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The EU's foreign policy chief has told DW she expects the US will respect the sovereignty of Greenland, after Donald Trump's threats to take the Danish-controlled Territory. Kaja Kallas also said there haven't been any discussions about stationing EU troops there.
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[@nickloveridge3667]

I think the world should start relying less on the US for everything.

[@AmonTheWitch]

i agree, it's a crumbling empire growing more and more deranged and unstable, cannot be trusted

[@CertifieLoverBoy]

Good. That what everyone is the U.S wants

[@AbsolutelyFabulous3]

You mean stop leeching

[@UncleJuninthemuff]

@@AbsolutelyFabulous3 It's funny because in reality in exchange for their protection we were always backing the US when they proceeded to sanction or denounce someone, letting them take our greatest minds to the US and also remaining silent whenever they broke international law. It's also hilarious how ignorant some americans are, they call us leeches but the only time article 5 of nato was used was in US favor after 9/11, because of this the EU sent troops to back american troops in Iraq.

[@defendfreedom1390]

The reality is that among the big countries the US is still the best. Europeans should start paying more for their defense. I am saying that as a European. Europe should also stop being another socialist failure.

[@Mybillboard1]

EU is like.... 'we are still US friend'. Trump is like ...'Think again !' 😂

[@TheKyosanim62]

The EU is just saying that while preparing to become a new superpower, it is diplomatic with Trump. The EU will become a major global player. Big mistake by Trump.

[@tedcrilly46]

Youre still not getting Greenland.

[@hvhvgitaar]

The US has chosen decline and irrelevance. What a shame…

[@johnnyh-pay5843]

And I used to think it was impossible for the world’s richest man to buy and take over the Government of one of the most powerful countries in the world using the name of his crypto currency as a cover. But it is happening right now…

[@HenryAndersen]

Yeah. Submissive politicians who cannot speak the language of the US. Force protection. It is hard yo listen to this naivity, and lack of trust in Europe.

[@floujou24]

She's astonishing because she seems so positive and life-affirming.

[@MysliusLT]

She's as positive as Ursula.

[@enissay9950]

I bet she believes santa exists as well

[@Palteen87]

Indeed he does in Lapland 😂

[@moniruzzamankhan8218]

She eats Russia for breakfast.

[@MukadisAymen-ui8fy]

The worst decision ever by giving this woman the position she have destroyed Europe

[@MukadisAymen-ui8fy]

She has been nothing but a disaster for the citizens

[@crinjogria]

Kaja Kallas was born in the USSR with a golden spoon in her mouth. Her father joined the Communist Party in 1972 at the age of 24 and became director of the Estonian Sperbank at the age of 31. A high position with a high social status, company car, nice flat and dacha. The family had access to foreign luxury goods, a privilege that most Soviet citizens could only dream of. He later became editor of the local party newspaper. The family thus belonged to the ethnic elite in the Soviet empire. The family was fully integrated into the system and certainly did not suffer. There are people who always rise to the top, regardless of the regime. They are also called turncoats. They serve every master.

[@mrjerzheel]

Putin laughs at Kallas

[@gaborrajnai6213]

Really? I though she was ousted from Estonia because her husband were trading billions in blood money with the Russians, while she ws telling Europe to cut all ties with Russia.... Yo know its differnt if it helps the family business.

[@LS-uw5cc]

Yeh. USA president looks very respectable and does not look like a thug. Lol

[@y.u.so.]

Why no news about the assassination of Iraqi Swedish guy who was assassinated for burning a book?

[@SKgeostrat]

IIt is not an issue on the international level.

[@Smananonym]

Who destroyed the nordstream? Why hasn’t there been a counter measure?

[@Palteen87]

Because you cannot do it against your major ally or “ally”

[@arekkusu19]

Why does she always look like she is on the verge of bursting in laughter?

[@crinjogria]

'Cuz she knows she's a clown (I mean "EU has the opportunity to be a big geopolitical player" ??? 🤡)

[@OliverNorth9729]

She looks like shes about to fart. 😂🤣

[@juurstudio]

Heavy Estonian accent. As a native myself it’s hard take her too seriously in English media.

