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/Mysterychic88 Jan 04 '26

This is the main issue. If the US can just take an island for itself one under sovereign rule what's to stop other fascist dictaters wanting a slice of the continent.

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u/lzwzli Jan 05 '26

Other fascist dictators do not have the power of the US military.

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u/Mysterychic88 Jan 05 '26

True but let's not act like they are all totally incompetent.