These thoughts on the Greenland situation are from by an American commentator It goes beyond the 'end of NATO' talk to more far-reaching consequences for the US.
If the United States follows through on the threat to invade Greenland, we need to be crystal clear about what happens the next morning. This is not a real estate transaction or a routine military exercise. It is the geopolitical equivalent of pulling the pin on a grenade in a crowded elevator. The moment American boots hit the ground in Nuuk to seize territory from a fellow NATO member, the world as we know it ends. The consequences will not be temporary sanctions or angry letters. They will be total, permanent, and devastating.
The first domino to fall is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization itself. NATO is built on the sacred promise of Article 5, that an attack on one is an attack on all. If the U.S. attacks Denmark, we are not just breaking the treaty; we are triggering it against ourselves. NATO dissolves instantly. The alliance that kept the peace in Europe for 75 years evaporates, leaving the continent to rearm and realign against the new aggressor across the Atlantic. We don’t just lose an ally; we create a unified enemy.
The military repercussions will be swift and humiliating. Europe will immediately demand the closure of every U.S. military base on the continent. Ramstein in Germany, Aviano in Italy, Lakenheath in the UK, all gone. Our ability to project power into the Middle East and Africa vanishes overnight. We will be evicted from the very soil we helped liberate and defended for decades, forced to retreat to our own shores as a fortress nation, isolated and friendless.
Then comes the economic nuclear option. The European Union is the largest single market in the world, and they will weaponize it. Europe will likely move to call in U.S. debt and dump their dollar reserves, sending the value of our currency into a death spiral. The U.S. economy, which relies on the dollar being the global reserve currency, will collapse. Inflation will make the post-COVID spikes look like a rounding error. Your savings will be worthless before the ink dries on the invasion orders.
Corporate America will face an extinction event. U.S. companies will be expelled from the European market. Apple, Google, McDonald’s, and Tesla will see their assets seized or their operations banned. Trillions of dollars in market capitalization will be incinerated in minutes. The stock market will not just crash; it will close. We are talking about the complete de-globalization of American industry, cutting us off from the wealthiest consumers on the planet.
The skies will go silent. European aviation authorities will almost certainly ground all Boeing jets and ban U.S. airlines from their airspace. Transatlantic travel will cease. If you are in Paris or Berlin, you are stuck there. The logistical arteries that feed our supply chains will be severed. We will be cut off from European medicine, machinery, and technology. We will be an island nation in the worst possible sense.
The cultural isolation will be just as stinging. The International Olympic Committee and FIFA will have no choice but to bar the United States from competition, just as they did with Russia. There will be no World Cup matches in New Jersey. There will be no Team USA in the Olympics. We will be treated as a pariah state, unwelcome on the global stage, forced to watch the world celebrate without us.
For individual Americans, the consequences will be personal and painful. Visa-free travel to Europe will end immediately. Americans currently living or working in Europe will lose their legal protections and residency status. They will become persona non grata, potentially facing deportation or internment. The “blue passport” that used to open every door will suddenly be a red flag at every border crossing.
This is the end of trust, and it does not reset. You cannot invade a democratic ally and then say “my bad” four years later. The psychological break will be permanent. Europe will realize that the United States is no longer a partner but a predator. They will build their own defense architecture, their own financial systems, and their own alliances that specifically exclude us. The West will continue, but the United States will no longer be part of it.
Invading Greenland is not a show of strength; it is an act of national suicide. We are trading our reputation, our economy, and our security for a frozen island and a handful of minerals we can’t even process. The price of this real estate deal is everything we built over the last century. If we cross this line, there is no going back. We will be the lonely superpower, ruling over nothing but our own decline.
The reality is that we won't side with Europe. When international laws are left blowing in the wind, NATO's demands need to be tossed too. If we can choose to ignore peace why not choose to ignore war mongering? We are connected at the historic hip to the evil empire and inviting a fratricidal invasion across the 49th parallel has us not only shooting ourselves in the foot but amputating both legs. Our geography and the land determines our allegiance unfortunately. The best we can do is to lay on the cloak of the middle power and seek alliances and diplomacy where and when we can, including China and including the antiwar movement in Russia.... peace, peace, peace.