[@EduardoNomas-zv4ms]

Oh boy, these eastern european politicians… they need to wake up and stop dreaming.

[@shutup2751]

It's called a Napoleon complex

[@kevin-sw3lm]

dreaming? eastern europe growth is big since the fall of the USSR. they doing fine

[@EduardoNomas-zv4ms]

@ you seem to have lost the context I provided in the next post.

[@etienne4403]

Have you seen how many countries fled the USSR when it fell, so to gain their independence and join NATO and EU as fast as they could? No one wants to be part of Russia it seems.

[@qtdcanada]

There are politicians from several Eastern European countries who intentionally 'poke the Russian bear', and don't mind to start a war between NATO and Russia so that they can use NATO to eliminate Russia once and for all. The Baltic states (where Ms Kallas is from) are now joined by Ukraine (under Zelensky) to push the NATO-vs-Russia confrontation towards the cliff's edge.

[@alikerimerkan]

Grönland people have right to choose for their own future.

[@Palteen87]

I don’t think they will decide anything. A small population with big resources on an island. Certainly there is a big predator who will hunt for Greenland, regardless of what Denmark or Greenland think. They cannot do anything. Though I think US will try to improve the quality of life of Greenland people as well as infrastructure. Probably it won’t be too bad if the Greenland government manages to make a good deal with the US

[@tifthetif6567]

They don't. They are a colony

[@FirstnameLastname-tm1rv]

LOL, sure. Time will tell what Trump does.

[@davidmayhew8083]

I know who should be sent to Greenland ...

[@TheKyosanim62]

The whales don't like orange mates and the seals would flee🤣

[@zartic4life]

Of coarse Kallas the US has a long history of it. Theres no need to be concerned it goes without saying.

[@GNIGNETTO]

And she has the guts of talking of sabotage?!

[@rose-marievanduyse4905]

Sabotage from Biden he said this himself by destroying th Northstream pipeline.

[@dannybuoy138]

With the crippling economy, EU must proceed carefully and not to upset the puppet master.

[@richardlozier5824]

Maybe I missed it, but they did discuss sabotage. Did they discuss who blew up the Nord Stream pipeline and who advanced NATO from Germany to the East?

[@JH-cb2zf]

Nobody advanced NATO to the east, eastern EU countries applied for membership by themselves, they were not invaded by Nato forces.

[@matchaa121]

no one cares about nord stream except ruzzkies lol

[@veronicajensen7690]

@@matchaa121 not true it has destroyed EU economy and EU countries still buy Russian gas through Turkstream -Turkie and India now for 3-4 times the prize and then it's not called Russian gas although everybody know it is

[@happymelon7129]

March 4, 2024, A group of Indigenous women in Greenland has sued Denmark for forcing them to be fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices in the 1960s and 1970s and demanded total compensation of nearly ($6.3 million) . The Inuit women say Danish health authorities violated their human rights when they fitted them with the devices, commonly known as coils. Some of the women - including many who were teenagers at the time - were not aware of what happened or did not consent to the intervention.

[@happymelon7129]

Between the 1960s and 1970s, thousands of Inuit women and girls were fitted with an intrauterine device (IUD) by Danish doctors that most of them knew nothing about. They were neither asked for permission nor informed about its purpose. Many of the women were under the age of 12. The objective, according to several studies, was to curb the population growth in Greenland, to prevent an escalating financial burden on Denmark. The case became known as the “Spiral Case,” after the shape of the coil, which some victims reported was quite painful. Many of these women had an IUD for years without knowing its purpose, and they never understood why they could not have children. The exact number of victims remains unknown. In September 2022, a joint commission consisting of Danish and Greenlandic scholars was formed to investigate the matter.

[@joejohnson6327]

The people of Greenland have the right to vote for independence and leave the Kingdom of Denmark.

[@ccsc.f.675]

and?

