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Aussie105

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23. Go ahead, invade!

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 09:00 PM

Jan 7

NATO countries might not respond in a military fashion.

BUT:
NATO countries will declare America to be a rogue state, confiscate all NATO country US held properties like bases, nullify any trade agreements, and dump any bonds held in US stocks.
As well as locking US owned bank accounts.
Any US company trading in Europe will seize up.

It will hurt Europe doing so, but America has more to lose.

Want to turn your country into a poverty stricken banana republic, Mr Trump?
Trigger a global recession?
Your choice!

The situation is quite serious though.
You can't tell if Trump is bluffing or not, and he is not prepared to listen to any advisors brave enough to tell him this is a bad, bad idea.

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Pic Of The Moment: White House Says Trump Is Considering Military Invasion And Occupation Of Greenland [View all] EarlG Jan 7 OP

... aggiesal Jan 7 #1

I'm pretty sure ordering an attack on a NATO ally would be an illegal order. surfered Jan 7 #2

oh, trump will declare it a Law and Order event, then Debated for 5 plus years, then forgetten riversedge Jan 7 #4

Ya Think? peggysue2 Jan 7 #9

DURec leftstreet Jan 7 #3

Trump's strategy Dave Id Jan 7 #5

This is correct. Not only are multi-front wars a distraction from Epstein, they make it less likely the gop wiggs Jan 7 #6

Don't forget Ukraine.There is a lot going on there that has completely fallen off the radar since Venezuela. Amaryllis Jan 7 #7

Plus he's bombing rando African countries whenever he thinks of it.... FakeNoose Jan 7 #10

Putin has to be taking this..... SergeStorms Jan 7 #15

Rec MustLoveBeagles Jan 7 #8

If congressional Republicans don't join forces with Democrats to stop this, we are going to have to fill the nation's Martin68 Jan 7 #11

I was just thinking the same thing. ReRe Jan 8 #25

The end of NATO Red Mountain Jan 7 #12

The criminal "Vladroe Doctrine" applied to the western hemisphere. Justice matters. Jan 7 #19

Yeah he needs to go. This is completely batshit insane. Initech Jan 7 #13

Orange Caligula orangecrush Jan 7 #14

How many House Democrats ScratchCat Jan 7 #16

I am considering a "range of options" in order to acquire the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. That they artemisia1 Jan 7 #17

Is trump also considering DownriverDem Jan 7 #18

K&R LetMyPeopleVote Jan 7 #20

Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland, 1939, setting off World War Two. Paladin Jan 7 #21

Exactly! ReRe Jan 8 #26

An attack on one NATO country is an attack on all NATO countries JohnnyRingo Jan 7 #22

Go ahead, invade! Aussie105 Jan 7 #23

That is exactly what Putin wants. n/t Whiskeytide Jan 7 #24

When Trump starts blowing up Greenlandic Inuit paddling around in their kayaks, we'll know the invasion is imminent. sop Jan 8 #27