The administration has been playing at being as big an assholes as they can and are somehow surprised when others do not like it.

What other choice do they really have? The US has become, to put it politely, entirely unreliable. No nation should be overly dependent on us, and those that are need to diversify ASAP, and there aren't a lot of other options.

Forbidding Chinese cars to cross the border is a little much.

The way the USA us conducting their international relations is very worrying.

But oh well. They do what they want.

Makes sense though, having the general population aware of the rest of the world is challenging for governing.

The news here though is that Canada is now rest of the world rather than close trading partner.

I was wondering about that - there is no border really - you seem to drive across and the border patrol folks just asks you nicely - What is the nature of your business?

Chinese cars in the US - oh dear.

I guess saying making Canada another US state rubbed them up the wrong way. Who would have thought that.

A country that's threatening to make Canada its 51st state says what?

I was wondering about Greenland - 51 or 52 ?.

I'm betting Greenland will be first just because it's a small operation that nobody is going to contest realistically.

Are you absolutely positive? Danes and Germans already sent troops and France a nuclear sub and a Frigate. UK, Sweden, Finland and others are preparing to send troops as well. Perhaps "small operation" is not a foregone conclusion.

80% of the place is frozen ice - you would need specialist units to fight there - US has never done that really - the Russians had units equipped for arctic conditions and they were locals and had unique armor meant for that (tracked-lighter-more durable).

Even China has more experience due to their conflicts in the Himalayas and Tibet.

You not going to get a Stryker or Abrahams tank working there.

Good point. Ukraine example: "Battlefield Challenges (Abrahams): Despite being formidable, these tanks struggled against Russia's extensive drone warfare, leading to high attrition rates, with nearly 90% of the original U.S. fleet lost or damaged..."

I'm sure the US army is shaking in its boots right now

I'm sure EU troops as well. They all fought side by side with US in Afghanistan so are likely aware of US capabilities - or lack thereof.

Whatever military capability there is in NATO, it's clearly on the side of the US. The EU can't even produce basic things like artillery shells and explosives at this point. The UK can't even make steel.

Sorry, but German Rheinmetall is the biggest supplier of artillery shells to Ukraine. So much so that Russia tried to assassinate its CEO.

Sorry, but Europe collectively never managed to produce even close to the amount of shells they promised. Wouldn't be too proud of this performance. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-weapons-shells-european-unio...

>Danes and Germans already sent troops

Afaik 20 "troops" total.

Germans already recalled theirs https://www.dw.com/en/greenland-row-german-military-ends-sho...

I don't think America ever said that Greenland would be a state, that it would be an overseas territory of the US instead, which still sucks, but I don't think Trump wants 2 senators and 1 house member from a territory that is bound to be much more liberal than the average American state. Inuits vote Democrat even in Alaska.

yeah it's probably gonna be a sort of a protectorate

We have the dumbest bullies in the world running the country. What did they expect? Tariffs. Threatening to turn the country into a state. Harassing Canadians living in the U.S. And very purposefully kneecapping the EV market in the U.S. forcing automakers to roll back their investment while the Chinese continue to lower their costs and refine the technology. I can only hope that that the damage to the U.S. and it's standing in the world is not totally irreparable. A lot of the damage is, I am afraid, permanent.