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If Trump goes through with his Greenland annexation Denmark might want to block US vessels. It is a pity that the EU would have to fight a two front war agains

by GafsRT 2y ago

If Trump goes through with his Greenland annexation Denmark might want to block US vessels. It is a pity that the EU would have to fight a two front war against Russia and the US after the US has started the eastern front part (as acknowledged by Trump himself).

bilbo0s 2y ago
Difference is, Trump's just shooting off his mouth. It's not a real threat to the EU. Russia is.
- kergonath 2y ago
  Trump is definitely not "just shooting off his mouth" and is dead serious. Whether he’ll do it is another question, but a lot of damage is already done. In the long term, the US have a lot of potential to be very damaging as well. Europe is between a rock and a hard place and its prosperity will depend on the risk assessments that were made in the recent past and that are being made now.
- eesmith 2y ago
  That may be your mantra so you can get to sleep, but even if true, Becket's murder reminds us that underlings may consider them orders.
eesmith 2y ago
The Copenhagen Convention of 1857 does not include warships. The Danish Royal Ordinance of 27 Feb 1976, amended in 1999 by the Ordinance Governing the Admission of Foreign Warships and Military Aircraft to Danish Territory in Time of Peace, only allows passage during times of peace, and is specific that "Other vessels which are owned or used by a foreign State and which are not employed exclusively for commercial purposes shall be equated with foreign warships in the application of the provisions of this Ordinance." Quoting https://www.un.org/Depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/DNK_1999_Ordinance.pdf https://www.un.org/Depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES...