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    Grönlands einziger US-Militärstützpunkt wird (heimlich) massiv modernisiert.


    Grönlands einziger US-Militärstützpunkt wird (heimlich) massiv modernisiert.

    https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/15/trump-military-greenland-pituffik-space-base/88201534007/

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    1. mustachiomegazord on

      Boy, I sure did not have joining a nato coalition force against my own country on my bingo card

    3. Morgan-Moonscar on

      Anybody else as President would’ve just politely asked Denmark if they could rebuild US bases in Greenland and bring in more troops to help protect it (we closed a lot of them after the Cold War).

      Denmark would’ve happily agreed to it.

      Instead we got a megalomanical half-brain dead pedophile that wants to be a bully and conquer Greenland.

    5. MeatMarket_Orchid on

      „Quietly“ is another headline word that needs to fall out of fashion. It’s near meaningless.

    6. Loki-L on

      The US once tried to quietly set up a secret base with a nuclear reactor in Greenland without telling anyone about it including the host government.

      By comparison this loud not quiet.

    7. markycrummett on

      This will go on for months. European nations will up their presence. Trump will then back down and say “see, I made NATO improve”

    9. longloook on

      Do you think Trump would still want to own Greenland if he understood Mercator projection correctly and knew the real size of it?

    10. Bakedfresh420 on

      Quietly? Trump has been quite loud about wanting more American troops in Greenland.

    11. Sorrytoruin on

      Surely one of the biggest betrayals?

      Let an ally build a military base

      The ally expands base and uses it to invade and take the country?

      Has this happened before 

    13. MicroSofty88 on

      This under cuts the “security concerns” trump has been using to justify military force. We can already build as many military bases as we want on Greenland…

    14. TachiH on

      Are the upgrades the new security guards around the perimeter? Funny they all have different flags on their uniforms, counted about 8 different flags now, dunno why…. /s

    17. solitudeisdiss on

      Everything seems to be happening quietly these days. Used to be so loud

    18. SoarinSoars on

      I just thought of the most hilarious scenario.. bro played plague inc, found that greenland was most defensible, and is going to make it our capital

    20. Titan3692 on

      they should f’n kick us out. we’re horrible neighbors and „allies“

    22. There_Are_No_Gods on

      The headline:

      >Greenland’s only US military base is (quietly) getting a **massive upgrade**.

      The alleged „massive upgrade“ as described within the very same article:

      >None of the base improvements, which USA TODAY reviewed via federal purchasing systems, appear to signal a significant increase in size or change in mission.

      The article goes on to provide an example of the actual upgrades:

      >The runway upgrades, for instance, include improvements to the landing and taxiway lighting systems, a critical component given the facility is in darkness for long stretches but depends heavily on resupply flights from the U.S. mainland.

      This entire issue of Trump attempting to buy/bully/invade/steal Greenland is a huge and ridiculous deal, but this article is not really bringing much new to the conversation, certainly not actually backing up its overly dramatic headline.

    23. ECircus on

      Imagine getting stationed in Greenland before this and being like „Awesome, I’ll just chill up here and do some surveillance…good deal.“

    24. Virtual_Copy8543 on

      Civilians 🙄

      Listen, those upgrade requests have been submitted and denied for decades. I know: I served at (then) Thule AB for a year and I was the funding officer for the AB (et al.) at the Pentagon for two years.

      If you know anything about the way the government funds the military, you’d know it takes about two years from submission to Congressional approval before funds flow. That means funds expended in 26 are the result of an approved request in 2023/4

      Speaking as someone who served there, I can tell you that most of the infrastructure and buildings are from the original base establishment in the 1950s. The base was MUCH more active and heavily populated during the Cold War. In the 1990s it was stripped down to the bare minimum with a footprint of about 350 total personnel stationed there, most of whom are Danish contractors. The chow hall, one of the only gathering places, is falling apart. The runway is subject to extreme temperatures and temperature fluctuations and is in constant need of repair. This isn’t some huge build up in force presentation—it will actually mutually benefit US forces, RCAF forces, Danish military and civil personnel, NASA, and others

      So, I encourage everyone to please breathe

    25. JRR_Tokin54 on

      Donald is going to LOSE the US base on Greenland and the US will lose future access to the island.

      He really has no clue about the effects of his ignorance. This was probably all Putin’s doing, anyway. He probably manipulated Donald into this foolish, alliance-breaking move!

    26. stan13ag on

      You can go back and find articles on “freedom city” for tech billionaires almost a year or two back. This has been in motion a while.

    27. Capital_Resident_872 on

      Every single day I pray for Europe to grow a spine, yet we never do

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