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TexasTowelie

(125,962 posts)
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 02:24 AM Tuesday

What People Are Getting Wrong About Greenland, Trump, and NATO - The Global Gambit - Pyotr Kurzin



What is unfolding over Greenland isn’t a diplomatic sideshow — it’s a signal.

What looks, at first glance, like a territorial dispute is in reality a stress test of Europe’s credibility, sovereignty, and willingness to confront power when it comes from inside the Western alliance. This is no longer a hypothetical problem or a future contingency. It is happening now.

Greenland isn’t just about land or resources. It’s about whether international rules still constrain power — or whether they are giving way to hierarchy, coercion, and the return of might-makes-right politics. The Trump administration’s posture has stripped away ambiguity, forcing Europe to confront an uncomfortable reality it has long tried to avoid.

The strategic importance of Greenland is clear. Its military role, Arctic positioning, and relevance to missile defense make it central to U.S. security planning. But Europe’s response has exposed something deeper: hesitation, fragmentation, and an instinct to manage Washington rather than confront it — even when core principles like sovereignty and alliance credibility are at stake.

But this isn’t just about Greenland.

It’s about NATO’s credibility, Europe’s dependence, and whether the transatlantic relationship can survive a world where power is asserted without restraint — even against allies.

So in this episode, I break down what the Greenland crisis is really exposing, why Trump has to be taken seriously, and how Europe’s reluctance to act decisively may prove more destabilizing than any external threat. Is this just another moment of tension — or the point at which Europe is finally forced to confront a geopolitical reality it can no longer postpone?
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What People Are Getting Wrong About Greenland, Trump, and NATO - The Global Gambit - Pyotr Kurzin (Original Post) TexasTowelie Tuesday OP
But stillspkg Tuesday #1
"...the return of might-makes-right politics." LudwigPastorius Tuesday #2
This sounds like it's trying to prove trumps Figarosmom Tuesday #3
Oh I take the Shitlead Seriously... Cha Tuesday #4
Also... 2naSalit Tuesday #5

stillspkg

(171 posts)
1. But
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 03:39 AM
Tuesday

It doesn't appear that Europe has been hesitant. This aggression from the USA is hardly anything that could have been predicted. Most of our country is barely on board/ able to wrap our own heads around the reality that we have been taken over by a madman and his thugs, or how deep this goes, i.e rooted in a network of pedophiles that extends to the judiciary.

I think Europe has presented a solid and unified declaration in response to Trump's aggression.

Figarosmom

(10,095 posts)
3. This sounds like it's trying to prove trumps
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 04:10 AM
Tuesday

Point that Greenland and NATO can't stop Russia or China.

Cha

(317,464 posts)
4. Oh I take the Shitlead Seriously...
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 04:55 AM
Tuesday

And from what I've read.. EU & NATO do too.. they're exponentially more well informed than I am.

I imagine they're holding some important Moves back so the Nazis don't know everything they're Doing to Defend Greenland.

Traitor PEDO wants Greenland at any cost.. Orders from Putin.

And I can see This going on , too.. PEDO & Putin Testing the Waters.

It’s about NATO’s credibility, Europe’s dependence, and whether the transatlantic relationship can survive a world where power is asserted without restraint — even against allies.

Mahalo for Posing, TexasT.

2naSalit

(100,519 posts)
5. Also...
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 05:09 AM
Tuesday

To cause them to have to focus on more than one aggressor, ruzzia and the US in Greenland.

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