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what Europe option anyway ???? other than US another power that can fill up the space is China

or are european saying china is better than US ????

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Well for one thing, China wasn't adamant about annexing territory belonging to a European nation like half a year ago.

their eyes are firmly on Africa.

Not being able to stand on our own feet is going to be a major problem because of the implied soft power. It nerfs our ability to ever have a spine on any issue.

China has spent the last couple of decades making inroads into Africa to secure raw materials, not because they want to annex anything on the continent.

Renewed calls just today! Give us Greenland or we pull out of Europe entirely.

It's certainly easier to do business with countries that aren't governed by a psychotic moron that likes to threaten your cost equation on a weekly basis to enrich its cronies

...and you're saying this as a point to why dealing with China is easier?

I don’t remember the last time China threatened to invade Denmark?

I do remember the last time the USA did. It was hours ago at a NATO summit.

s/China/Taiwan?

or Tibet?

You are comparing sensational trolls with actual geopolitical history.

Are you suggesting Trump is “trolling” Greenland?

And admittedly I didn’t realize Taiwan was in Europe. Sorry.

Taiwan and Tibet are eminently not in Europe.

Should we casually throw around all places the US invaded too?

Trolling or not, we take it seriously when the US threatens our territorial sovereignity (speaking as a European 100 percent behind Denmark)

“Guys, he’s obviously just trolling—he would never actually do that, it would be insane!”

-MAGA Right before Trump tried to steal the 2020 election, militarily occupy US cities, annul various amendments, start the Iran War, etc.

Greenland invasion is just a joke

no one take Trump seriously

Oh yes, we take him very seriously. He has started two wars just this year.

Suppose a dementia patient with a gun declares that they are ready to shoot the tooth-fairy, which has been stalking them to steal their molars.

You might not take their words as a true statement of fact, but the situation going on is still pretty damn serious!

China is very successfully developing and competing with the US, so it is self evident that Europe should continue to do the exact opposite of everything that China is doing.

As an American, it helps that the US is actively self-sabotaging.

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