EU should send troops to Trump-target Greenland, says military chief

The European Union’s top general has said the bloc should deploy troops to Greenland after Donald Trump suggested he could seize the territory.

General Robert Brieger, the Austrian head of the bloc’s military committee, claimed the move would send a “strong signal”, as well as act as a deterrent to Russian and Chinese activities.

He made the comments after Mr Trump suggested using military force to take over Greenland, an autonomous region of Denmark.

The territory holds a military significance for Washington, with 200 American troops stationed at the Pituffik Space Base, which is part of a missile early warning system, as well as a space and satellite surveillance command hub.


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EU should send troops to Trump-target Greenland, says military chief

The European Union’s top general has said the bloc should deploy troops to Greenland after Donald Trump suggested he could seize the territory.

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[1LoverofGod]

Uhhh are NATO nations turning on a NATO member, The US?

 

[Tall Timbers]

Uhhh are NATO nations turning on a NATO member, The US?

Only after the US, a NATO member, suggested it wouldn't rule out taking Greenland by force. Exciting times we live in. If the USA and the E.U. nuked each other to smithereens China would probably end up ruling the world. I don't think that'll ever happen.

 

[1LoverofGod]

Only after the US, a NATO member, suggested it wouldn't rule out taking Greenland by force. Exciting times we live in. If the USA and the E.U. nuked each other to smithereens China would probably end up ruling the world. I don't think that'll ever happen.

No China will never dominate the world because prophecy doesn't point to that in any way.
As for betrayal from "friends", who are allies, anything is possible being that prophecy does mention wars and rumors of wars, nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom, in the last days without mentioning what nations are involved.
While these wars in my opinion are ultimately fulfilled with the rider of the Red Horse during the Tribulation, it could also be part of the early birth pains as well, as we saw with WW1 and WW2, that could begin prior to the opening of the Seals.

 

[Margery]

Just rhetoric to answer rhetoric.

The EU would be in a serious weak position that Russia and China would be tempted by if they decided to protect Greenland from Americans. They would need to get serious about training their military and equipping them if they are serious.

While Trump likes to start his bargaining with a wake up call (musing about the possibility of a takeover of Greenland) this is likely a bargaining chip to get
Denmark to play ball with him in strengthening the military bases on Greenland against Russia. It's all about the Arctic Circle which Trump recognizes as a very real threat from Russia via her submarines.

Greenland is also essential for missile defence as it gives early warning for incoming missiles from Russian territory towards the eastern USA.

By air, sea and under the sea, Greenland is necessary for America to control for American safety.

Denmark who owns Greenland doesn't do much to repel Russian subs or Russian anything. The Biden years were a joke. If he remembered Russia as a threat, he focused on Ukraine, not Greenland. Russia has been increasing it's undersea operations (cutting cables is only one of it's projects) and the North Sea area out to Greenland and Canada's Arctic are all areas Russia is encroaching on.

 

[Tall Timbers]

Greenland is also essential for missile defence as it gives early warning for incoming missiles from Russian territory towards the eastern USA.

@Margery, do you know if the USA has an over the horizon radar system in Greenland?

 

[Margery]

@Margery, do you know if the USA has an over the horizon radar system in Greenland?

I don't recall off hand. I remember looking up the radar stuff in Greenland when Trump mentioned it in his first term and got laughed at. I think I looked it up when this came up again. I'll go take a look and see what I can dig up

 

[Margery]

Here's the fastest article (wiki again, but they are a quick place to start)

Thule Site J - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

and it's all about the types and history of radar at Thule the US Air Base in Greenland. I'm not sure on the exact names whether those are over the horizon or not. There was another article that could answer it, behind a firewall that suggested that yes they are.

 

[Margery]

The definitive answer is now YES

This article here which is a discussion between the RAF in Mindenhall Britain, and Hanscom Air Base in Mass. (my uncle the geophysicist used to work there) about the upgrades.

$40 million upgrade for Thule radar unifies missile shield sites

The Air Force awarded Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems a $40 million contract to modify the Upgraded Early Warning Radar station on Thule Air Base, Greenland, in December 2016. Processor and

www.mildenhall.af.mil

The article is May 2017 which means Trump was quietly doing upgrades with or without buying Greenland in his first term.

 

[1LoverofGod]

I see why Trump has interest in Greenland but I'm not comfortable with the idea of taking Greenland by military force.
I know it's a good security for The US to have Greenland as an asset for security interests, but morally it's not right to take another country into possession by military force.
I'm just not comfortable with that. If, I mean If, we sent our military over there to take that country by force and for some unexpected reason we end up in a military confrontation that may involve other countries and it put our homeland in a security threat, placing American citizens in danger, it's not worth it. We've done very well without Greenland for over 200 years and taking Greenland wouldn't protect us from a nuclear strike anyway.
Ummm I just don't like it.

 

[Tall Timbers]

I don't recall off hand. I remember looking up the radar stuff in Greenland when Trump mentioned it in his first term and got laughed at. I think I looked it up when this came up again. I'll go take a look and see what I can dig up

Just did some googling. We've got a Solid State Phased Array Radar System there.

... guess I'm late to the information party on US assets in Greenland.

 

[Margery]

Looks like Thule or part of it anyway is now part of the Space Force. It's Thule Air Base: Space Superiority from the Top of the World now called Space Base Delta 1.

