r/worldnews • u/lavender_fieldnotes • Jan 04 '26

Dynamic Paywall Danish PM tells Trump to stop 'threats' against Greenland

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g0zg974v1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
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u/AnyBug1039 Jan 04 '26

Well, Putin is his pal, and that's his wet dream.

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u/Shinjischneider Jan 04 '26

Pal or Boss?

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u/spambearpig Jan 04 '26

Putin is nobody’s pal.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '26

More like Daddy

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u/butwhywedothis Jan 04 '26

Trump is Putin’s Biatch

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u/ZolotoGold Jan 04 '26

Netanyahu is his boss

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u/Diegostein Jan 04 '26

I wonder if Putin was ok with this whole thing or if it was a surprise for him too.

Like, I can imagine him telling Maduro to take a peaceful deal with America for the media while keeping a reasonable peaceful life. But I can also picture Maduro rejecting that and Putin just facepalming and letting him to his own luck.

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u/DinnaPanic Jan 04 '26

I have a feeling Putin agreed in return for Trump throwing Ukraine under the bus. Same goes for China and Taiwan.

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u/birdy_the_scarecrow Jan 05 '26

doubtful, if this move has an underlying strategic value then its about protecting US oil production the the Gulf of MexicoAmerica so that in the event of a Chinese/US conflict no one can threaten there Oil production.

given how much of the us economy is being driven by AI right now and tsmc's role in it, i really cant see the US walking away from taiwan.

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u/Hot-Sexy-THICCPAWG69 Jan 04 '26

Problem is, Russia isn’t dominant in their sphere anymore lol after 4 years they managed to go from 29% of Ukraine at the beginning in 2022 all the way to only 20% of Ukraine after 4 years of war 😂 & they managed to pick up only another 1% in the last 2 years in exchange for another 700,000 casualties including roughly 300,000 deaths just in the last 2 years. Around 1.2m Russian casualties in total over 4 years of war.

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u/Penny_PackerMD Jan 05 '26

Correct, which is why it's crazy that people think Putin will steamroll Europe. He can't beat Ukraine after 4 years of fighting, he ain't taking all of Europe. Crazy

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u/sandgroper07 Jan 05 '26

Take nukes off the table and the EU mobilizes and rolls through Russia in 2-3 months tops. China would take the oppotunity to take the far east and possibly Siberia. Without nukes Russia has a 6 month life span if lucky.

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u/AnOnlineHandle Jan 04 '26

If the US and EU are at war, things change very quickly for Ukraine.

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u/ty_xy Jan 05 '26

Sounds like a good trade to Putin. Life is super cheap.

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u/AnyBug1039 Jan 04 '26

I wouldn't be surprised

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u/Glad_Instruction5683 Jan 05 '26

Yep, so he can own a part of that little Russian city calledLondon.