#Trump's threats against #Greenland pose a significant risk for #Europe, but there is no reason to despair.
The #EU still has numerous levers to reduce the likelihood of invasion. What matters is that we start pulling them as soon as possible.
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Firstly, a diplomatic lever: military bases.
The US relies on its military bases in Europe for lots of its Operations in the Middle East, but also on Europe's ports.
The first and most obvious action Europe could take would be to make it clear to the Trump administration that any attack on Greenland would lead to the immediate and irrevocable closure of these bases.
The cost to US influence of such a decision would be extremely high.
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Secondly, an economic lever: tariffs and sanctions.
This could involve decisions like closing the EU market to US big tech, or imposing significant tariff barriers on certain products.
Here, ambiguity is important: to keep the US guessing, the EU should have as many people as possible (national governments, Commissioner, parliamentarians, high rep etc..) make as many different threats as possible. This could be key to deterring the US.
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@jmaris We could get rid of the anti-circumvention laws that led to our dependence on US big tech in the first place! @pluralistic https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet#t=1300
