[tonyhart7]

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 ????

[input_sh]

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

[dijit]

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.

[Root_Denied]

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.

[0cf8612b2e1e]

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

[betorabinovich]

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

[DaSHacka]

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

[650REDHAIR]

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.

[InTheArena]

s/China/Taiwan?

or Tibet?

You are comparing sensational trolls with actual geopolitical history.

[mongol]

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

[surgical_fire]

Taiwan and Tibet are eminently not in Europe.

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

[throwaway894345]

“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.

[650REDHAIR]

Are you suggesting Trump is “trolling” Greenland?

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

[tonyhart7]

Greenland invasion is just a joke

no one take Trump seriously

[Terr_]

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!

[mongol]

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

[lyu07282]

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.

[throwaway894345]

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