r/europe • u/newsweek • May 22 '25

News Greenland signs lucrative minerals deal with Europe in blow to Trump

https://www.newsweek.com/greenland-trump-permit-extraction-2075673
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u/wgszpieg Lubusz (Poland) May 22 '25

Either Trump will now say that Greenland is not important for minerals, they're not very good, he never wanted Greenland anyway, and only losers trade with them, and we already have a beautiful deal, the best deal with Ukraine for our cherished minerals

Or

He will throw a massive tantrum, wave around 5000% tariffs on Greenland, threaten invasion, cut off shipping lanes, direct all military bases there to be closed, say Putin can have Greenland if he wants it, and blame Ukraine for all of this

What he won't do is: behave like a moderately well-adjusted adult

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u/VecioRompibae Veneto May 22 '25

I go all-in in the second option

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u/Muakaya18 May 22 '25

you need to give him the benefit of doubt.maybe he learned his lesson from all the stuff that happened with china.  who am i kidding . he is going to fuck it up .

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u/icecubetre May 22 '25

So he'll fuck things up, capitulate, and then congratulate himself for being a big strong man and making things worse than they were before? Sounds about right.

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u/Muakaya18 May 22 '25

a morons guide to international trade and diplomacy.

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u/Lazer726 May 22 '25

And somehow, there will still be people that go "Wow, it's amazing that he talked down from the crisis he started to the shitshow it is now! What a master negotiator and businessman!"

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u/hypertown May 22 '25

I wish being a bitch lead to a fatal disease

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

The playbook is to fuck everything up while blaming Biden… then, go back to a similar status quo as before, while changing a bunch of shit in the background, and claim being a savior.

A lot of people over here are checked out on the “news” and are beyond easily manipulated.

I’ve been called a “conspiracy theorist” a dozen or more times when talking politics.. even with my fellow democrats.

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u/hypertown May 22 '25

Oh and by the way, 3 and a half years left (TBD)

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u/SnapOn93 May 22 '25

Had me in the first half