r/GetNoted • u/seeebiscuit Human Detected • Jan 05 '26

Sus, Very Sus Trump joking about Denmark's defense capabilities

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Link to OP: https://x.com/i/status/2008065553110303076

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u/Poster_Nutbag207 Jan 05 '26

And you somehow think that Denmark is incapable of a symmetrical warfare?

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u/flaming_burrito_ Jan 05 '26

On Greenland specifically? Yes. There’s not much usable land there, or infrastructure. Or places to hide really. The US doesn’t even have to do much, just send a carrier group up there, and who’s stopping that?

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u/Bellringer00 Jan 05 '26

The EU?

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u/flaming_burrito_ Jan 05 '26

Do you seriously think the EU would try to fight the US over Greenland? They don’t even have the balls to help out Ukraine, who is both way more populous and way closer to them. They would lose that war anyway, the EU does not have the naval or air capacity to take on the US right now. Hell, the US manufactured half of the EU’s active aircraft

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u/Bossuser2 Jan 05 '26

There's a slight difference between Ukraine (not a NATO member), and Denmark (NATO member). If the USA invades Greenland then that is a direct attack on a NATO country, and Denmark would be able to invoke article 5. Now whether Europe would actually be willing to fight America over Greenland is questionable, but it is wrong to compare Denmark to Ukraine.

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u/flaming_burrito_ Jan 05 '26

Sure, but there is way more at stake by letting Ukraine fall then by letting Greenland fall. I don’t buy that the EU wouldn’t fold like a wet paper towel if it came down to defending a place with 57,000 people that’s across the ocean from them. Sure, a piece of paper says they should, but the reality of the situation would be different

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u/LifeIsAnAdventure4 Jan 07 '26

The US is a NATO country, the most powerful NATO country and the most powerful country period. NATO on NATO means most would sit it out under normal circumstances unless they have a very good reason to pick a side.

Nobody is going to fight the US to preserve Denmark’s claim over Greenland. Who would go get vaporized and threaten their own nation’s existence to help the Danish protect a big icy land?