The interns would receive financial support from Danish taxpayers, at the same time as Trump threatens to annex the semi-autonomous Danish territory
The US Consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, is looking for unpaid interns to service its communication channels, leaving local authorities to foot the bill of financially supporting applicants while the US steps up annexation threats.
Last week, Donald Trump appointed a special envoy to Greenland – a semi-autonomous territory under the Danish Realm – sparking backlash from Greenlandic, Danish and European authorities.
Initially expressing interest in acquiring the island during his first term in 2019, Trump has ramped up discourse and efforts during his second term, going so far as to suggest the US would use military force to annex the Inuit nation.
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TheFermentalist@reddthat.com · 54 pts · 245d
Serious question: why wouldn’t Greenland close the consulate and expel diplomats based on the threats to sovereignty?
_Nico198X_@europe.pub · 29 pts · 245d
sometimes ppl think it's not worth stirring up more overt trouble, and just try to ride out the madness until the next admin while silently doing what you can to protect your own interests.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 17 pts · 245d
S america did, when US diplomats tried to incite a coup, GREENLAND SHOULD.
TheFermentalist@reddthat.com · 14 pts · 245d
Absolutely. The only wild card is the US military base in Greenland. Revoke all permissions for US soldiers to leave the base. Make it an offence for them to be outside the perimeter. If they are caught, arrest them, and deport them. Then work on dismantling the base
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 6 pts · 245d
"We pay for your interns and don't even mention it" is such a nice burn though. Not that any member of the current US admin will get it, but the rest of the world does.
Notyou@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 245d
The rest of the world gets what?
That Greenland is paying for the Americans to come and try and annex their land.....I don't think the current admin cares. They like that set up.
Will any other country pay for trump to send people in to destabilize their homeland? I'm sure he would like to know more.
justaman123@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 245d
It's implying that the interns will work for free but that they will be paid by adversaries to the US to gather Intel.
Tetragrade@leminal.space · 3 pts · 243d
Exhibit 1: Venezuela.
Goun@lemmy.ml · 51 pts · 245d
He IS going to avoid elections by being at war, isn't he?
gustofwind@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 245d
I know it’s bleak but that isn’t how it works
The states get to conduct their own elections and we’ve always had elections during war anyway
Federalism is one of the few really good ideas the founders had for dealing with this exact problem: a tyrannical federal government
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 245d
Yes, but lets not pretend laws and precedence mean much any more.
gustofwind@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 245d
I know, and they are disregarding laws I don’t mean to imply otherwise, and this is a perverse point to make but
We’ve had elections during every war so far so I think the best they can do is attempt to hack them and cheat in more conventional ways
justaman123@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 245d
Yeah, it really seems like they stole the last election with shady vote machines after implying that the Dems did it in 2000.
Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 244d
Everything they attack is a clue, from "rigged elections" to "anti fascism".
njm1314@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 245d
Except the red states are going to do what he says and the blue states are going to be invaded by national Guardsmen from the red States.
icelimit@lemmy.ml · -7 pts · 244d
Blue states ask for help then ironically, Putler/pooh comes?
Then everyone is confused
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 9 pts · 245d
the USA has such passage? That's stupid but would explain why he wants to wage war with Venezuela.
Eldritch@piefed.social · 37 pts · 245d
No. But regulations and laws are meaningless with a complicit Congress.
N0t_5ure@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 245d
Don't forget that the Supreme Court is in his pocket as well!
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 245d
No, the US has had elections during war before. Hell, it had an election during world war 2. But Trump has the backing of the media, lawmakers, and the Supreme Court. So he could certainly try, and every other group who is supposed to step in and stop him would probably let him instead.
Aljernon@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 244d
Not avoid them but using successful military operations to boost your popularly is an old strategy and using unsuccessful military operations to argue against "rocking the boat" was George W Bush's strategy.
kiamwhatador@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 245d
"The US Consulate in Greenland reopened in June 2020 during Trump’s first term. In 2025, shortly after Trump was re-appointed president, the consulate moved to larger, 3,000 square meter offices in central Nuuk, equipped with armoured glass."
Ah yes, the actions of someone who is confident they will be welcomed with open arms.
Eezyville@sh.itjust.works · 31 pts · 245d
Real life is stranger than fiction man. I've never seen anything this crazy in any dystopian novels I've read.
stylusmobilus@aussie.zone · 26 pts · 245d
Worst bit about it? There was a world telling US voters for at least 15 years this was where they were headed. We knew if they gave Trump control again, this would happen. The only thing stopping him the first time was he didn’t have the people in the right places. Now he does.
That's without their imperial ambitions.
So they went ahead and did it twice. Of course.
Tattorack@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 245d
Dude, the world has been quite done with the US since before 2016. It's now just hit parody levels of ridiculous.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 245d
3 times if you count both his first term and 2020.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 245d
I'm over here, laughing in OpSec
Gust@piefed.social · 4 pts · 244d
They say you pay your auxiliaries in patriotism. That and two pennies will buy them a beer.
someguy3@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 245d
And
MexicoGreenland will pay for it!Aljernon@lemmy.today · 13 pts · 244d
If I were Greenlanders, I'd be stock piling high powered rifles and ammunition. If I were Denmark, I'd be shipping Manpads to Greenland in bulk.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 245d
Being cheap nah be the only reason evil won't ultimately succeed.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 9 pts · 245d
The hypocrisy in a nutshell.
Also
We all know what that means for MAGA.
besmtt@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 245d
So he wants fanatics who don't need money to go to Greenland? Sounds like zealots to me.. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
MuskyMelon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 244d