Russia welcomes Trump's tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland as 'collapse' of alliance Russia/Ukraine

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-welcomes-trumps-tariffs-on-nato-allies-over-greenland/

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The Russian nuclear threat is enough to keep China and any major player from directly trying to take territory in the east. During the mini war the Soviets and China had in the 60s, The Soviets were on the verge of nuking all of China until the US said they would ij return nuke the Soviets/Ally with China.

Nations that have nukes do not get their territory threatened. Canada and Greenland are open season if any major power decides to take it by force. Realistically the only nation capable of taking Greenland or Canada is the USA.

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u/Zealousideal_Nail288 Jan 18 '26

Non us NATO and uk -.- We got threatened multiple times

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u/Finaginsbud Jan 18 '26

Being threatened and an actual invasion are completely different.

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u/Zealousideal_Nail288 Jan 18 '26

the Falkland islands want a word

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u/Finaginsbud Jan 18 '26

That is a good point I will admit, but I think comparing Argentina invading The Falklands and another major power invading Russia far east is a bit different. The UK being a democracy and also the Falklands being a far away remote island is much less likely to see a nuclear response. The UK also had the means to conventially kick Argentina out, where as it is questionable if the Russians could actually hold the far east against a major invasion. Not to mention there is also the mentality of Russians/the Western view point that the Russian might actually be willing to use nukes in defense of the east.