[Boiler]

'Hey Europe you don't go you need us as you're weak.' Don't think you'll win the crowd with that one, Marco.

It'll play well with MAGA.

[Youngian]

Does his MAGA crowd give a fuck about international relations?

[The Weeping Angel]

He seems to have backed down.

[Bones McCoy]

Fuck off and die Rubio, you miniature shitstain.

[RedSparrows]

Does his MAGA crowd give a fuck about international relations?

It's a sop for their fantasies. Europe - that condescending continent of fags and snobs but also my great grandpa was one of the good ones, repressed by the bastards, came over here made good etc etc - is falling apart because immigration and Islam and ???? = the end of western civilisation, only the US can hold the candle of Socrates + Christianity + ???? = AI pictures of He-Man Trump riding a bald eagle.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

If you are going to position yourself as saviour of the world and civilisation there has to be a world somewhere and it has to be in peril.

[Youngian]

An unusually meek response from Bessent who's normally fond of making Billy big bollocks threats. I think he's perfectly aware of the logic of a coordinated response to pull the rug from the US economy.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday rejected the idea that European governments could aggressively sell American debt to counter Washington's threats over Greenland, saying such a move would "defy logic".
Calling the US Treasury market "the best-performing market in the world" and the "most liquid" debt market, he said he expected Europeans to hold on to their exposure, not offload it.

"There's a completely false narrative there," he said.

"I think everyone needs to take a deep breath. Do not listen to the media who are hysterical."
Bessent says Europe dumping US debt over Greenland would 'defy logic'
About a third of traded American government bonds, estimated at a total of some $30 trillion, is held by foreigners, led by Japan.

Other major holders of US sovereign bonds include the UK, Belgium, Canada and France.

Aggressive selling of bonds would cause long-term interest rates to spike, make the re-financing of the US debt hugely more expensive for Trump's administration and weigh heavily on corporate financing and the economy as a whole.

https://share.google/EkPpEPLZzPYsf5l4m

[mattomac]

An unusually meek response from Bessent who's normally fond of making Billy big bollocks threats. I think he's perfectly aware of the logic of a coordinated response to pull the rug from the US economy.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday rejected the idea that European governments could aggressively sell American debt to counter Washington's threats over Greenland, saying such a move would "defy logic".
Calling the US Treasury market "the best-performing market in the world" and the "most liquid" debt market, he said he expected Europeans to hold on to their exposure, not offload it.

"There's a completely false narrative there," he said.

"I think everyone needs to take a deep breath. Do not listen to the media who are hysterical."
Bessent says Europe dumping US debt over Greenland would 'defy logic'
About a third of traded American government bonds, estimated at a total of some $30 trillion, is held by foreigners, led by Japan.

Other major holders of US sovereign bonds include the UK, Belgium, Canada and France.

Aggressive selling of bonds would cause long-term interest rates to spike, make the re-financing of the US debt hugely more expensive for Trump's administration and weigh heavily on corporate financing and the economy as a whole.

https://share.google/EkPpEPLZzPYsf5l4m

Called shitting himself.

[Bones McCoy]

The USA's last Island purchase from Denmark is worth 5 minutes reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Saint_James

Little Saint James is a small private island in the United States Virgin Islands, southeast of Saint Thomas. It was owned by American financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein from 1998 until his death in 2019.
Due to Epstein's years of ownership, and especially its alleged use as a base of operations for underage sex trafficking, the island is most often nicknamed Epstein Island.

[Boiler]

He seems to have backed down.

The Golden Dome. Well, it had to be "golden", didn't it, and of course parroting Israel's "Iron Dome". He does know that as a metal, gold is as soft as shit, right?

"Golden Shower Cap" - seems more appropriate.

[davidjay]

And the markets duly go up. Some people will have made a lot of money this week.

[Bones McCoy]

Does his MAGA crowd give a fuck about international relations?

It's a sop for their fantasies. Europe - that condescending continent of fags and snobs but also my great grandpa was one of the good ones, repressed by the bastards, came over here made good etc etc - is falling apart because immigration and Islam and ???? = the end of western civilisation, only the US can hold the candle of Socrates + Christianity + ???? = AI pictures of He-Man Trump riding a bald eagle.

OK Bro!

[Oboogie]

Fun fact for you (hat tip Emily Maitlis)

Greenland would not be the first island that the US has bought from Denmark, the last one (in 1917) was Little Saint James in the Virgin Islands.

You may be more familiar with Little Saint James it under is modern nickname - Epstein Island.

[Andy McDandy]

He seems to have backed down.

"They will report directly to me!". They're the VP and secretary of state (and Witkoff). Who the fuck else are they going to report to?

[Yug]

Trump has backed down over Greenland. Here's a classic case of a bully playing the victim card.

How a 'misunderstanding' over Greenland may have sparked diplomatic chaos

With the stability and future of the NATO alliance at risk, how did we get here?


Michael Drummond
Foreign news reporter @MikeRDrummond


https://news.sky.com/story/how-a-misund ... s-13497156

Wednesday 21 January 2026 17:31, UK

TL:DR Trump's ramping up the aggressive rhetoric and slapping extra tariffs on European countries is all Europe's fault. Europe misunderstood him when he was shrieking about how Greenland will become US property one way or another.

Nasty Europe should stop bullying poor misunderstood Trump.

[Boiler]

Meanwhile his associates will be buying low and selling high - AGAIN.

[Bones McCoy]

And you know what follows his "Board of peace" assembly.

A new Berlin Conference, where members divide the rest of the world into areas of interest.

[Youngian]

Among the crooks, demagogues and arse lickers on the board of Donny's milk monitoring peace committee is Tony Blair.
What sad pathetic swan song.

[Boiler]

No surprise to me.

[mattomac]

Trump has backed down over Greenland. Here's a classic case of a bully playing the victim card.

How a 'misunderstanding' over Greenland may have sparked diplomatic chaos

With the stability and future of the NATO alliance at risk, how did we get here?


Michael Drummond
Foreign news reporter @MikeRDrummond


https://news.sky.com/story/how-a-misund ... s-13497156

Wednesday 21 January 2026 17:31, UK

TL:DR Trump's ramping up the aggressive rhetoric and slapping extra tariffs on European countries is all Europe's fault. Europe misunderstood him when he was shrieking about how Greenland will become US property one way or another.

Nasty Europe should stop bullying poor misunderstood Trump.

Likes of Drummond in the media not doing his job properly, the Republican party? Whole load of reasons Michael. Also maybe the likes of Kemi not taking anything he says at face value. Starmer could have said nothing all week and we would be in the exact same position but you need to treat this stuff like drama and Trump is perfect for that. Shame he is an epic disaster for anything else.

There was fuck all misunderstanding in "I want Greenland and I will take it" Bar the misunderstanding that the President evidently has dementia and his lickspittle puppets in the Republican party will try to convince you the Sun is the Moon if their idiotic tosser of a boss says so.

Anyhow Nick Bryant's book the Forever War is a really must read for this.

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/forever-w ... 399409315/