[@OliverNorth9729]

​@ccsc.f.675 *AMERICA FIRST, AMERICA GREAT*

[@joejohnson6327]

In the 1970s, doctors in the United States sterilized an estimated 25 to 42 percent of Native American women of childbearing age, some as young as 15. Even the lower estimate-one quarter of Native women-is a whopping statistic. The sterilizations, subsidized by the federal government and often undertaken without consent or under great duress, marked the culmination of a long history of efforts by federal and local authorities to manage the reproductive lives of Native families, explains Brianna Theobald, an assistant professor of history at the University of Rochester, in her new book, Reproduction on the Reservation: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Colonialism in the Long Twentieth Century (University of North Carolina Press).

[@kinngrimm]

Ah that tumbnail was just pure gold " *No doubt US will respect Greenland sovereignty* " Yes of cause not. We all know what a trustworthy never lying individual Trump is. 🤣🤣🤣

[@urbansenicar81]

I am absolutely against Kallas, Macron, Baerbock having any say as to where soldiers from my country are sent.

[@MAKAKA2024-b7y]

Show you russian passport

[@dayegilharno4988]

I'm absolutely against random guys on the internet claiming to know a thing about anything.

[@urbansenicar81]

@@dayegilharno4988 There was no claim.

[@tallowturq]

Can you reveal your country?

[@isakrynell8771]

This is a puppet of Russia or America. They are paid to lie to you.

[@TheRobGuard]

I guess being danish isnt too fun now when Trump say he can use military to take their land. But Id be very chocked if USA invaded Greenland, wouldnt be much different from how Putin behaves with Ukraine. Even worse perhaps. A democratic country both in Nato shouldnt attack each other with their military. Thats just a big red line imo.

[@QuarterLifeGenesis]

The US will take that seriously when Denmark and the EU can respect Greenland's sovereignty.

[@user-xs8vr5yr4z]

Kallas husband is rich, because he was doing business with Russia. Did he stop doing business with Russia now?

[@bocadosapo625]

"We are still friends, we are still allies, they are our biggest parters [...]", the EU simply forgot to tell Trump that, it's just humiliating...

[@thomashunter5645]

Greenland has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. Subject to the oppressive colonial rule by Denmark can make you suicidal. Hope Greenland becomes free soon and the people of Greenland can achieve their goals in life. Free Greenland!!!.

[@Carracolas]

Greenland is free. They have the right to leave the Danish Kingdom as the UK left the EU, but has chosen so får not to for obvious reasons.

[@thomashunter5645]

@Carracolas , That is not true. If they try to leave, Denmark will send its military and brutally stop them.

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

​@@thomashunter5645That statement is blatantly false. Greenland currently has self-rule, meaning the administration of almost all of its own matters, and the constitutional right to secede should a referendum (to be instated by the Greenlandic government) be in favour of such.

[@Carracolas]

@@thomashunter5645 get your facts straight instead of these lies.

[@thomashunter5645]

@@Carracolas , Why has Denmark asked France to send its military to Greenland?

[@nolan485]

As much as I am fond of Estonia, I am grateful that Kallas did not become NATO General Secretary. An EU job suits her better. UMP would disgest her alive. I would date her, tho.

[@udayaudugama]

Dance Queen must take on Putin & Trump to stay in the current position if not Baerbock will takeover soon......!😂😂😂

[@caglarkaraduman3099]

In summary: lots of good hopes and wishes.

[@EuropeGreenlandFriendsAlliance]

🌍✨🇪🇺 🇬🇱 🇨🇦🇺 🇵🇦🇺 👊🏼 "🎺" PLS support the "Europe, Greenland & Friends Alliance" Channel against the Trumps 🎺 & Co. With love CamiLa, Siu & Markus ✨🐻‍❄❤‍🔥

[@liar-liar]

EU is still daydream if they think they're blood brothers with America Israel 😂😂😂

[@ichdrehgleichamrad]

New annoying market alliance against US: EU, Canada, and Mexico would be nice. Trump will have to try to start thinking😂 Isolation can never be the answer to a free world!

[@AbsolutelyFabulous3]

She’s a joke

[@yadayadayada360]

Kaya = PMILF 🤩

[@user-qx9wv3xf6u]

Dangerous insane person.