They are not like us! The dark Tetrad Personality type comprises most of CONold’s administration, they have dark dangerous personalities. See: They Are Not Like Us! Jim Stewartson Mind-War.com The Psychological War On Democracy Jan 11, 25 CONold knows he is going to die soon, he wants a legacy and Nobel Peace Prize before he goes to Hell. So, in his demented mind he needs to take over all of North America so he can make it great again and protect it from “perceived” enemies. He owes a lot of billionaires money for their campaign support, he has a lot of outstanding debts, he is angry about being exposed as a child sex predator, and he hates immigrant people. He blames everyone bit himself and needs constant exaltation and applause from those he admires. That makes him a dangerous malignant narcissist that can do a lot of damage to a lot of people. There is enough evidence of his crimes, murders, conflict of interest backroom deals, Epstein files, and invasions and threats to other countries. They need to walk into the Oval Office, arrest him and put him in a straitjacket, then off to prison for life.
Is the Greenland threat the road to take over Canada by having the Europeans strongly protect their own sovereignty all the while telling the Americans they won't be as resilient to any talk about taking over Canada instead, and keeping trade flowing..
Great points. One of the characteristics about fascism is that it needs enemies both foreign and domestic to scare the populace into giving up their rights and privileges. Hitler had no choice but to start wars with his neighbours, just as the gangster gegime.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I consider it a crucial state of affairs. If this really comes to combat be prepared for brave,intelligent, disgusted Americans to want to join your forces. Of course that probably means they would need/want to become your citizens. They will be the good ones
Propose that Denmark allow the building of military bases for the countries who are both UN members and NATO allies:
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
France
Iceland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
United Kingdom
United States
Greece
Turkey
Germany
Spain
Czech Republic
Hungary
Poland
Bulgaria
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Albania
Croatia
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Finland
Sweden
•Yes – Greenland is big enough to hold dozens of additional bases the size of the existing U.S. installation.
•Why the math works:
-Greenland (total land area) ≈ 2 million km² (2 166 000 km²)
-Pituffik Space Base (the U.S. base) ≈ 2 600 acres ≈ 10 km²
-31 extra bases of the same footprint ≈ 31 × 10 km² ≈ 310 km²
-You’d be using only about 0.014 % of Greenland’s total surface. In pure geographic terms there is more than enough room.
This expansion should be a policy goal, focusing on modular, shared, and co‑located infrastructure will keep the bill as low as possible—potentially saving millions of Canadian dollars per site.
Cost‑saving ideas (in CAD) if a decision were made to expand:
•Modular, prefabricated structures – Shipping container‑style modules can be assembled on‑site with minimal heavy equipment. A typical 40‑ft container costs ~ CAD $3 000 – $5 000, and a complete modular living unit (insulated, self‑contained) runs around CAD $30 000 – $50 000, far cheaper than building from scratch.
•Shared infrastructure – Instead of each new base having its own runway, power plant, and port, cluster several sites within a 100‑km radius and share a single runway and renewable‑energy hub (wind/solar with battery storage). This reduces duplicate capital outlay by an estimated 30‑40 %.
•Leverage existing Danish facilities – Denmark already maintains research stations and weather outposts in Greenland. Co‑locating with these sites can cut construction and staffing costs, and it improves goodwill with the local administration.
The US will not risk attacking Greenland with such an aggregate of countries’ citizens. The public reason for this build is to strengthen NATO.
Unfortunately, the U.S. sh**t show plays well for Putin. Whether the U.S. abandons NATO or NATO members engage the U.S., Russia will pounce. Either way, Canada is exposed because Europe is not strong enough to fight two fronts. An alternative? The "world" needs to dump American Treasury Bills (T-bills). The last time that happened, Trump changed course almost immediately.
