International Trump: US control of Greenland is absolute nescessity

[fedorthegoat777]

Serous question, what of Denmark ain’t selling?

They are now.

 

[Daverisimo]

So, his plan is to tank the US economy with tariffs, then make the US a global pariah by being a belligerent dickhead. Bold move. I hope that he chokes on a big Mac before he ruins this country. And I hope Elon ODs on ketamine.

 

[cottagecheesefan]

THE CROWN

Pete “the hand” Hegseth sounds pretty nice.

No surprise that as we are on the verge of Making the United Kingdom of America, MUKA, Elizabeth Warren is in total and complete utter meltdown over flag of Jerusalem tattoos



And yes it is true, in addition to sending him 70 questions she expects him to write an essay over. What a fucking karen

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/07/pete-hegseth-elizabeth-warren-confirmation-hearing/

 

[Rob Battisti]

Pete “the hand” Hegseth sounds pretty nice.

No surprise that as we are on the verge of Making the United Kingdom of America, MUKA, Elizabeth Warren is in total and complete utter meltdown over flag of Jerusalem tattoos



And yes it is true, in addition to sending him 70 questions she expects him to write an essay over. What a fucking karen

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/07/pete-hegseth-elizabeth-warren-confirmation-hearing/

I’d just respond to her “you’re not going to vote for me anyway” 70 times

 

[cottagecheesefan]

I’d just respond to her “you’re not going to vote for me anyway” 70 times

Agreed. As an aside, and it very early, but will be interesting to see who starts grandstanding right away with these confirmations. Democrats pegging who they think may have a chance to become a leader for their party going into 2026 and 2028. Obviously Warren has aspirations to be both the first Native American and female president.

 

[Rob Battisti]

Agreed. As an aside, and it very early, but will be interesting to see who starts grandstanding right away with these confirmations. Democrats pegging who they think may have a chance to become a leader for their party going into 2026 and 2028. Obviously Warren has aspirations to be both the first Native American and female president.

Warren is ancient.

Look for Booker to give it his damnedest

 

[LangfordBarrow]

I’ve laid out the advantages. What do you think is “retarded”(you love this word) about wanting to ensure military dominance in the artic and mineral access to catch up with China?

You’ve routinely exclaimed that the efforts in Ukraine are vital to national security. Is it not prudent to ensure that the artic doesn’t fall into Russian and Chinese dominance? Why would we wait for this to happen? Greenland is literally 530 million acres of untouched land. A few more bases in exchange and mineral rights for better mineral mining and cash makes everyone in the world safer and greatly benefits all parties.

As it has been pointed out, the tiny population there is already doing pretty poorly by global standards. This could help them.

I’ve already agreed over a dozen times that trumps approach is wrong and hurtful to this plan.

I know this is an older post but I agree with you. It's just that it doesn't seem to be for sale. So now what. Also it's covered in ice. Ice that would cause global calamity if melted. How easily will it be to extract it's resources even if we do take control?

 

[cottagecheesefan]

Having a hard time trying to stop thinking about this.

 

[Rob Battisti]

I know this is an older post but I agree with you. It's just that it doesn't seem to be for sale. So now what. Also it's covered in ice. Ice that would cause global calamity if melted. How easily will it be to extract it's resources even if we do take control?

It’s not for sale, unfortunately.

I think Greenland votes to be independent and then we can simply gain closer ties. Greenland is literally population of a small town and the size of a third of the US.

They can gain independence and then we can simply give them tons of money to gain military and mineral access.

As for mining safely? Absolutely possible. It’s a massive island.

 

[LangfordBarrow]

I’m working hard to not be a shitposter in 2025 with more thoughtful posts.


Yes. It is good to buy land which has natural resources. If a country doesn’t have the infrastructure to extract them, it would make sense to either partner with or sell to an entity that does.

I agree it is wrong to alienate allies. I’ve said as much ITT re: foreign aide. I do not disdain NATO. I would like all countries to meet the agreed upon 2% of GDP spending. I agree with Trump when he shined light on this. Do you think that was a bad thing? I was never pro-Trump and didn’t vote for him.

You may continue to claim otherwise, but it’s not the truth.

Ukraine begging has nothing to do with our national security. I don’t support them and don’t think we should be in a perpetual arrangement for their defense.