[@Zockopa]

Delusional. 😂

[@BoHoff-o6t]

MEGA (Make Europe Great Again) instead of MAGA (Make America Great Again). Meaning of mega in English very good or very big.

[@savaisakovic3857]

Look at this happy and smiling face!

[@happymelon7129]

Between the 1960s and 1970s, thousands of Inuit women and girls were fitted with an intrauterine device (IUD) by Danish doctors that most of them knew nothing about. They were neither asked for permission nor informed about its purpose. Many of the women were under the age of 12. The objective, according to several studies, was to curb the population growth in Greenland, to prevent an escalating financial burden on Denmark. The case became known as the “Spiral Case,” after the shape of the coil, which some victims reported was quite painful. Many of these women had an IUD for years without knowing its purpose, and they never understood why they could not have children. The exact number of victims remains unknown. In September 2022, a joint commission consisting of Danish and Greenlandic scholars was formed to investigate the matter.

[@urbansenicar81]

Never trust the Vikings.

[@happymelon7129]

March 4, 2024, A group of Indigenous women in Greenland has sued Denmark for forcing them to be fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices in the 1960s and 1970s and demanded total compensation of nearly ($6.3 million) . The Inuit women say Danish health authorities violated their human rights when they fitted them with the devices, commonly known as coils. Some of the women - including many who were teenagers at the time - were not aware of what happened or did not consent to the intervention.

[@fairyprincess911]

The USA did similar heinous things to poor people of color.

[@joejohnson6327]

Please stop posting the same comment repeatedly / spamming.

[@OliverNorth9729]

​@@joejohnson6327 🦅🇺🇸 *AMERICA GREAT, AMERICA FIRST* 🦅🇺🇸

[@cenationofjnu]

Of course, Trump is a very honest and never lies. 😂

[@BettyBoop111]

Never lied in his life!

[@cenationofjnu]

@BettyBoop111 yes. 🤣😂

[@OliverNorth9729]

🦅🇺🇸 *AMERICA FIRST, AMERICA GREAT* 🦅🇺🇸

[@BettyBoop111]

@@OliverNorth9729 How great will the US be when they become a pariah to the rest of the world?

[@frenchsalute3170]

really?

[@essakhan-oh2vh]

congratulations for this screenshot . leading towards good gestures and expectations.

[@reibass]

.."Druzhba" - Gas pipelines were build particularly by DDR - Germans in the 70s - 80s, to supply Western Europe with Gas Energy, and it was in times of Cold War, so therefore that living in Europe wasn't that so cold....

[@VladislavSurkov-v4h]

Kaja Kallas, you are a dangerous dog. You are scared and unsure. This is why you are dangerous

[@maxsmith3580]

wow Kaja has aged a lot in the past few years.

[@matchaa121]

news flash - we all age

[@SKgeostrat]

Kallas is too weak, too obviously ambitious, but has no power base!

[@rose-marievanduyse4905]

UK is out of Europe Parliament

[@JK1964-y5r]

I am deeply sorry for T’s offensive and crazy comment. I don’t think anyone in the US supports this.

[@lahy1060]

Hearing her say, "We want to be a geopolitical power and be united" is quite comical since the EU doesn't want to increase defense spending and has to rely on the U.S. for its security protection.

[@ccgoh100]

😂😂😂 Are you dreaming??

[@ΦΡΟΣΩΦΩΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ]

Who voted her? NOBODY!!

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

Well, she was voted in as commissioner by the EP, and the MEPs were elected by the European citizens

[@ΦΡΟΣΩΦΩΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ]

@quuaaarrrk8056 Exactly. WE didn;t. And we would never vote for her after she called for the esthonian companies to stop doing bussines with Russia, but her husbants company made some million euros doing exactly that

[@vegancorrxyz]

​@@ΦΡΟΣΩΦΩΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΥRussians cannot vote in the EU. 😅

[@EuropeGreenlandFriendsAlliance]

Please watch "Trump Sells Alaska? - Greenland Not For Sale"... 😘

[@fabiop7028]

The US and also Denmark have to respect the sovereignty of Greenland.

