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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDumpf says U.S. 'absolutely needs' Greenland
A commentary from a Britain...
Trump saying the US absolutely needs Greenland is not just reckless rhetoric. It is a warning signal. If the United States even attempts to coerce or annex territory from a NATO ally, it would trigger one of the most severe self inflicted economic shocks in modern American history.
This is why it is genuinely frightening.
The moment the US crosses that line allies would immediately reassess exposure to the dollar, US debt, and American markets. Treasury yields would spike as foreign buyers pull back. The dollars reserve status would be replaced because the US would have proven it is no longer a predictable rules based actor.
Sanctions would not be symbolic. Europe, Canada, and others would be forced to respond economically. Supply chains would fracture. Defense cooperation would freeze. US companies would face retaliation, regulatory barriers, and capital flight. Insurance, shipping, and energy markets would price in permanent geopolitical risk tied specifically to the United States.
And heres the part MAGA strategists do not understand: Americas economic power is based on intimidation. That borders matter. That alliances matter. Break that, and the US does not become stronger. It becomes radioactive.
Annexation talk is not strength. It is the geopolitical equivalent of lighting a match in a room full of gasoline. The fire would not start in Greenland. It would start in bond markets, currency markets, and global trade. And once that confidence is gone, no amount of flags or slogans will bring it back.
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This is why it is genuinely frightening.
The moment the US crosses that line allies would immediately reassess exposure to the dollar, US debt, and American markets. Treasury yields would spike as foreign buyers pull back. The dollars reserve status would be replaced because the US would have proven it is no longer a predictable rules based actor.
Sanctions would not be symbolic. Europe, Canada, and others would be forced to respond economically. Supply chains would fracture. Defense cooperation would freeze. US companies would face retaliation, regulatory barriers, and capital flight. Insurance, shipping, and energy markets would price in permanent geopolitical risk tied specifically to the United States.
And heres the part MAGA strategists do not understand: Americas economic power is based on intimidation. That borders matter. That alliances matter. Break that, and the US does not become stronger. It becomes radioactive.
Annexation talk is not strength. It is the geopolitical equivalent of lighting a match in a room full of gasoline. The fire would not start in Greenland. It would start in bond markets, currency markets, and global trade. And once that confidence is gone, no amount of flags or slogans will bring it back.
Stay connected,
Follow Gandalv @Microinteracti1
As we observed the abomination continuing to build monuments to himself and name things after himself, and keep us constantly thinking of only him, it shows you how critical it is to him that he not be forgotten after he's gone.
He obsesses over making his mark, of being relevant and consequential.
We know that this malignant narcissist - when faced with their inevitability of mortality and demise,
will aspire to take all us haters down with him.
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Dumpf says U.S. 'absolutely needs' Greenland (Original Post)
Pluvious
Monday
OP
A modest selloff of Treasury bills by the EU and Japan might get some attention
Fiendish Thingy
Monday
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Turbineguy
(39,850 posts)1. And America doesn't need trump.
Fiendish Thingy
(22,066 posts)2. A modest selloff of Treasury bills by the EU and Japan might get some attention
Say, about $500 billion worth, with threats to sell more unless Trump Shuts The Fuck Up?
Kid Berwyn
(23,011 posts)3. Thanks, Putin.

Klarkashton
(4,740 posts)4. This answers the question "how is trump going
To fuck everything up this time?"