Greenland: Macron warns of ‘cascading consequences’ if US seizes island

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/01/14/greenland-macron-warns-of-cascading-consequences-if-us-seizes-the-island_6749419_4.html

27 Comments

  1. As a Canadian, the seizure/invasion of Greenland is top of my mind for “we’re fucked” scenarios.

    I realize that is selfish but I don’t want to be surround by the US.

  2. America is going to be fighting multiple fronts at once. Even here within itself, against its own citizens. The cost is going to be huge, and America is going to end itself.

  3. TremendousVarmint on

    Either it fizzles out like the Suez crisis, or its blows out like 1914 with nukes.

  4. How about the EU just say they will call up all $2 Trillion of US debt, sell all USD, sell all American Bonds? Do they forget they can cause the US dollar into free fall on all currency brackets, and create an stock market crash in the United States.

  5. If the USA continues to threaten EU and NATO countries, then all those countries should boycott the world cup..

  6. The hour that the US invades, Europe will call in all US debts owned by them. China would likely follow suit in a desire to maximize their gain and the US’s loss. Followed by every other country that owns US debt to avoid holding onto a now worthless piece of paper. It would be like a rush on the banks in 1929.

    The US would return the favor, just to be clear. And could in theory, refuse and void them, but this would tank the value of the dollar even more than if they just ate the cost of paying out the debts.

    In short it is an economic nuclear option. It would obliterate the value of the dollar and have all of Trump’s billionaire buddies beating down the door to stop him. Europe has already threatened this and gotten trump to back down on once before when he threatened to pull all support for Ukraine overnight.

  7. The only real winners will be China and Russia if the U.S. invades Greenland.

    What a bunch of inbred morons this current U.S. admin is.

  8. Alternative_Tackle35 on

    I wonder …

    will EU be agressive towards the US?

    Will Russia be happier then?

    Will China step into South America with more agression?

    Won’t the US get backed into a corner???

    Will Trumpstien drop a nuke somewhere to take the heat off and bring forth armegeddon?

    Gosh – I hope I can enjoy a spring sunrise this year next to a Canadian lake.

    Peace and Love my fellow humans.

  9. I have a feeling WW3 isn’t what most of us thought it would be…. in fact I’m starting to realise that WW3 will be an economic war fought between global superpowers and us common folk are going to have to suck it up

  10. SugarInvestigator on

    If the US did attack a member of NATO, coukd NATO expell the US, and then, in turn, their troops stationed in Europe would be PNGd or even considered foreign combatants and rounded up as POWs?

  11. SnuffleWarrior on

    The US is like the grade 6 bully who’s been left behind for 3 grades. Big, dumb and insecure.

  12. As European I say we must prepare radically for war on a Eastern and Western front. Cannot believe it, but it think it’s going to happen.

  13. Extension_Canary3717 on

    If a war start , the fist bomb on US, th first bullet shot , Trump will say “I never wanted war why thy are doing this, its the greatest betrayal of all time” and Maggots will fall in line saying Europe started

  14. We will lose every single bit of equipment and bases in Europe. Thus neutering our logistics advantage that makes us such a world power. We will be fucking ourselves. Nothing good comes from this.

    Maga peeps we need you to understand this.

    Trumps not helping you if he takes Greenland for his legacy.

    It’s about him and only him.

    He isn’t just owning the libs.

    You will suffer serious consequences too.

  15. usa will be paying a heavy price for this sabre rattling over the next several decades after Trump

  16. TheBobMcCormick on

    You can’t tell me none of the European intelligence services have some kind of dirt on Trump or some part of the Epstein files they can release to turn people against this orange jackass. What the fuck are they waiting for?

  17. Electrical_Top656 on

    Putin will go down in history as the greatest strategist ever

    Destroying the most powerful nation and alliance in history by imploding it through a puppet… without firing a single shot, wow

  18. All NATO countries need to IMMEDIATELY close US bases and expel everyone in a US Embassy on their soil. No delays, no questions.

  19. Just want to point out that most Americans oppose the notion of “acquiring” Greenland at all (17% support) and even fewer support the idea of invading Greenland and conquering it (10% support): https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/just-one-five-americans-support-trumps-efforts-acquire-greenland-reutersipsos-2026-01-14/

    Also bipartisan legislation has been introduced in both house and Senate prohibiting the military occupation of NATO territories: https://www.ft.com/content/c8b309a0-d214-4bb7-9630-bfcaa91925a3

    Also when Trump tried to get the joint chiefs to draw up invasion plans for Greenland, they told him flatly that they wouldn’t do it, that it’s illegal, and that if he wanted them to do anything he had to get congressional approval: https://www.firstpost.com/world/trump-asked-us-special-forces-to-plan-greenland-invasion-faces-resistance-from-military-generals-report-13967597.html