[@DarahanDhesi]

Vote AfD

[@tigertoker]

What leverage does the EU have on the negotiating table? Let’s be realistic. Voters in the US aren’t willing to write a blank check for a war in Europe.

[@markfitzpatrick7186]

And Europeans have no interest in “defeating” Russia. This is Washington’s war. Europe can end it by saying no to Ukraine and DC.

[@TheBerserk69]

Tell me that you do not understand geopolitics without telling me you do not understand geopolitics

[@definitlynotbenlente7671]

Being one of the biggest economies in the world

[@zolo_LR4]

Yes, and no

[@llv5531]

Speaking bullshits doesn't help madame🥴

[@saravanapradeep5597]

Kaja looks stoned as f

[@43lk]

What if not, will Europeans fight and die for it?

[@guddy1233]

Whoa, calm your bot accounts! :-p

[@beachbikerun]

EU in it's last days

[@JH-cb2zf]

Dream on rusbot

[@mopmap4911]

The US should not lose its European Allies, otherwise Europe will turn to China and Russia

[@kunalnagarkoti4409]

USA control europe ​@@JH-cb2zf

[@truthwarrior1489]

Trump will save them

[@rose-marievanduyse4905]

Again warmongering. Never forget Russia saved the Europeans from Germany, not the USA or England at the end of the 2nd worldwar. Russian lost more than 22 million people in this war, your American and English narrativei in schools was exagerated and in Europe false educated. Rothschilds and Rockefellers steel for weapons sold in Germany.

[@FISSIONINITIATEDSUNRISE]

Pls dont give this deluded individual screen time , I'm rolling from cringe as it is .

[@GinWong-lb5bw]

She's the litter of the USA

[@Alpha-Cheeno]

In Arabic, "kallas" implies 'the end' or 'finished'. How apropos.

[@jokejoker4752]

She will finish EU soon

[@JH-cb2zf]

EU will not end, but 3rd world citizens will continue to do everything to come and live in EU, since it is so horrible compared to their utopias

[@TheKyosanim62]

In Arabic? Who cares, we are Europeans.

[@comacuma2869]

Don try 2 compete with us ,,because u re smurfs wont reach near tbe grade

[@Samayil_2024]

Innuit

[@dixztube]

Lmao us lackie

[@kaposipal]

novakkussoltatok...

[@wvhaugen]

Fer chrisakes! If the EU really, really, really wants to move towards a stable peace rather than a series of brushfire wars along a movable frontline - the EU will have to ADMIT that Russia has won and the US, NATO and the EU have LOST. High-falutin' language is one thing - dealling with the facts on the ground is quite another.

[@DragiDeanovic]

Yu ar layer spike tree don't spike yu big luzer layer ages rasa yu cest van Mani Tek from pur pipo stey vey from okrayina Lok vat yu du tu romeniya lays tru is Kam sun Yu brasos Tek Mani from smol cantri 😅

[@zoltanban6988]

Europe is surging in global irrelevance with every year that passes. Economically & demographically shrinking relative to world, technologically it fell behind US, China and many others, no significant natural resources. Once the Russia-Ukraine fiasco ends, and Russia pivots economically to Asia, Europeans will be left in shock at how little the rest of the world will care about them. And they picked an FM that would sink Europe if she thinks there is a chance of taking Russia down along with it.

[@kelechiokoro2039]

Why not these clowns focus on what Europe can do for itself rather than what it can do to Russia

[@emojismiles5451]

America is a European "SUBURB "😂😂

[@Samayil_2024]

Spiral case Inuit women Cotraception

[@TheKyosanim62]

Which is why the U.S. should take over?🤣

[@Samayil_2024]

@TheKyosanim62 See how none of the three terms have a search lens to it.

[@marcanthony8873]

“US will respect Greenland’s sovereignty” says unwanted colonizer of Greenland 😂

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

When exactly did *checks notes* Estonia colonise Greenland?

[@marcanthony8873]

@ When they joined a union with Denmark. Better add that to your notes

[@Samayil_2024]

Call Trump Far Right, i dare you...

