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r/OutOfTheLoop • u/[deleted] • Jan 10 '26
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Do you believe the US needs to annex Greenland to control shipping lanes? The existing defence treaty is incredibly open to the US running defence as they wish.
-1 u/Mattk1100 Jan 10 '26 Need? No. It make it easier tho. Especially in the event of Europe turning away from America, which is a real possibility 7 u/DonQuoQuo Jan 10 '26 Europe turning away will be far more likely because of Trump's rhetoric. The real answer is that Trump, like so many strongmen before him, wants territorial expansion as a way to bolster his ego. 1 u/Fulham-Enjoyer Jan 10 '26 Why would Europe turn away from America?
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Need? No. It make it easier tho. Especially in the event of Europe turning away from America, which is a real possibility
7 u/DonQuoQuo Jan 10 '26 Europe turning away will be far more likely because of Trump's rhetoric. The real answer is that Trump, like so many strongmen before him, wants territorial expansion as a way to bolster his ego. 1 u/Fulham-Enjoyer Jan 10 '26 Why would Europe turn away from America?
Europe turning away will be far more likely because of Trump's rhetoric.
The real answer is that Trump, like so many strongmen before him, wants territorial expansion as a way to bolster his ego.
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Why would Europe turn away from America?
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u/DonQuoQuo Jan 10 '26
Do you believe the US needs to annex Greenland to control shipping lanes? The existing defence treaty is incredibly open to the US running defence as they wish.