Greenlanders reject Trump with 85% majority against joining US

[diadelosmuertos@aussie.zone]

"contradicting trump's claim" !?!?!! Now just hang on there for a moment, is somebody suggesting that the man tells lies for goodness sake ???
And ok, those 6% should pack up and go live in America then. Idiots.

[lengau@midwest.social]

Well this should put the question of the US annexing Greenland to rest, as we know Donald Trump has historically been very good about following the democratic will of the people.

[valtia@lemmy.world]

Time to invade Greenland to protect a prosecuted, democracy-loving minority!

[whatsay@slrpnk.net]

Wait, they are allowed to have their votes count? Maybe America should join them

[foggenbooty@lemmy.world]

Both movements that are gaining members.

[floofloof@lemmy.ca]

The common clay of the new west.

[eagle0110@lemmy.world]

And being vital to security had absolutely nothing to do with this, Denmark is a NATO country, the US have literally ANY security need for Greenland they just give NATO a call and it will be done on Greenland, the US already have several military installation on Greenland done this way, including extremely critical installations like ICBM early warning radar facilities.

Security need is NEVER an excuse for the orange to pull this move.

[runiq@feddit.org]

I would have thought people worldwide had learned after Brexit that a vote on national sovereignty is not a proper avenue for trolling, but alas.

[flx@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

It's a poll by a newspaper, not an official referendum. Of course people will take it less seriously

[phoenixz@lemmy.ca]

“The people of Greenland are not happy with Denmark,” Trump said Jan. 21. “You know, I think they’re happy with us.”

This is pretty much the same shit Putin said before invading Ukraine

Having said that, the US is great at invading. Have no doubt, they would overrun the country in a day.

Having said that, the US is absolutely terrible at occupying and keeping territory, any territory. At least since WWII they never managed to hold anything and always got its ass kicked like there is no tomorrow. Afghanistan, anyone? Iraq? Vietnam? All success stories. The US invading Greenland would be it's undoing.

[tja@programming.dev]

Plenty of Trump flags in Canada in 2016 and during covid.

[tja@programming.dev]

The "corn syrup" flavor!

[badland9085@lemm.ee]

It’s the 21st century. Many of us are educated enough and have a strong enough image of what a country is. Any country may try to annex any land, but they’ll almost always face resistance. Even in the event of a full annexation, you can’t stop the people from revolting, essentially making your country look as miserable as possible to everyone. Heck, even the full cleansing of an entire population won’t guarantee you’ll reach long-lasting stability on annexed lands; people will hide, repopulate, teach their descendants about their past and forever torture your nation and its people, however horrifying of a worldview it may sound like.

I remember reading somewhere that some department in the US gov have a paper on their inability to annex or even control foreign lands and their people. Essentially, it doesn’t matter if the USA has the most powerful military in the history of humanity; it cannot conquer the minds of people today, and will suffer from instability for a very long time.