I am continually intrigued by the non-mention in many articles of DMCA-related laws forced upon most countries after 1998 (ours was in 2112) and the explosion of data centres in many of those same countries to which the US Government, under the Cloud Act, can access the data hosted thereupon. While it was not admitted, think back to Jun 2025 when ICC arrest warrant for Netenyahu was magically stalled days (4?) after it was announced. The ICC was suddenly plagued by loss of emails, including archived ones, and issues of access with Outlook, its email app of choice. Digital sovereignty is often mentioned in articles, and it is critical: no digital sovereignty, no national security.....and the country involved is "vulnerable". In a time when everything is cloud-based, especially finance, think of the risks of the US President being able to demand US companies provide hosted data on their servers. I wrote a piece on this if anyone is interested (it is a compilation from various sources but heavily reliant on Cory Doctorow's 29 Dec 2025 outstanding presentation an international forum in Hamburg: https://kenkohler.substack.com/p/trumps-tariff-tantrums-silver-lining?r=59rl1q
Yes, I applaud every American that is trying to resist, however: We still must recognise that only one third voted for Trump this last time, but also that one third couldn't be bothered. From many accounts, the one third that voted for him bought into the myth that he would (as if he could) lower food prices, or that he would provide free IVF. Many people voted on single issues and ignored the history and the big picture.
We definitely recognise that although voting him in the first time could be understandable (well, not me me, but we won't go there now), with all the knowledge of what he is, what he did in his first term and all the crimes, felony convictions and all the other stuff that unfolded and came to light after he left office, that he was allowed to run, let alone be elected again is something that I don't think the world should or can forget nor forgive.
We recognise that efforts are made at grassroots level to resist but that the U.S. system is intentionally set up to make regime change very difficult. Americans do have to realise that the world now sees them in a very different way than they see themselves.
The myth of American exceptionalism (if it ever existed in other than in American minds)......is dead. The world is forever changed for the worse because of this one man and the world needs to protect itself. I sympathize with the individual American, but on the world stage, he is your president, he represents you and speaks for you. I fear for us all.
TACO wouldn't know a line in the sand if he tripped over it.
These thoughts on the Greenland situation are from by an American commentator It goes beyond the 'end of NATO' talk to more far-reaching consequences for the US.
If the United States follows through on the threat to invade Greenland, we need to be crystal clear about what happens the next morning. This is not a real estate transaction or a routine military exercise. It is the geopolitical equivalent of pulling the pin on a grenade in a crowded elevator. The moment American boots hit the ground in Nuuk to seize territory from a fellow NATO member, the world as we know it ends. The consequences will not be temporary sanctions or angry letters. They will be total, permanent, and devastating.
The first domino to fall is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization itself. NATO is built on the sacred promise of Article 5, that an attack on one is an attack on all. If the U.S. attacks Denmark, we are not just breaking the treaty; we are triggering it against ourselves. NATO dissolves instantly. The alliance that kept the peace in Europe for 75 years evaporates, leaving the continent to rearm and realign against the new aggressor across the Atlantic. We don’t just lose an ally; we create a unified enemy.
The military repercussions will be swift and humiliating. Europe will immediately demand the closure of every U.S. military base on the continent. Ramstein in Germany, Aviano in Italy, Lakenheath in the UK, all gone. Our ability to project power into the Middle East and Africa vanishes overnight. We will be evicted from the very soil we helped liberate and defended for decades, forced to retreat to our own shores as a fortress nation, isolated and friendless.
Then comes the economic nuclear option. The European Union is the largest single market in the world, and they will weaponize it. Europe will likely move to call in U.S. debt and dump their dollar reserves, sending the value of our currency into a death spiral. The U.S. economy, which relies on the dollar being the global reserve currency, will collapse. Inflation will make the post-COVID spikes look like a rounding error. Your savings will be worthless before the ink dries on the invasion orders.
Corporate America will face an extinction event. U.S. companies will be expelled from the European market. Apple, Google, McDonald’s, and Tesla will see their assets seized or their operations banned. Trillions of dollars in market capitalization will be incinerated in minutes. The stock market will not just crash; it will close. We are talking about the complete de-globalization of American industry, cutting us off from the wealthiest consumers on the planet.
The skies will go silent. European aviation authorities will almost certainly ground all Boeing jets and ban U.S. airlines from their airspace. Transatlantic travel will cease. If you are in Paris or Berlin, you are stuck there. The logistical arteries that feed our supply chains will be severed. We will be cut off from European medicine, machinery, and technology. We will be an island nation in the worst possible sense.
