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6. The consequences of invading Greenland would be immediate
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 12:33 PM
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Sell off of trillions in EU held treasury bonds, crashing the dollar, triggering hyperinflation, jacking up interest rates and collapsing the US economy.

Apple, Tesla, Amazon, McDonald’s and every other American company banned from doing business in the EU. X and Facebook would literally be shutdown overnight.

Thousands of US troops become instant POWs, or are sent home without billions worth of arms and equipment. Many more die on the tundra in Greenland (it won’t be the cakewalk you imagine, especially if the EU continues troop build up and also deploys a naval battle group.

That’s the big difference between Greenland and Venezuela- the consequences for invading Greenland are predictable and severe.

Trump is already looking for an off ramp that is the least embarrassing- that’s why we are seeing all the stories of his threatened additional tariffs on nations that don’t support his invasion.

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