[@TheKyosanim62]

He is just a fascist. Is that better?

[@fritzraake22]

Trump is a fascist - is that what you're trying to say?

[@mp-rn6lb]

Estonia was part of the Ex-Soviet Union ( from 1940 to 1991) Why so much hate against Russia?

[@artturretje423]

United with Orban? Better throw him and Vico out

[@etienne4403]

Finally we have someone who understands Russia in Europe’s leadership. Better to protect ourselves too much than to be sorry.

[@savaisakovic3857]

Good for you. And good luck...

[@augustoliver2779]

☮️ ❤️ 🌎

[@daylightmoon7285]

Greenlanders have not forgotten what it was like under the Danish. No country in north or south America will support continued European colonialism in the Americas. We all have experienced that in our histories. Let the Greenlanders vote for what they want. They will vote for full independence. The European leftist press should stop all the speculation about Trump.

[@BettyBoop111]

How much does Denmark contribute to the Greenlanders economy each year?

[@mgordon1713]

The Greenlanders can vote for independence whenever they want. Denmark has made that very clear. But Greenland relies on Danish funds to survive.

[@daylightmoon7285]

@@mgordon1713 I won't argue this point. However, the Danish only gave the Greenlanders autonomous status in 2009. That's pretty late in the game. Also, history tells us, if it's between money and independence, independence will win every time. Besides, if Greenland is so rich with natural resources, independant Greenlanders, with their small population, would be more like Qatar, UAE, Brunei per capita income. The majority of Greenlanders just do not identify as Danish. Their peception is that for many, many years the Danes saw them as ignorant and drunks.

[@happymelon7129]

Between the 1960s and 1970s, thousands of Inuit women and girls were fitted with an intrauterine device (IUD) by Danish doctors that most of them knew nothing about. They were neither asked for permission nor informed about its purpose. Many of the women were under the age of 12. The objective, according to several studies, was to curb the population growth in Greenland, to prevent an escalating financial burden on Denmark. The case became known as the “Spiral Case,” after the shape of the coil, which some victims reported was quite painful. Many of these women had an IUD for years without knowing its purpose, and they never understood why they could not have children. The exact number of victims remains unknown. In September 2022, a joint commission consisting of Danish and Greenlandic scholars was formed to investigate the matter.

[@joejohnson6327]

@@daylightmoon7285 Scotland didn't leave the UK because of money.

[@europeanhouse721]

Europe should be like confederation

[@definitlynotbenlente7671]

Federation

[@IrenESorius]

Kaja Kallas,, 💖

[@gaborrajnai6213]

Said no European ever...

[@jimamar]

Nuwland students talking about how to make a career in politics 😂

[@OliverNorth9729]

🦅🇺🇸😜 REMEMBER FOREVER EU: *AMERICA FIRST, AMERICA GREAT* 🦅🇺🇸😜 🤟☝️

[@rose-marievanduyse4905]

And stay in America 1st, without warmongering in otter countries

[@berndhofmann752]

I totally agree! ❤😂❤🎉😂❤

[@koiguidenishikigoi4972]

Sorry for being mildly disrespectful. I did not watch the report yet but just came here to laugh after reading your title 🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣 sorry Kaja.

[@RZakelis]

Don't feel sorry, she doesn't know even about your existence :)

[@koiguidenishikigoi4972]

@RZakelis that doesn't matter, we are all God's children and need to be humble ✌️

[@definitlynotbenlente7671]

​@koiguidenishikigoi4972 tgen nabey you shoukd get educated and get out of your online bubble of hate

[@koiguidenishikigoi4972]

@definitlynotbenlente7671 don't take it personally please, it's just reciprocal. We call it Karma.

[@godslittlebrother]

Who nobody here ever heard of her

[@godslittlebrother]

Who nobody here ever heard of her you guys are funny thinking what this woman has to say has meaning

[@nolan485]

As much as I am fond of Estonia, I am grateful that Kallas did not become NATO General Secretary. An EU job suits her better. UMP would digest her alive. I would date her, tho.