| ▲ | chvid 7 hours ago |
| In Danish media the new deal is widely being presented as a huge diplomatic victory for Denmark. |
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| ▲ | ericmay 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| What did the US give up in the deal from its side? |
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| ▲ | chvid 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | In the sense that it is for practical purposes the same deal as before. Also Denmark does not want to go to war with the US - something that was considered a real scenario just a few months back when the Danes moved an unusual large military force to the island. | | |
| ▲ | ericmay 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | So it doesn’t make a lot of sense to me that Denmark should be celebrating the deal as a big win then does it? The US has gained, however much you belittle those gains, and Denmark gained what? | | |
| ▲ | chvid 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | The US under Trump is seen a bit like a good strong friend who has gotten way too much to drink and wants to pick fights with everybody - giving him a symbolic win to avoid embarrassment is the right to do. Anyways that’s the sentiment - you can look at dr.dk and similar via google translate if you want. | | |
| ▲ | ericmay 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Got it yea so in the US our sentiment is a bit different. Denmark and the EU are kind of like that great friend who is always bumming a ride off of you and you've been saying hey look you're my best friend but I just can't keep going out of my way to pick you up. You've got a car, stop spending all your money partying and put gas in it and drive yourself and you keep picking them up and then you tell them I'm going to stop on this date you better have a ride. And then when you stop they're really mad at you because they think they're entitled to your car and you picking them up. Same thing with Greenland. Sometimes you've got to force the issue and it makes your friend mad and they go around calling all their other friends and trying to hang out and bum rides, only to realize that you were right all along and they have to get their act together. | | |
| ▲ | burnerzzzzz an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | thats the jd vance part of the administrations sentiment, sure. but if trump changes his mind tmr, so will the maga base. there is no coherent philosophy here. america first is whatever trump says it is | |
| ▲ | chvid 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | You guys make more sense when you are not drunk. | | |
| ▲ | ericmay 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | That's what you earlier comment sounded like to me. If you believe mine sounded as you described, your comment also sounds like you describe. |
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| ▲ | 301927-1927 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Who owns the media? Almost all German press is somehow owned by American companies. |
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| ▲ | AnimalMuppet 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| On what grounds? The US didn't just take Greenland? |
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| ▲ | kasperni 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | That what Trump got, was basically what could been negotiated by just asking nicely years ago. So lot of drama for nothing | | |
| ▲ | dingaling 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | They have tried 'asking nicely' but Denmark had been playing the independence card, claiming any deal would have to involve Greenlandic consent. Last year's US-Denmark military basing agreement excluded Greenland for this 'reason'. But both sides knew this was a deflection as Denmark has military and foreign relations responsibility for its "non-colony". The US got fed up, pushed harder and apparently got what they wanted. | | |
| ▲ | jltsiren 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | That part didn't change. The deal will only be in force once it has been formally ratified by the US, Denmark, and Greenland. The constitutional status of Greenland's autonomy is somewhat unclear. If Danish parliament had the will, it's plausible that it could force a deal on Greenland by changing the relevant laws. But it's also likely that overcoming all the legal and constitutional obstacles would take years. Changing the constitution might actually be faster, but even that would involve general elections and a referendum. |
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| ▲ | nonethewiser 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Usually when someone threatens you they should get less, if anything. |
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