The cultural isolation will be just as stinging. The International Olympic Committee and FIFA will have no choice but to bar the United States from competition, just as they did with Russia. There will be no World Cup matches in New Jersey. There will be no Team USA in the Olympics. We will be treated as a pariah state, unwelcome on the global stage, forced to watch the world celebrate without us.
For individual Americans, the consequences will be personal and painful. Visa-free travel to Europe will end immediately. Americans currently living or working in Europe will lose their legal protections and residency status. They will become persona non grata, potentially facing deportation or internment. The “blue passport” that used to open every door will suddenly be a red flag at every border crossing.
This is the end of trust, and it does not reset. You cannot invade a democratic ally and then say “my bad” four years later. The psychological break will be permanent. Europe will realize that the United States is no longer a partner but a predator. They will build their own defense architecture, their own financial systems, and their own alliances that specifically exclude us. The West will continue, but the United States will no longer be part of it.
Invading Greenland is not a show of strength; it is an act of national suicide. We are trading our reputation, our economy, and our security for a frozen island and a handful of minerals we can’t even process. The price of this real estate deal is everything we built over the last century. If we cross this line, there is no going back. We will be the lonely superpower, ruling over nothing but our own decline.
By Brent Molnar. Copied and pasted.
The reality is that we won't side with Europe. When international laws are left blowing in the wind, NATO's demands need to be tossed too. If we can choose to ignore peace why not choose to ignore war mongering? We are connected at the historic hip to the evil empire and inviting a fratricidal invasion across the 49th parallel has us not only shooting ourselves in the foot but amputating both legs. Our geography and the land determines our allegiance unfortunately. The best we can do is to lay on the cloak of the middle power and seek alliances and diplomacy where and when we can, including China and including the antiwar movement in Russia.... peace, peace, peace.
“Oh and Canada, you need to start pulling your weight.”
I noticed that you did not include the name of the "Chair" who was ignorant enough to make such a foolish statement.
Probably a good choice on your part.
I can only fight against a couple of assholes at a time. The USA and Alberta are taking all of my attention.
They are not like us! The dark Tetrad Personality type comprises most of CONold’s administration, they have dark dangerous personalities. See: They Are Not Like Us! Jim Stewartson Mind-War.com The Psychological War On Democracy Jan 11, 25 CONold knows he is going to die soon, he wants a legacy and Nobel Peace Prize before he goes to Hell. So, in his demented mind he needs to take over all of North America so he can make it great again and protect it from “perceived” enemies. He owes a lot of billionaires money for their campaign support, he has a lot of outstanding debts, he is angry about being exposed as a child sex predator, and he hates immigrant people. He blames everyone bit himself and needs constant exaltation and applause from those he admires. That makes him a dangerous malignant narcissist that can do a lot of damage to a lot of people. There is enough evidence of his crimes, murders, conflict of interest backroom deals, Epstein files, and invasions and threats to other countries. They need to walk into the Oval Office, arrest him and put him in a straitjacket, then off to prison for life.
Operation Artic Light was a Danish led Nato exercise in Greenland in Sept. 2025.
This involved all armed forces to show its commitment to Nato.
Nato knows the seas and land and air in that area.
We need to stop the privatization of our healthcare
https://www.heathermcpherson.ca/healthact
Is the Greenland threat the road to take over Canada by having the Europeans strongly protect their own sovereignty all the while telling the Americans they won't be as resilient to any talk about taking over Canada instead, and keeping trade flowing..
Canadians stood and died to fight with our allies in WW1 and WW2. It is now their turn to STAND with us!
Great points. One of the characteristics about fascism is that it needs enemies both foreign and domestic to scare the populace into giving up their rights and privileges. Hitler had no choice but to start wars with his neighbours, just as the gangster gegime.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I consider it a crucial state of affairs. If this really comes to combat be prepared for brave,intelligent, disgusted Americans to want to join your forces. Of course that probably means they would need/want to become your citizens. They will be the good ones
Propose that Denmark allow the building of military bases for the countries who are both UN members and NATO allies:
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
France
Iceland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
United Kingdom
United States
Greece
Turkey
Germany
Spain
Czech Republic
Hungary
Poland
Bulgaria
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Albania
Croatia
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Finland
Sweden
•Yes – Greenland is big enough to hold dozens of additional bases the size of the existing U.S. installation.
