Official Greenland Thread - The S&P 500 dropped over 2 percent due to Greenland concerns

[League Champion 1,956]

1 minute ago, FrancieFootball said:

Trump today said NATO will be "very happy" with his Greenland plans.

Stop Ron, you're an embarrassment 

[FrancieFootball 400]

Just now, League Champion said:

You're dumb as shittt. We have NATO troops all over the world. 

• Military Organization: NATO has its own command structure (Military Committee, IMS, ACO, ACT) to plan and execute military actions, distinct from national forces.
• Force Structure: Member countries place forces at NATO's disposal for operations, forming the "Force Structure".

Having a plan in place for coordinating a NATO response isn't the same thing as having an actual army, moron. 

[Ron_Artest 2,820]

1 minute ago, League Champion said:

You're dumb as shittt. We have NATO troops all over the world. 

• Military Organization: NATO has its own command structure (Military Committee, IMS, ACO, ACT) to plan and execute military actions, distinct from national forces.
• Force Structure: Member countries place forces at NATO's disposal for operations, forming the "Force Structure".

They are American troops you idiot.

[FrancieFootball 400]

1 minute ago, League Champion said:

Stop Ron, you're an embarrassment 

Lennie here thinks NATO has it's own army.

[League Champion 1,956]

Just now, Ron_Artest said:

They are American troops you idiot.

Jesus Christ, no shittt 

Stationed all over the World and not with American troops. Some.are.attached to Europe, some Africa, etc. Get it yet?? 

[Ron_Artest 2,820]

3 minutes ago, League Champion said:

Stop Ron, you're an embarrassment 

You think we give billions of dollars to train an army of NATOans.

[FrancieFootball 400]

Just now, League Champion said:

Jesus Christ, no shittt 

Stationed all over the World and not with American troops. Some.are.attached to Europe, some Africa, etc. Get it yet?? 

Not really.

[Ron_Artest 2,820]

1 minute ago, League Champion said:

Jesus Christ, no shittt 

Stationed all over the World and not with American troops. Some.are.attached to Europe, some Africa, etc. Get it yet?? 

Attached?

Are you talking about where we station American troops on American military bases?

[League Champion 1,956]

1 minute ago, Ron_Artest said:

Attached?

Are you talking about where we station American troops on American military bases?

Boy, you're really dumb.

NATO troops in Europe are primarily stationed as multinational Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroups on the Eastern Flank in Poland, Baltics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), and now also in the Black Sea region (Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Finland), led by different member nations, alongside substantial U.S. forces, especially in Germany, with ongoing discussions about potential U.S. troop adjustments amid shifting geopolitical dynamics. 

[FrancieFootball 400]

1 minute ago, Ron_Artest said:

Attached?

Are you talking about where we station American troops on American military bases?

The NATO army is the bestest.

[Ron_Artest 2,820]

1 minute ago, League Champion said:

Boy, you're really dumb.

NATO troops in Europe are primarily stationed as multinational Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroups on the Eastern Flank in Poland, Baltics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), and now also in the Black Sea region (Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Finland), led by different member nations, alongside substantial U.S. forces, especially in Germany, with ongoing discussions about potential U.S. troop adjustments amid shifting geopolitical dynamics. 

You don't even know what it means.  You're just googling and copy pasta thinking you're right

[League Champion 1,956]

1 minute ago, Ron_Artest said:

You don't even know what it means.  You're just googling and copy pasta thinking you're right

You think it's free??? None of this costs money 

Maybe Mamdami can find it 

[MDC 8,301]

20 minutes ago, League Champion said:

No shitt assswipe. You're a bleeding heart, limp diked, pasty asss Pedocrat honkey

“Honkey” lol. You make me laugh Norbert.  

[Ron_Artest 2,820]

1 minute ago, League Champion said:

You think it's free??? None of this costs money 

Maybe Mamdami can find it 

I already explained it to you.  We spend money on defense.  NATO members all do.

If we pull out of NATO, we will need to spend MORE money on defense because we lose our allies and their help.

 

[thegeneral 3,856]

30 minutes ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

and yet you were in hear screeching when it was suggested we purchase it

 

Screeching!!!

[squistion 2,742]

From NYT subscriber content:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/business/stocks-trump-greenland-tariffs.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20260120&instance_id=169587&nl=breaking-news&regi_id=125207237&segment_id=213970&user_id=14502a7228c5a9b835a15627514bfe28

Stocks Post Biggest Drop in Months as Tensions Over Greenland Mount

President Trump’s intensifying standoff with European leaders over the fate of Greenland prompted a sharp response from investors Tuesday, with the value of U.S. stocks, the dollar and government bonds all falling.

The S&P 500 dropped over 2 percent for the first time since October, as investors reacted to Mr. Trump’s increasing threat of higher tariffs on European allies unless they supported his plans for America to take control of Greenland. The Vix volatility index, known as Wall Street’s fear gauge, rose to its highest level since November.

Tuesday’s opening decline was the index’s biggest since April, when Mr. Trump first proposed sweeping tariffs on nearly all of America’s trading partners. And while the sell-off remained contained for now, with the S&P 500 still close to its record high, the moves showed a clear increase in investor concern over the future of the established world order. Investors had become inured to geopolitical upheaval in recent years because it has typically had little impact on corporate profits.

