkward_War_6068 on
Does feel like the Danish Government have made behind the scenes moves to gain support for a NATO deployment in case the meeting next week pisses off the demented orange.
Outrageous-Brain-395 on
hmm, russia and the us pincering the eu, while china takes taiwan. interesting how the world theater is playing out.
Basement_Chicken on
That plays well to Putin’s hand as NATO’s Ukraine focus has shifted now to Greenland. It means less assistance to Ukraine. This is an example of Reflexive Control concept devised back in the days in the USSR.
DuckWhatduckSplat on
As part of NATO, is the US also going to send troops to … deter themselves?
shadrackandthemandem on
Canada should be offering to join this mission.
Modronos on
Sigh.
Do it.
Stupid, dumb, insane time rife with anti-intellectualist morons. There’s about a 50/50 chance we’re getting drafted at this point, folks. And the reasons couldn’t be more pathetic. It’s evil just because now.
Devil25_Apollo25 on
There is no appeasing thw rapist in chief. Buckle up. There’s only one way to say “No” to a bully, and mere words are never enough.
VagueSomething on
UK and France need to station a small group each, as the other nuclear armed NATO members an attack on them is the biggest danger to the US.
It is time for other NATO members to start pulling their own weight and seek nuclear arms so we can keep anti Western nations like Russia, China and the USA from trying to erase Western Culture.
Chappy_3039 on
Putin is jizzing in his pants reading these types of headlines
tomorrow509 on
The US presents a real and present danger to the sovereignty of Demark and Greenland. NATO putting boots on the ground to protect a member state is the right thing to do.
The best solution is for the US to get it’s act together and remove the current administration, it’s appointees, and a few sitting on Scotus.
TheFuture2001 on
What if – hear me out – Ukraine! Send the forces to Ukraine or hear me out
2014 Crimea!
CheetahOfDeath on
I feel like Canada should be doing this too. On one hand it might provoke the shitstain more against us, but on the other I think it would go some ways to showing our support when we’re going to need it back.
CookiesandCrackers on
I fear Europe got too fat and happy relying on the U.S. to always protect them. They spent all their money on social programs, culture, free healthcare, free education etc. which was nice, but now they have no way to defend themselves.
AiMwithoutBoT on
The fact that this even is a headline is insane. I can’t wait til golden face is gone.
Ordinary-Figure8004 on
Under Democratic leadership, we supported Ukraine. I’ve republicans, we abandon Ukraine and attack our allies.
mbod on
Canada should too. Run drills every 3 months as long as trump and his friends are in power.
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*From Bloomberg News reporters Alberto Nardelli, Alex Wickham, and Michael Nienaber*
A group of European countries, led by the UK and Germany, is discussing plans for a military presence in Greenland to show US President Donald Trump that the continent is serious about Arctic security and to try to tamp down American threats to take over the self-ruling Danish territory.
Germany will propose setting up a joint NATO mission to protect the Arctic region, according to people familiar with the plans. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has separately urged allies to step up their security presence in the High North and recently reached out to leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to discuss the issue.
[Read the full story here.](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-11/uk-germany-discuss-nato-forces-in-greenland-to-calm-us-threat)
It needs to be done, send a contingent of forces from every major NATO and EU member.
Edit: I’m not saying they’d be able to stop the Americans, but it has 2 functions; deterrence, and if he does do it, it’s an armed attack against all of the participating nation’s troops. That provides the highest likelihood of Americans rising up against him.
It belongs to Greenlanders, as Denmark has said. What the EU and Canada should do is take the opportunity to station those troops in Canada, ready to support Greenland and Denmark, and begin assembling an umbrella of protection over the Arctic for the coming years.
Crazy timeline where Germany will set foot in another country to protect them from annexation
If our government was capable of shame, this should work. I fear the idiot will see it as a challenge as opposed to an opportunity for reflections
What would happen to US troops deployed in Europe as part of NATO ?
So US soilders deployed in Europe as part of NATO troops would defend Greenland from Invading US Soilders from US mainland ?
What a clusterf”ck !!
Operation Nanook happens next month so it would be easy to move the Canadian and Danish forces to Greenland. Denmark, Greenland and Canada normally join in this yearly.
Heck let the UK and Germany join in the fun in the snow.
Boots on the ground in Ukraine to deter Russia, and boots on the ground in Greenland to deter the US…
What a time to be alive…. 😞
While everyone was distracted by Trump and Greenland, he kidnapped the Venezuelan president and probably had some role in the uprising in Iran as well. Nothing will ever happen with Greenland. It’s a show to distract. He’s the greatest showman. Venezuela and Iran are close allies with Russia.
The weather conditions up there make this mostly political theatre. It’s harsh as hell, not made for people or equipment.
Does feel like the Danish Government have made behind the scenes moves to gain support for a NATO deployment in case the meeting next week pisses off the demented orange.
hmm, russia and the us pincering the eu, while china takes taiwan. interesting how the world theater is playing out.
That plays well to Putin’s hand as NATO’s Ukraine focus has shifted now to Greenland. It means less assistance to Ukraine. This is an example of Reflexive Control concept devised back in the days in the USSR.
As part of NATO, is the US also going to send troops to … deter themselves?
Canada should be offering to join this mission.
Sigh.
Do it.
Stupid, dumb, insane time rife with anti-intellectualist morons. There’s about a 50/50 chance we’re getting drafted at this point, folks. And the reasons couldn’t be more pathetic. It’s evil just because now.
There is no appeasing thw rapist in chief. Buckle up. There’s only one way to say “No” to a bully, and mere words are never enough.
UK and France need to station a small group each, as the other nuclear armed NATO members an attack on them is the biggest danger to the US.
It is time for other NATO members to start pulling their own weight and seek nuclear arms so we can keep anti Western nations like Russia, China and the USA from trying to erase Western Culture.
Putin is jizzing in his pants reading these types of headlines
The US presents a real and present danger to the sovereignty of Demark and Greenland. NATO putting boots on the ground to protect a member state is the right thing to do.
The best solution is for the US to get it’s act together and remove the current administration, it’s appointees, and a few sitting on Scotus.
What if – hear me out – Ukraine! Send the forces to Ukraine or hear me out
2014 Crimea!
I feel like Canada should be doing this too. On one hand it might provoke the shitstain more against us, but on the other I think it would go some ways to showing our support when we’re going to need it back.
I fear Europe got too fat and happy relying on the U.S. to always protect them. They spent all their money on social programs, culture, free healthcare, free education etc. which was nice, but now they have no way to defend themselves.
The fact that this even is a headline is insane. I can’t wait til golden face is gone.
Under Democratic leadership, we supported Ukraine. I’ve republicans, we abandon Ukraine and attack our allies.
Canada should too. Run drills every 3 months as long as trump and his friends are in power.