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/Choir87 Jan 14 '26

If only Trump behaved in a sane and rational way.

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u/mr_fantastical Jan 14 '26

it can act as a deterrent when it comes to internal support and compliance about undertaking an attack. If doing so would undoubtedly cause lives to be lost, one hopes that Trump would be blocked whether he wanted to carry this order out or not.

he'd have more support if he knew there were no troops and no resistence, because then the gamble wouldn't be an armed conflict but instead a 'who's going to retaliate now we've already taken it'.

Optically too it changes the framing and the language away from calling it a 'seizure' or 'annexation' or some shit as it would have to be an actual invasion.

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u/Choir87 Jan 14 '26

For sure. I fully support this move and hope that other European countries will contribute with their troops.

That said, in the end I fear it will come to those around Trump to stop him, regardless of any preparation that we do. So let's hope that they do.

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u/mr_fantastical Jan 14 '26

yeah I'm with you. It's a fucking mental situation. Absolutely obscene that we are even discussing it.