Given how these tit for tat fights have been the last year or so this is a pretty dramatic thing to do that only fuels Trump. The comments as well are really really not going to play out well for Denmark.
“The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable,” Anders Schelde, chief investment officer at AkademikerPension, told Bloomberg on Tuesday.
Sure people are able to hold, buy, and sell as they want but there is a point that poking a bear is a stupid idea. This comment is that stupid idea.
The ultimate Trump card is that Europe needs America to stay in NATO way more than America needs to stay in NATO, so this obviously ends with America getting what it wants from Europe.
Yes, my read of the situation is that in 2015/2016...prior to election....Trump was saying things like "why do we even need to be in NATO, etc".....
My take is he went in with the idea he could just pull out, then military advisors explained to him that it wasn't so simple, that in effect Europe was our advanced warning system and there would be some drawbacks to not having that....
Hence, the full court press to "get Greenland" during his second term. I think everyone in Europe knows thats the plan, which is why thats why they are so hysterical trying to stop it.
Greenland as a substitute for NATO is the only explanation that makes much sense to me, because there are agreements in place already that allow the US military to pretty much do whatever they want in Greenland.
Both sides have been very restrained in saying not the truth out loud, I think because its one of those things that once spoken can't be taken back (kinda like telling your spouse you are considering divorce).....
Once it gets to the stage where they are "saying it out loud" Trump is going to have the better narrative...."why should american tax dollars be paying for french defense....etc"
Domestically it would be hard for democrats to counter this as Trump will use the same message.
Having said all that, there are quite of few negative things that will probably come from this....I can't see how this doesn't lead to active animosity between US - EU going forward. Tariffs, fines against US companies, travel restrictions, etc....
If USA leaves NATO EU moves toward China very swiftly.
Most profitable trade for Europe is already with China, not the USA.
Nato is the only thing holding Europes loyalty to USA.
Without Europe the petrodollar in unenforceable and the US is swiftly insolvent.
That is one of the stupidest things I’ve heard you say. Europe has shown it is willing to make itself suffer for its goals. Plus you mean to tell me the sharp rise in Nationalism somehow equals China?! No it equals going back to the US
Also the you can drop the whole petrodollar idea. The military and just so your happy the dumb bombs and other stock piles we have that don’t use rare earths can cover a war for months before more drastic means are taken.
This of course doesn’t include the cyber capabilities of the US which have been… missing…. That’s not good for China, Russia, or Iran.
Canada has already shown you what happens.
Half of Chinas trade is now denominated in Yuan.
Get used to it- the US empire is in decline.
All USA has left is dumb bombs and USTs nobody wants.
You understand that Canada has either the largest or second largest Taiwanese populations out of China and so socially it isnt going to work. China already was caught using its embassy's for the "police stations" and most importantly the car manufacturing sector, one of the most critical for Canada, has gotten screwed over in China again and again. Carney can say what he wants but the underlying social and economic facts show it isnt going to happen. Sure he can try but it will cost him and his party the government.
You understand why the Chinese Yuan use skyrocketed right? It's due to the Russian trade being done almost exclusively in it. When you factor in the rest of the world the number falls significantly
With the bombs.... Uh.... you slap a $50 kit on there and yeah no everyone wants the guild bombs aka the dumb bombs. They have been shown to pay a significant role in modern military fights with Russia's invasion of Ukraine showing how critical they are since they cant be jammed and can be dropped from friendly skys.
Gold is headed toward USD$5000.
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The USD is headed toward insolvency.
Trump is a sociopathic drongo leading an empire in terminal decline.
China has won the trade war and USA cannot fight any war of any scale and duration because it lacks a supply of sufficient refined rare earths independent of China.
China is emerging as the new super power and USA is emerging as a sad and corrupt rogue state led by a tyrant who has no respect for the US Constitution and who has been systematically dismantling the checks on his power ever since he came to power if not before.
Will the US Supreme Court rule Trumps Tariffs unlawful?
If they don't they will have confirmed that the US Supreme Court is corrupt.
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Without its extraordinary privilege of the petrodollar USA is insolvent.
At the current rate of decline insolvency will kick in later this year.
You continue to ignore the technology that no one can touch. Where is China with fusion? Where is China with AI that is not Han Chinese based? See that’s the issue China doesn’t have its own ideas. They still just copy and paste.
Where is China with Fusion? You tell me?
One thing I do know is IF & WHEN Fusion is achieved China is in a far better position to build it...as they already are with Fission!
It is true China has copy and pasted a lot of the wests technology (who can blame them after the disgrace that were The Opium Wars and all that followed?) although that is starting to change as it must as China becomes the global leader and increasingly has the resources to invest in new technology.
Chinas AI approach is distinctly and deliberately different to the US one- China is focused on immediate and practical applications rather than the wests quest for artificial sentience- which may be the best approach remains to be seen but the wests one is certainly inherently higher risk.
Now, back to the issues I raised above and which you studiously ignored in your response...
Will the US Supreme Court support Trumps march toward autocracy or act as a check and balance to the POTUS at this crucial time for the USA and its constitution?
How much longer can the US cling to its declining petrodollar imperialism?
Gold is headed for USD$5000 and beyond as central banks and citizens everywhere dump dollars go for gold.
Hear what I found in Project 2025: this isn’t just “Denmark poking the bear,” it’s the blueprint for turning headlines like this into leverage. It treats US debt/interest costs as mission-critical and even talks about locking in rates with longer-duration issuance (they float a 50-year Treasury), it explicitly calls for reshaping NATO so Europe fields most conventional defense while the U.S. reduces its force posture in Europe, and it treats the Arctic/Greenland as a strategic theater—year-round U.S. presence in Nuuk plus policies to deepen economic ties directly between the U.S. and Greenland. In other words: the “say it out loud” posture you’re worried will fuel Trump? The plan is to make dependence explicit and use it—and the obvious implication is: if you pick leverage as policy, expect other countries to start playing leverage games back.
sounds like footgun with extra steps