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President Donald Trump says he has a deal with Denmark to bolster the U.S. military presence in Greenland. The announcement comes after months of threatening to take the island by force from the NATO ally.

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[-] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

I'm not saying it's somehow okay what Trump has done. What I'm saying is that it's more a capitulation on his end than a subjugation of Greenland.

This does not mean we can relax. This does not mean this is a good thing. It means that disaster is averted for now, and he's committing to a narrative about him having won, which will buy us some time and resources to focus on more important things.

From a non-US perspective at least.

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