President Donald Trump has said previously that he is seeking U.S. ownership of Greenland, a Danish territory.

The Danish foreign minister has summoned the top U.S. diplomat in Copenhagen to explain a media report alleging that American nationals linked to Donald Trump are attempting to infiltrate Greenland and run covert influencing operations there.

  • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    23日前

    We didn’t support the USA’s fight for independence. They invaded us and we kicked their asses. They tried again in 1812 with similar results.

    • infinitesunrise@slrpnk.netEnglish
      15·
      23日前

      Yeah, Canada is literally the only country that has ever razed our capitol. They literally burned down the white house. I mean technically they were British at the time but they were the great great grandparents of today’s Canadians. As an American it feels really intensely stupid saber rattling at them when they’re friends by default.

      • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        23日前

        That’s not quite true. The people who burned down the White House were British, full stop. It was mostly Canadians that fought off the American invasion and won the war, but the burning was done by fleet of ships carrying British troops that had been stationed in Bermuda at the time.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      23日前

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada–United_States_relations

      At the outset of the American Revolutionary War, the American revolutionaries hoped the French Canadians in Quebec and the Colonists in Nova Scotia would join their rebellion. They were pre-approved for joining the United States in the Articles of Confederation. When northeastern Quebec was invaded, thousands joined the American cause

      • arrow74@lemmy.zipEnglish
        41·
        23日前

        This is like saying the US has directly attacked Russian forces because some US citizens joined the Ukrainian military.