Investors’ confidence wavered on Tuesday even as Mr. Trump boasted about a long list of embellished achievements in remarks to reporters, among them the strength of investments in the United States and the stock market’s returns over the course of his first year in office.

“We have the hottest country in the world right now,” Mr. Trump said.

The moves in financial markets told a different story. Often when stocks are roiled by geopolitical upheaval, investors flock to the safety of other U.S. assets, like the dollar or government bonds. But in a sign that investors were embracing a “sell America” trade and moving away from U.S. assets altogether, both the dollar and U.S. government debt lost value on Tuesday.

Eric Teal, chief investment officer at Comerica Wealth Management, said investors should be “playing defense at this juncture,” focusing on geographic and sector diversification while the current uncertainty lingers.

The dollar index, which pits the currency against a basket of currencies that represent America’s major trading partners, fell 0.8 percent. The dollar weakened against the euro, British pound and Norwegian Krone.

The Swiss Franc, another haven in times of uncertainty, strengthened almost 1 percent against the U.S. dollar. Gold and oil prices also climbed higher, with the precious metal up 1.8 percent in another sign of investor caution.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, which moves inversely to price, also rose, meaning its value declined. This yield acts as one of the most important interest rates in the world by underpinning interest rates across consumer and corporate debt.

[Gepetto 1,511]

51 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

Where is the nato army stationed?  Natoville?

maybe on the ocean planet of Kamino?

[FrancieFootball 400]

First to fight for the right

And to build the world’s might

The NATO Army Goes Rolling Along

Proud of all we have done

Fighting till the battle’s won

The NATO Army Goes Rolling Along.

[seafoam1 3,618]

40 minutes ago, squistion said:

From NYT subscriber content:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/business/stocks-trump-greenland-tariffs.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20260120&instance_id=169587&nl=breaking-news&regi_id=125207237&segment_id=213970&user_id=14502a7228c5a9b835a15627514bfe28

Stocks Post Biggest Drop in Months as Tensions Over Greenland Mount

President Trump’s intensifying standoff with European leaders over the fate of Greenland prompted a sharp response from investors Tuesday, with the value of U.S. stocks, the dollar and government bonds all falling.

The S&P 500 dropped over 2 percent for the first time since October, as investors reacted to Mr. Trump’s increasing threat of higher tariffs on European allies unless they supported his plans for America to take control of Greenland. The Vix volatility index, known as Wall Street’s fear gauge, rose to its highest level since November.

Tuesday’s opening decline was the index’s biggest since April, when Mr. Trump first proposed sweeping tariffs on nearly all of America’s trading partners. And while the sell-off remained contained for now, with the S&P 500 still close to its record high, the moves showed a clear increase in investor concern over the future of the established world order. Investors had become inured to geopolitical upheaval in recent years because it has typically had little impact on corporate profits.

Investors’ confidence wavered on Tuesday even as Mr. Trump boasted about a long list of embellished achievements in remarks to reporters, among them the strength of investments in the United States and the stock market’s returns over the course of his first year in office.

“We have the hottest country in the world right now,” Mr. Trump said.

The moves in financial markets told a different story. Often when stocks are roiled by geopolitical upheaval, investors flock to the safety of other U.S. assets, like the dollar or government bonds. But in a sign that investors were embracing a “sell America” trade and moving away from U.S. assets altogether, both the dollar and U.S. government debt lost value on Tuesday.

Eric Teal, chief investment officer at Comerica Wealth Management, said investors should be “playing defense at this juncture,” focusing on geographic and sector diversification while the current uncertainty lingers.

The dollar index, which pits the currency against a basket of currencies that represent America’s major trading partners, fell 0.8 percent. The dollar weakened against the euro, British pound and Norwegian Krone.

The Swiss Franc, another haven in times of uncertainty, strengthened almost 1 percent against the U.S. dollar. Gold and oil prices also climbed higher, with the precious metal up 1.8 percent in another sign of investor caution.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, which moves inversely to price, also rose, meaning its value declined. This yield acts as one of the most important interest rates in the world by underpinning interest rates across consumer and corporate debt.

This is the kind of reply you get when you hear from people who have no money and no investments in the market or anywhere else. They live their lives paycheck to paycheck and are really angry about it. 

I'm up 19% on my investments on this year alone. And it has not been trailing off in the least. I'm making more money than before I retired when I was in my mid 50's. And yes, the market goes up and down, but I never freak out about it. 

People who are smart, work hard, and save and appreciate what they have in life are happy. 

Dopey hate filled broke liberals keep trying to bring other people down with their political motivations because they are themselves miserable. 

Enter princess rusty. Another miserable weirdo. Rusty has good company with squidguy.

[FrancieFootball 400]

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(The) U.S. military personnel could refuse to attack Greenland, as they are obligated to disobey patently illegal orders, and an unprovoked invasion of a NATO-aligned, friendly territory like Greenland (part of Denmark) would likely be considered unlawful and highly immoral, potentially leading to immense constitutional crisis and military refusal, though it places individuals in perilous situations. While the President can order planning, actual combat execution of an illegal order can be refused by service members, with legal backing for disobeying such fundamentally unlawful acts. 

 

[Ron_Artest 2,820]

Mark Kelly would like a word