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CatWoman

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Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:35 PM Saturday

Trump Orders Special Forces To Prepare Plan To Invade Greenland: Report [View all]

Donald Trump ordered JSOC to plan an invasion of Greenland, but senior military leaders and joint chiefs resisted, citing legality and lack of Congressional support.

US President Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to prepare a plan for the invasion of Greenland though the plan has been resisted by senior military figures.

The Daily Mail quoted the sources saying the President has asked the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) to prepare the invasion plan, but it is being resisted by the joint chiefs of staff on the grounds that it would be illegal – and would not be supported by Congress.

“They have tried to distract Trump by talking about less controversial measures, such as intercepting Russian ‘ghost’ ships – a clandestine network of hundreds of vessels operated by Moscow to evade Western sanctions – or launching a strike on Iran," one of the sources said.

The sources said that the plan, led by political adviser Stephen Miller, has been formulated after the success of the operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and they aim to seize the island before Russia or China makes a move.

However, The Daily Mail quoted British diplomats saying that Trump is also motivated by a desire to distract American voters from the performance of the US economy before the mid-term elections later this year, after which he could lose control of Congress to the Democrats.

This comes days after Trump renewed his threat to own the territory.

https://www.news18.com/world/trump-orders-special-forces-to-prepare-plan-to-invade-greenland-report-ws-l-9823013.html


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Military resisting Trump's orders! That's great! Jim__ Saturday #1
No reason to resist this order. Just do it. JustABozoOnThisBus 13 hrs ago #46
How long will they "resist"? This is freaking scarry. Dave Bowman Saturday #2
Please, Mr and Mrs Congressperson. Get this nimrod out of office. chicoescuela Saturday #3
Hey Congress (I'm talkin to you, Republicans) - assert your Article 1 powers. yellow dahlia Saturday #4
PUT HIM AWAY! LOCK HIM UP! Totally Tunsie Saturday #5
First of all, JSOC makes all kinds of "plans" for events that never happen Fiendish Thingy Saturday #6
Wow... are you ever Optimistic! Oh and I Cha Saturday #8
Never happen lame54 Yesterday #12
"...if Trump attacks Greenland he will be impeached and removed from office" LudwigPastorius Yesterday #17
More then that angrychair Yesterday #22
The EU has NOT clearly and unambiguously stated they will go to war to protect Greenland Fiendish Thingy 17 hrs ago #35
I suspect there are US plans Disaffected Yesterday #24
Is this supposed to be an argument? Ilikepurple Yesterday #25
I'm just trying to imagine the absolute explosion of heads MorbidButterflyTat Saturday #7
Seems probable Putin told him to destroy NATO Attilatheblond Yesterday #9
The "Secret" Meeting in Plain Sight. Why was there no investigation? "Russia, Russia, Russia"............... BurnDoubt Yesterday #20
Yep. Yep. Yep. BurnDoubt Yesterday #21
Recommended. H2O Man Yesterday #10
The man is out of his mind. The military needs to say no to this. Like now. BlueSpot Yesterday #11
Does the stable sweepings know that the US has a military presence there already the Historic NY Yesterday #13
Whatever is about to come out in the Epstein docs must be REALLY bad for him! SeattleVet Yesterday #14
*******THIS******* CatWoman Yesterday #26
+1 leftstreet 16 hrs ago #40
Cuba should probably beef up the beach-heads. Stable Genius might be mouthing distractions from distractions n/t Attilatheblond Yesterday #15
Epstein! BidenRocks Yesterday #16
The Daily Mail is the equivalent of the National Enquirer Ms. Toad Yesterday #18
They've actually had some decent reporting lately SamuelTheThird Yesterday #23
Yes it's also in the Telegraph (reputable) Arazi 16 hrs ago #37
Thanks. Ms. Toad 15 hrs ago #42
More distraction from the child rape and trafficking accusations. Epstein files must be really bad. n/t flvegan Yesterday #19
How to destroy NATO in one easy step. DJ Synikus Makisimus Yesterday #27
Other NATO countries are no doubt preparing for this travesty Bayard Yesterday #28
Thats mostly a hypothetical question for them DetroitLegalBeagle 17 hrs ago #34
How about Canada being the base, and main defense, Bayard 14 hrs ago #44
Europe can't send any meaningful amount of men and equipment over the Atlantic DetroitLegalBeagle 13 hrs ago #45
So, what do you think should happen to counteract trump's insanity? Bayard 11 hrs ago #47
Congress needs to do their jobs DetroitLegalBeagle 8 hrs ago #48
Special Forces don't do that. The Marines, Navy, Air Force and Army do. AND they don't do it without Congress. That's Ford_Prefect Yesterday #29
THIS orangecrush Yesterday #32
One would think that even a Republican Congress would impeach him over this Uncle Joe Yesterday #30
Illegal orders. orangecrush Yesterday #31
I find it so ironic that the strategic importance of Greenland is predicated by global warming. mjvpi Yesterday #33
He's fucking INSANE. spanone 16 hrs ago #36
Does DU have a flag of Greenland avatar? GusBob 16 hrs ago #38
Great idea Greenland or Denmark flags obamanut2012 16 hrs ago #41
If he pulls this nonsense with Greenland, say goodbye to the World Cup... SKKY 16 hrs ago #39
Greenlanders have a combo/easy/difficult option. RoeVWade 14 hrs ago #43
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