•Why the math works:
-Greenland (total land area) ≈ 2 million km² (2 166 000 km²)
-Pituffik Space Base (the U.S. base) ≈ 2 600 acres ≈ 10 km²
-31 extra bases of the same footprint ≈ 31 × 10 km² ≈ 310 km²
-You’d be using only about 0.014 % of Greenland’s total surface. In pure geographic terms there is more than enough room.
This expansion should be a policy goal, focusing on modular, shared, and co‑located infrastructure will keep the bill as low as possible—potentially saving millions of Canadian dollars per site.
Cost‑saving ideas (in CAD) if a decision were made to expand:
•Modular, prefabricated structures – Shipping container‑style modules can be assembled on‑site with minimal heavy equipment. A typical 40‑ft container costs ~ CAD $3 000 – $5 000, and a complete modular living unit (insulated, self‑contained) runs around CAD $30 000 – $50 000, far cheaper than building from scratch.
•Shared infrastructure – Instead of each new base having its own runway, power plant, and port, cluster several sites within a 100‑km radius and share a single runway and renewable‑energy hub (wind/solar with battery storage). This reduces duplicate capital outlay by an estimated 30‑40 %.
•Leverage existing Danish facilities – Denmark already maintains research stations and weather outposts in Greenland. Co‑locating with these sites can cut construction and staffing costs, and it improves goodwill with the local administration.
The US will not risk attacking Greenland with such an aggregate of countries’ citizens. The public reason for this build is to strengthen NATO.
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Unfortunately, the U.S. sh**t show plays well for Putin. Whether the U.S. abandons NATO or NATO members engage the U.S., Russia will pounce. Either way, Canada is exposed because Europe is not strong enough to fight two fronts. An alternative? The "world" needs to dump American Treasury Bills (T-bills). The last time that happened, Trump changed course almost immediately.
Interesting piece, Charlie.
I am continually intrigued by the non-mention in many articles of DMCA-related laws forced upon most countries after 1998 (ours was in 2112) and the explosion of data centres in many of those same countries to which the US Government, under the Cloud Act, can access the data hosted thereupon. While it was not admitted, think back to Jun 2025 when ICC arrest warrant for Netenyahu was magically stalled days (4?) after it was announced. The ICC was suddenly plagued by loss of emails, including archived ones, and issues of access with Outlook, its email app of choice. Digital sovereignty is often mentioned in articles, and it is critical: no digital sovereignty, no national security.....and the country involved is "vulnerable". In a time when everything is cloud-based, especially finance, think of the risks of the US President being able to demand US companies provide hosted data on their servers. I wrote a piece on this if anyone is interested (it is a compilation from various sources but heavily reliant on Cory Doctorow's 29 Dec 2025 outstanding presentation an international forum in Hamburg: https://kenkohler.substack.com/p/trumps-tariff-tantrums-silver-lining?r=59rl1q
Cory Doctorow's speech to OCAD is great too.
Yes, I applaud every American that is trying to resist, however: We still must recognise that only one third voted for Trump this last time, but also that one third couldn't be bothered. From many accounts, the one third that voted for him bought into the myth that he would (as if he could) lower food prices, or that he would provide free IVF. Many people voted on single issues and ignored the history and the big picture.
We definitely recognise that although voting him in the first time could be understandable (well, not me me, but we won't go there now), with all the knowledge of what he is, what he did in his first term and all the crimes, felony convictions and all the other stuff that unfolded and came to light after he left office, that he was allowed to run, let alone be elected again is something that I don't think the world should or can forget nor forgive.
We recognise that efforts are made at grassroots level to resist but that the U.S. system is intentionally set up to make regime change very difficult. Americans do have to realise that the world now sees them in a very different way than they see themselves.
The myth of American exceptionalism (if it ever existed in other than in American minds)......is dead. The world is forever changed for the worse because of this one man and the world needs to protect itself. I sympathize with the individual American, but on the world stage, he is your president, he represents you and speaks for you. I fear for us all.