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Danish digitization ministry will soon attempt a move away from Microsoft because of this. We can only hope that this is only the first step, and that broader m
by dybber 1y ago
Danish digitization ministry will soon attempt a move away from Microsoft because of this. We can only hope that this is only the first step, and that broader move away from US tech companies will follow.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/13/danish_department_dump_microsoft/ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/13/danish_department_dum...
- StefanBatory 1y ago[flagged]
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoWhen did the US make that threat?
- jey 1y agoGreenland is an “autonomous territory” of Denmark
- FirmwareBurner 1y ago1) That's avoiding to answer my question. 2) And it's still false.
- borosuxks 1y agoTrump, not the US, did
- StefanBatory 1y agoAnd Trump is President of the US..
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoThat's still for rage-bait. Trump says a lot of things, most of them aren't true. Everyone operating in good faith, knew this wasn't true. Nobody above a room temperature IQ would think the US would invade Denmark. Edit: @danieljacksonno answering your comment from below here: >He repeated it several times. Trump repeats everything all the time. So what? That's what all politicians do. Your brain (if you have one) is supposed to filter that. >Germany and France has spoken out officially against it, with Macron even visiting Greenland to show support. That's you typical politician virtue signaling, because speaking is free. Since EU politicians are toothless all they do is talk to look good and score brownie points in front of their voters on $CURRENT_ISSUE. France and Germany can't keep their countries safe from illegal migrants, what are they gonna do against Trump if push comes to shove? Talk him to death about how orange he is? >Denmark is freaking out, and want to remove all dependencies on the US as quickly as possible. Are they also removing the F35 jets from their military and H100 Nvidia GPUs from their supercomputer? Who's gonna buy all that Ozempic that makes Denmark rich if not the US? I feel like you're talking fantasy politick instead of realpolitik.
- danieljacksonno 1y agoHe repeated it several times. Europe certainly takes it seriously. Germany and France has spoken out officially against it, with Macron even visiting Greenland to show support. Denmark is freaking out, and want to remove all dependencies on the US as quickly as possible.
- kzrdude 1y agoSo it sounds like you'll "filter out the noise" until the wannabe dictator stands on /your/ neck, and then it's a bit late to react..
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoHow is Trump a dictator?
- danieljacksonno 1y agoTrump has several times threatened to take Greenland, by military force if necessary. He categorically has "not ruled out" military force against a NATO ally. First source, but there are many: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/04/world/greenland-annexation-threat-trump-nbc-interview-intl-hnk https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/04/world/greenland-annexatio... This has, for obvious reasons, been huge news in all of Europe and especially in Denmark. I'm sure MAGA Americans want to hand-wave it away, and since Trump is so difficult to understand and says so many whacky things, we're all hoping he doesn't mean it, but it's underscored the need to quickly get independent of the USA.
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoSee my comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=44340630 https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=44340630 Trump says many things that nobody actually believes. Edit: @ujkhsjkdhf234 Answering your question from below here: >Trump says many things no one believes then he does. Stop steelmanning for Trump. That's actually a good political strategy in tough times: Keep your opponents always unsure about what you're gonna do next. Why do you think Putin invaded Ukraine under Biden and not under Trump?
- ujkhsjkdhf234 1y agoTrump says many things no one believes then he does. His supporters often play it off as he's joking and then whoops turns out he does it. Stop excusing Trump and take his words seriously.
- summerdown2 1y ago> Trump says many things that nobody actually believes. It's not a valid argument to use the general case here. Because in the case of this particular statement, it clearly isn't true that "nobody actually believes" it. It's clear that many people actually believe it. > That's actually a good political strategy in tough times: Keep your opponents always unsure about what you're gonna do next. I mean, sure. But in this case Denmark thought they were an ally, not an opponent. Should they also be unsure about whether one of their territories is going to be attacked? Or are they, after all, an opponent?
- edelbitter 1y agoCan't tell if any Americans call it that, but it is widely known by the name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hague_Invasion_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hague_Invasion_Act in Europe.