2026 US-Denmark Tensions/End of NATO

[ytz]

Cyprus didnt kill NATO, despite Greece and turkey being members

They weren't the anchor members. Let's not pretend this is the same thing.

 

[ytz]

The Trump insistence on stealing Greenland and subjugating its citizens does not have to result in the end of NATO. It could just result in the US expulsion.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2012699630589603999

Can we stop with the cope?

The Supreme Allied Commander is always American.

It's the end of NATO as we know it if the US is expelled. They'd be better off creating some other structure that works better for them.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Haven't seen proof of this but interesting stats

https://twitter.com/x/status/2012676854885343321

From the comments...

https://twitter.com/x/status/2012718238610624916

 

[MilEME09]

From the comments...

https://twitter.com/x/status/2012718238610624916

Quick chatgbt query

Top 3 Insulin Producers (Global / U.S. supply context):

Novo Nordisk (Denmark) — ~50–52% of the global insulin market

Eli Lilly (U.S.) — ~20–25% of the global insulin market

Sanofi (France) — ~15–17% of the global insulin market

 

[RangerRay]

Haven't seen proof of this but interesting stats

https://twitter.com/x/status/2012676854885343321

But most importantly, what % of their Lego comes from Denmark?

 

[brihard]

But most importantly, what % of their Lego comes from Denmark?

I had my first “stepped on a Lego” as a parent experience the other day. Based on that experience it should be counted as defence spending.

 

[daftandbarmy]

I had my first “stepped on a Lego” as a parent experience the other day. Based on that experience it should be counted as defence spending.

Top tip: build a 'Lego Corral' of some kind. Prohibit use of the Danske Devil's Blocks outside of this area.

Or you will be doomed, doomed I tell you

 

[ModlrMike]

I had my first “stepped on a Lego” as a parent experience the other day. Based on that experience it should be counted as defence spending.

People often tell me they have 10/10 pain. I usually ask "like stepping on a Lego?"

 

[GK .Dundas]

When I was in HSC emergency in January of 24' I was told I could get morphine if I felt pain based on stepping on Lego levels of pain.

 

[lenaitch]

 

[McG]

Checks and balances apparently are just stronly worded statements.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2012617085604471235

 

[ytz]

Checks and balances apparently are just stronly worded statements.

Exactly. They won't actually do anything real to stop him.

David Cochrane on CBC last week:

“America isn’t the way it is because he’s president. He’s president because America is the way it is.”

There's really no coming back from this. Rest of the world slowly decouples away from the US. Unbelievable to me that this might be how China wins the 21st century.

 

[Remius]

Exactly. They won't actually do anything real to stop him.

David Cochrane on CBC last week:

“America isn’t the way it is because he’s president. He’s president because America is the way it is.”

There's really no coming back from this. Rest of the world slowly decouples away from the US. Unbelievable to me that this might be how China wins the 21st century.

Thank you MAGA.

 

[Altair]

Exactly. They won't actually do anything real to stop him.

David Cochrane on CBC last week:

“America isn’t the way it is because he’s president. He’s president because America is the way it is.”

There's really no coming back from this. Rest of the world slowly decouples away from the US. Unbelievable to me that this might be how China wins the 21st century.

Its like the Romans. A series of bad emperors and the system crumbles from within. The USA has had Trump, Biden, Trump.

 

[Altair]

Trump's latest Western Hemisphere fixation: Canada

The president has intensified his criticism of Canada in private conversations with aides in recent weeks over what he sees as the country's vulnerability to U.S. adversaries in the Arctic.

www.nbcnews.com

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is privately ramping up his focus on another target in the Western Hemisphere, increasingly complaining to aides in recent weeks about Canada’s vulnerability to U.S. adversaries in the Arctic, according to two U.S. officials, a senior administration official and three former senior U.S. officials familiar with the discussions.

As Trump’s advisers work toward his goal of acquiring Greenland, the president has privately grown more exercised about what he sees as Canada’s similar inability to defend its borders against any encroachment from Russia or China, specifically arguing Canada needs to spend more on defense, the officials said. They said his push has accelerated internal discussions about a broader Arctic strategy and potentially reaching an agreement with Canada this year to fortify its northern border.

Yay...

 

[daftandbarmy]

Its like the Romans. A series of bad emperors and the system crumbles from within. The USA has had Obama, Obama, Trump, Biden, Trump.

Filled that out FY

If you recall, the Democrats declared war on the 'deplorables' in 'flyover country' and lit a bit of a fuze ...

 

[Altair]

Filled that out FY

Well if Obama is a barometer for bad, we shouldn't neglect the strategic genius of Bush, mr start two wars in the middle east with no plan on how to win them and lead up to the worse financial crisis seen in generations, so

Bush, Bush, Obama, Obama, Trump, Biden, Trump.

 

[Genetk44]

Well if Obama is a barometer for bad, we shouldn't neglect the strategic genius of Bush, mr start two wars in the middle east with no plan on how to win them and lead up to the worse financial crisis seen in generations, so

Bush, Bush, Obama, Obama, Trump, Biden, Trump.

And the Republicans/Maga have it at 4-3

 

[Czech_pivo]

Its like the Romans. A series of bad emperors and the system crumbles from within. The USA has had Trump, Biden, Trump.

Your referring to 12yrs out of 250yrs - We had 10yrs of Trudeau, which was a disastrous for this country in so many ways. That's 10yrs out of 159yrs. Which is statistically worse?

 

[ytz]

Your referring to 12yrs out of 250yrs - We had 10yrs of Trudeau, which was a disastrous for this country in so many ways. That's 10yrs out of 159yrs. Which is statistically worse?

Statistics don't matter. Impact does. For better or worse, Trudeau didn't do serious irreversible damage on the global stage. Trump is basically upending the global order as we know it. Even domestically, whatever you disagree with from Trudeau can be undone in due course.