The PRC’s Taiwan province would get a lot of infrastructure out of something like this.
Ye_Olde_Dragon on
No bueno.
trackday on
NATO ends. Europe aggressively severs ties at all levels. U.S. finds out over the next 80 years what the long term effects of isolationism is. We will experience the compound effect of 1-2% less GDP growth per year. Russia has land, but without legal institutions, it rots within, exacerbated by a declining population. That’s us in 80 years. Rotten from within.
Free trade across open oceans makes countries richer. Restricting free trade between the U.S. and other countries, like has already started, only makes everyone poorer.
camsle on
Stop the nonsense, the US is not invading Greenland.
SlowFootJo on
Even short of an Invasion, this is catastrophic to Europe, who cannot defend itself. If the U.S. leaves NATO, they’re fucked
iamnotinterested2 on
whats happening with the Epstein files? Surely Greenland is merely the magicians sexy assistant, taking our gaze away from where the magic is being done.
MaximiusThrax on
Judging from the Venezuela fall out, I actually expect a short term bump in the stock market – believe it or not, Crony Capitalism is generally good for stock market returns and business in general.
Long term however, the realignment of the globe in the wake of the world’s global hegemon actively abusing its power will undoubtedly cause some disruption. I expect all European sectors to grow more and faster relative to their US counterparts as the Europeans start to invest in themselves more. The United States won’t implode economically, but after the dust on all this piracy clears, I expect growth to be sluggish as investors get spooked or lose confidence in an increasingly erratic White House.
Phobix on
The complete surrender of the petro-dollar or at least that which it stands for. The only question is whether it is by design or complete madness.
mwon on
It will be definitely the beginning of the ending of US empire. EU with its 400 million population is still the only major no question asked US ally. Currently EU is already skeptical and moving towards independence with defense and digital pushes. An hostile take of Greenland would trigger a real cutoff, beginning with the digital services, most of them provided today by US (and where US has a big trade surplus), because no EU government would trust any more their data to American companies. There would be also a big push to EU Federation that I guess in those circumstances would win, and that would make US more isolated, because in that scenario EU countries would gain a lot in coordination and capacity to play as a major international political block (would be more than a common market).
nadab1 on
The world can boycott every American brand ?
Galactic_Economist on
Defense stocks go to the moon on both sides.
JoseLunaArts on
Canada will be surrounded by US if Greenland is invaded, so Canada goes next.
Ikcenhonorem on
World Economy will not be affected.
JoseLunaArts on
If you ban 1 of 100, one is banned. If you ban 99 of 100, you are the one banned.
So the real question is who is the one banned in all this geopolitical mess.
GnawingHungerShots on
Well that breaks NATO agreements so…
Jon-Robb on
There would be no invasion, the soldiers are already there. They would just plan a flag and say its ours now.
Now for the economy… depends… will we send our armies in Greenland ?
RJTG on
Fifa Worldcup is boycotted by Europe. No way Trump risks that.
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The PRC’s Taiwan province would get a lot of infrastructure out of something like this.
No bueno.
NATO ends. Europe aggressively severs ties at all levels. U.S. finds out over the next 80 years what the long term effects of isolationism is. We will experience the compound effect of 1-2% less GDP growth per year. Russia has land, but without legal institutions, it rots within, exacerbated by a declining population. That’s us in 80 years. Rotten from within.
Free trade across open oceans makes countries richer. Restricting free trade between the U.S. and other countries, like has already started, only makes everyone poorer.
Stop the nonsense, the US is not invading Greenland.
Even short of an Invasion, this is catastrophic to Europe, who cannot defend itself. If the U.S. leaves NATO, they’re fucked
whats happening with the Epstein files? Surely Greenland is merely the magicians sexy assistant, taking our gaze away from where the magic is being done.
Judging from the Venezuela fall out, I actually expect a short term bump in the stock market – believe it or not, Crony Capitalism is generally good for stock market returns and business in general.
Long term however, the realignment of the globe in the wake of the world’s global hegemon actively abusing its power will undoubtedly cause some disruption. I expect all European sectors to grow more and faster relative to their US counterparts as the Europeans start to invest in themselves more. The United States won’t implode economically, but after the dust on all this piracy clears, I expect growth to be sluggish as investors get spooked or lose confidence in an increasingly erratic White House.
The complete surrender of the petro-dollar or at least that which it stands for. The only question is whether it is by design or complete madness.
It will be definitely the beginning of the ending of US empire. EU with its 400 million population is still the only major no question asked US ally. Currently EU is already skeptical and moving towards independence with defense and digital pushes. An hostile take of Greenland would trigger a real cutoff, beginning with the digital services, most of them provided today by US (and where US has a big trade surplus), because no EU government would trust any more their data to American companies. There would be also a big push to EU Federation that I guess in those circumstances would win, and that would make US more isolated, because in that scenario EU countries would gain a lot in coordination and capacity to play as a major international political block (would be more than a common market).
The world can boycott every American brand ?
Defense stocks go to the moon on both sides.
Canada will be surrounded by US if Greenland is invaded, so Canada goes next.
World Economy will not be affected.
If you ban 1 of 100, one is banned. If you ban 99 of 100, you are the one banned.
So the real question is who is the one banned in all this geopolitical mess.
Well that breaks NATO agreements so…
There would be no invasion, the soldiers are already there. They would just plan a flag and say its ours now.
Now for the economy… depends… will we send our armies in Greenland ?
Fifa Worldcup is boycotted by Europe. No way Trump risks that.
Everything else is pure guessing.