> if we take greenland (which we wouldn't - we'd pay them to leave on their own and help them enforce it ) then we might lose all diplomacy with eu and become isolationist.  good. trump can't leave nato without an act of congress since the law passed in 2023, but we should leave nato because of that law - probably lobbied for by the eu. > if we invade panama latin america goes to china.  the monroe doctrine will justify full use of necessary military force. it covers north america and the caribbean. anyone doing this even canada would find themselves on the wrong side of the us military. we would go to war with china over this. nuclear too. > if we take canada we lose any remaining diplomacy with the anglo world.  wouldn't happen. they'd come on their own or be finlandized wrt china.
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