"THULE AIR BASE, Greenland – The Upgraded Early Warning Radar scans the horizon at Thule Air Base, Greenland, Aug. 10, 2022. UEWR is a two-sided, solid-state phased-array radar system with 240 degrees of coverage, which is operated 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by the 12th Space Warning Squadron, a component of Space Delta 4 - Missile Warning. 12 SWS is part of the Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment network, which provides early warning of ballistic missile launches to National Command Authorities via the Missile Warning Center and North American Aerospace Defense Command"

And that must be the solid state one you mentioned

 

[Tall Timbers]

I see why Trump has interest in Greenland but I'm not comfortable with the idea of taking Greenland by military force.
I know it's a good security for The US to have Greenland as an asset for security interests, but morally it's not right to take another country into possession by military force.

Ah, c'mon. It would be a great exercise for the US military.

We have a radar in Greenland that gives us near complete redundancy of northern Soviet Union/Russia for the purpose of detecting missile launches. It's a great location. We should own the location along with the radar

 

[Tall Timbers]

Looks like Thule or part of it anyway is now part of the Space Force.

The Space Force must have taken over all of our early warning radar sites.

 

[1LoverofGod]

Ah, c'mon. It would be a great exercise for the US military.

We have a radar in Greenland that gives us near complete redundancy of northern Soviet Union/Russia for the purpose of detecting missile launches. It's a great location. We should own the location along with the radar

Sometimes wars are necessary for self defense. God doesn't disapprove of that. But to covet land that doesn't belong to you by military force is wrong. Anyway what do I know

 

[Tall Timbers]

Sometimes wars are necessary for self defense. God doesn't disapprove of that. But to covet land that doesn't belong to you by military force is wrong. Anyway what do I know

Haven't you ever picked a blackberry off a bush that didn't belong to you and popped it into your mouth? It would be that easy to take Greenland and make it the property of the US! Forget about "buying" it, that is a silly notion.

 

[Margery]

The Space Force must have taken over all of our early warning radar sites.

I think so. It was news to me. I don't recall that when I looked up Thule and Greenland in Trump's first term.

I see why Trump has interest in Greenland but I'm not comfortable with the idea of taking Greenland by military force.
I know it's a good security for The US to have Greenland as an asset for security interests, but morally it's not right to take another country into possession by military force.
I'm just not comfortable with that. If, I mean If, we sent our military over there to take that country by force and for some unexpected reason we end up in a military confrontation that may involve other countries and it put our homeland in a security threat, placing American citizens in danger, it's not worth it. We've done very well without Greenland for over 200 years and taking Greenland wouldn't protect us from a nuclear strike anyway.
Ummm I just don't like it.

Rose I don't think he's serious. I think it's all about waking Denmark who owns Greenland (total population of Greenland is 56,699 people in 2024, while Denmark is 5.9777 million people). There's more people in my small BC city of Kamloops than all of Greenland. By themselves and even with Danish help, they haven't been doing well at keeping Russian subs out of their waters.

Here's a brief explanation of how the US got their bases in Greenland and why. It's from Wikipedia again. Proposals for the United States to purchase Greenland - Wikipedia

"During World War II, the US invoked its Monroe Doctrine and occupied Greenland to prevent use by Germany following the German occupation of Denmark. The U.S. military remained in Greenland after the war and, by 1948, Denmark abandoned attempts to persuade the U.S. to leave. The following year, both countries became members of the NATO military alliance. A 1951 treaty gave the US a significant role in Greenland's defense. As of 2025, the U.S. Space Force maintains Pituffik Space Base in Greenland; and the U.S. military regularly takes part in NATO exercises in Greenlandic waters."

so America occupied Greenland to prevent the Germans from gaining a foothold in our North American area, while Denmark was occupied. Afterwards during the Cold War that followed, Denmark agreed that it was vital for NATO (which protected Danes from Russia) to have a base in Greenland. It's a NATO thing.

 

[1LoverofGod]

Haven't you ever picked a blackberry off a bush that didn't belong to you and popped it into your mouth? It would be that easy to take Greenland and make it the property of the US! Forget about "buying" it, that is a silly notion.

Yes. In my past I did pick fruit from someone's tree that didn't belong to me. Now
I wouldn't do that because I respect other people and their property.
I also used to take two three or four when it said take One. But I don't do that anymore.
Sorry. I try very hard to do what is right.
I know many hold the view that when it's for something good, it's not a problem to do something wrong.
I just don't look at it that way

 

[1LoverofGod]

I think so. It was news to me. I don't recall that when I looked up Thule and Greenland in Trump's first term.


Rose I don't think he's serious. I think it's all about waking Denmark who owns Greenland (total population of Greenland is 56,699 people in 2024, while Denmark is 5.9777 million people). There's more people in my small BC city of Kamloops than all of Greenland. By themselves and even with Danish help, they haven't been doing well at keeping Russian subs out of their waters.

Here's a brief explanation of how the US got their bases in Greenland and why. It's from Wikipedia again. Proposals for the United States to purchase Greenland - Wikipedia

"During World War II, the US invoked its Monroe Doctrine and occupied Greenland to prevent use by Germany following the German occupation of Denmark. The U.S. military remained in Greenland after the war and, by 1948, Denmark abandoned attempts to persuade the U.S. to leave. The following year, both countries became members of the NATO military alliance. A 1951 treaty gave the US a significant role in Greenland's defense. As of 2025, the U.S. Space Force maintains Pituffik Space Base in Greenland; and the U.S. military regularly takes part in NATO exercises in Greenlandic waters."

so America occupied Greenland to prevent the Germans from gaining a foothold in our North American area, while Denmark was occupied. Afterwards during the Cold War that followed, Denmark agreed that it was vital for NATO (which protected Danes from Russia) to have a base in Greenland. It's a NATO thing.

So why can't it remain as it has been? Keep bases there and let the people of Greenland keep possession of their land? I'm not sure I've heard how the people feel about it. Not their government but the people.

 

[Tall Timbers]

Sorry. I try very hard to do what is right.

It just seems right that the USA should possess Greenland, don't you think?