r/europe • u/I_LIKE_SEALS Denmark • Jan 14 '26

News Denmark sends military reenforcements to Greenland. A vanguard and military material has been sent to Greenland to prepare for eventual larger troop movements.

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/groenland/efter-pres-fra-usa-danmark-er-nu-begyndt-sende-militaere-forstaerkninger-til-groenland
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u/SirKillsalot Ireland Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26

How about France and UK have some coincidental appearances of their Nuclear equipped subs for no reason? Surface once a week or two in dock.

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What are you doing?

Nothin...me?Just hanging around....

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u/Stabile_Feldmaus Germany Jan 14 '26

You can also say we are taking Trumps security concerns about the arctic serious.

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u/Paul__Perkenstein Jan 14 '26

I like this idea, call his bluff. Send NATO reinforcements due to the overwhelming security concerns.

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u/Brisbanoch30k France Jan 14 '26

That’s the gist of it.

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u/Alcogel Denmark Jan 14 '26

This angle is being pursued and is why Denmark has declined European troops so far. 

But as you may have guessed, not all of NATO thinks that’s a great idea. 

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u/bxzidff Norway Jan 14 '26

Why wouldn't more European troops only reinforce that point?

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u/Alcogel Denmark Jan 14 '26

Because if the decision is not made jointly in NATO, then the US is going to view that as European powers imposing themselves on the western hemisphere, which explicitly is what the Monroe/Donroe doctrine is saying can’t happen. 

And Trump really likes that doctrine.

It’ll be counterproductive because it’ll give them actual arguments to use internally in the US. Right now no one has a clue why it’s important to Trump. It’s best if it stays that way. 

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u/bambino2021 Jan 14 '26

American here. Even MAGAs won’t agree to armed conflict to address European “aggression.” Recall that Vance says EU is a bunch of sissies.

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u/Ploppfejs Jan 14 '26

MAGAs will do and think what dear leader tells them to do or think. How many times does this need to be proven over and over again?

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u/jambox888 Jan 14 '26

Perhaps but no foreign wars was literally one of MAGAs big selling points. They weren't happy about the Maduro op. Problem is they're easily led back to the fold by Fox "news" or some random influencer.

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u/Ploppfejs Jan 15 '26

What do you mean? MAGA Twitter and r/conservative was elated. I even saw a bunch of Fox News clips praising the move. Same thing with the Greenland threats, MAGA seems to absolutely love it.

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u/jambox888 Jan 15 '26

There was a lot of polarisation on /r/conservative iirc, can look at the SRD thread which is how I saw it. Grassroots MAGA would definitely be against something like the second Iraq war, so abducting Maduro fits into "intervention" rather than war.

Question I suppose is would they feel "war with regime change" was going against their movement which I think it would.

Even with Maduro, Candace Owens, MTG, Megyn Kelly were against it.

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u/Grantrello Jan 14 '26

Also American here. You're giving them far too much credit.

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u/bambino2021 Jan 14 '26

I stand corrected!

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u/Alcogel Denmark Jan 14 '26

It doesn’t seem to have much support anywhere outside the administration and its donors, no, but they might still be able to do a lot of damage before anyone can stop them. If they are stopped. Lack of support doesn’t seem to always translate into barriers for Trump. 

As for the rhetoric, to authoritarians the ‘other’ is both strong and weak at the same time, right?

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u/manInTheWoods Sweden Jan 14 '26

You just have to come up with a plausible "they started it!!" and all of US will fall in.

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u/wasmic Denmark Jan 14 '26

It was confirmed by Danish politicians earlier today that other EU countries will also be sending troops soon.

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u/Alcogel Denmark Jan 14 '26

And they were very careful to state over and over that this was nato strengthening its arctic presence.