I don’t think Russia or China would attack a NATO country but I don’t believe ceding artic defense to the Danes is a prudent strategy for the United States.



I never said he would.

I’m not.

And this is what I’m arguing for.

Gave you the like but checking Russian expansionism is in our national interest just like helping our allies in the supposed South China Sea. Artic defense by the Danes is de facto defense by NATO. Buying Greenland for its resources is strictly to benefit us and I'm all for it if some deal can be made that doesn't alienate our allies our accelerate climate change.

 

[Rob Battisti]

Gave you the like but checking Russian expansionism is in our national interest just like helping our allies in the supposed South China Sea. Artic defense by the Danes is de facto defense by NATO. Buying Greenland for its resources is strictly to benefit us and I'm all for it if some deal can be made that doesn't alienate our allies our accelerate climate change.

I just don’t believe that the perpetual funding of a known corrupt country is in our best interest. The Danes are in NATO, but they don’t protect the artic like the US would.

Best thing for the US is Greenland to go independent and either become rich beyond their wildest imagination buy selling a ton of land to us or vote to become a territory like Samoa.

 

[Substance Abuse]

I believe the phrase is, “you can smoke a cigarette, while pooling, at the same time as chewing gum and walking”.

Doesn’t get much more real than that

You smoke cigs. Just the ones that don't light up.

 

[LangfordBarrow]

You didn’t even link to a post of mine. I don’t care about Russia invading Ukraine. Russia and China owning the artic is a direct threat to the US. Do you agree?

How much of a threat do you think that is considering they're our allies? Does it seem feasible they'd make a deal with China over us for their natural resources? Not likely right? Unless our bluster puts them on the defense and they do make a deal with China to curb our aggression.

It just illustrates the problem with Trump's management style. There's no need for us to own Greenland to make a deal to extract its natural resources. Thinking you can just pressure the sale of the entire territory because you're the big dog on the block is a good way to lose your pack.

 

[Rob Battisti]

@LangfordBarrow the 5 US territories that we have are very beneficial to them. Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands all get US citizenship. Samoa gets the benefits of being US nationals.

Greenlanders are suffering. This could majorly benefit them.

 

[LangfordBarrow]

I just don’t believe that the perpetual funding of a known corrupt country is in our best interest. The Danes are in NATO, but they don’t protect the artic like the US would.

Best thing for the US is Greenland to go independent and either become rich beyond their wildest imagination buy selling a ton of land to us or vote to become a territory like Samoa.

It just seems every time there's a situation like this or with Ukraine the government is just too corrupt to work with. They are part of NATO and the easiest thing possible would be to negotiate our helping on defense. If the problem then is "what's in it for us" then is security the issue or our access to their resources?

 

[Rob Battisti]

How much of a threat do you think that is considering they're our allies? Does it seem feasible they'd make a deal with China over us for their natural resources? Not likely right? Unless our bluster puts them on the defense and they do make a deal with China to curb our aggression.

It just illustrates the problem with Trump's management style. There's no need for us to own Greenland to make a deal to extract its natural resources. Thinking you can just pressure the sale of the entire territory because you're the big dog on the block is a good way to lose your pack.

His style is absurd. If it makes Greenland go independent though…

 

[Rob Battisti]

It just seems every time there's a situation like this or with Ukraine the government is just too corrupt to work with. They are part of NATO and the easiest thing possible would be to negotiate our helping on defense. If the problem then is "what's in it for us" then is security the issue or our access to their resources?

The Ukrainians ARE corrupt. That’s indisputable.

The Danes are in NATO. Greenland is their territory. We can negotiate with them for defense, but this is also about mineral rights.

It’s both.

 

[The Diplomat]

The Ukrainians ARE corrupt. That’s indisputable.

The Danes are in NATO. Greenland is their territory. We can negotiate with them for defense, but this is also about mineral rights.

It’s both.

The Ukrainians are corrupt because it's what Russia taught them. But they have room to grow.

 

[Rob Battisti]

The Ukrainians are corrupt because it's what Russia taught them. But they have room to grow.

Hah

 

[LangfordBarrow]

@LangfordBarrow the 5 US territories that we have are very beneficial to them. Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands all get US citizenship. Samoa gets the benefits of being US nationals.

Greenlanders are suffering. This could majorly benefit them.

Listen I'm on your side. If they can legally vote to become a territory or a State that would be grand.