…#COFA agreements have previously been inked w/ #independent countries, & #Greenland would likely need to separate from #Denmark for such a plan to proceed. While polls show Greenlanders are interested in #independence, surveys also show most do NOT want to be part of the US [who can blame them? Under #Trump, many US-ians aren’t anymore either]. A COFA - which cedes significant autonomy to Washington - *could* [will] be viewed with similar skepticism.

#geopolitics

#Trump, who during his first admin floated the idea of acquiring #Greenland, has pressed even harder since taking office in January [he’s obsessed], refusing to rule out taking the island by #force. #Denmark, which governs the island, has sharply rebuffed the idea.

A #COFA agreement would stop short of Trump's ambition to make the island of 57k people a part of the US. It is not the only plan on the table, sources said, & it would face many practical hurdles. [like, they’re not interested]

While the precise details of #COFA agreements—which have only ever been extended to the small island nations of #Micronesia, the #MarshallIslands & #Palau—vary depending on the signatory, the US govt typically provides many essential services, from mail delivery to emergency management [which under #Trump’s #FEMA reductions isn’t even provided in the US] to #military protection. In exchange, the #USmilitary operates freely in COFA countries & #trade w/the US is largely duty-free.

#Greenland

This whole thing is ridiculous!

Exclusive: #US weighs special status for #Greenland as quest for island intensifies

#Trump ofcls are discussing a plan to pull Greenland into America's sphere of influence using a type of agreement the US has used to keep close ties w/several Pacific Island nations…

Under the plan being considered, the Trump admin would propose to Greenland's leaders that the island enter into a so-called Compact of Free Association, or #COFA, w/the US.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-weighs-special-status-greenland-quest-island-intensifies-2025-05-09/

👆 see above for full poster

Branch🧵 13/

#StandWithUkraine

Closer view of #GradeF / #DiggingInList companies…

#Coesia S.p.A., a/k/a #CoesiaGroup

#CofaceSA, a/k/a #Coface
#EuronextNV, #Euronext: #COFA

#Cofix
#TASE: #CFX

#Colins
Parent Company: #ErogluHolding, a/k/a #ErogluGiyam, #Eroglu

#CorendonAirlines, a/k/a #Corendon

#YaleCeliList, #YaleSOM: https://som.yale.edu/story/2022/over-1000-companies-have-curtailed-operations-russia-some-remain

#Russia is #BrandUnsafe

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#StandWithUkraine
#YaleCELIList
#YaleRussianBusinessRetreat

Please ask #GradeF / #DiggingInList Companies to stop doing business with the #RussianFederation / #RF.

For example:
#CofaceSA (a/k/a #Coface)
#BoisColombes, #France, #FRA
https://www.coface.com/investors/investors-contacts

#EuronextNV, #Euronext: #COFA

#Russia is #BrandUnsafe

http://www.emailcontactukraine.com

Refreshing stance by #House #Republican to support funding for #US-allied #Pacific Island nations to counter #China

"That's such a critical part of our countering the malign influence of China, with the island nations that they're buying off…one by one," Rep McCaul said

#Micronesia, #MarshallIslands & #Palau agreed to new 20-yr funding programs (Compacts of Free Association #COFA) which gives US exclusive military access to strategic swaths of Pacific that China covets

https://www.reuters.com/world/eyeing-china-senior-us-lawmaker-vows-back-funding-pacific-islands-2024-02-16/