Trump Says US Must Own Greenland
Q: Why is it so important to you to own Greenland when you have a military presence there?
TRUMP: Because when we own it, we defend it. We'll have to defend Greenland. NATO has gotta understand that.
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He says he wont defend Greenland unless we own it, and he will not tolerate Russia or China occupying Greenland.
He's a lunatic.
yet, his defenders still excuse and support him...?
Twilight Zone worthy
We have a military base on Greenland. Is he saying he wont defend our base on Greenland unless we own the island?
Hell, if it comes to it right now, I don't think he'd defend any blue state.
Does he know we have a base there?
Doubt it
Has either China or Russia EVER indicated any intention of invading Greenland, which is protected by NATO? I really doubt it, so IMO Trump's REAL intention is to grab Greenland's minerals, just as his real intention was to grab Venezuala's oil. He's on his way to fulfilling his being a conquering Conquistador - see LINK - Conquistadors On Screen: 10 Epic Films - Buzz Of The Orient | The NewsTalkers
I am thinking of taking a vacation to Greenland. I wonder if it will be cheaper if it becomes ours.
More likely, the opposite.
Indeed, American's are likely not welcome there anymore.
If you want to vacation in the area I'd recommend Iceland -- it has a much better climate than Greenland -- and a lot more interesting things to do!
Definitely a possibility. My brother went to Iceland recently and loved it.
The implications of the names of Iceland and Greenland should be reversed! Iceland actually has a much more temperate climate-- and Greenland is much colder and not particularly green!
Greenland has the very cold weather you'd expect from its being so far North. So why is it named "Greenland"?
From Wikipedia:
Greenland is the least densely populated country in the world.
Thorvald, who had committed manslaughter. With his extended family and his thralls ( slaves or serfs ) , he set out in ships to explore an icy land known to lie to the northwest. After finding a habitable area and settling there, he named it Grœnland (translated as "Greenland"), supposedly in the hope that the pleasant name would attract settlers
"Iceland" sounds cold and not very habitable. But its actually much more temperate than Greenland, despite being so close to it.
Why is "Iceland" so temperate?
IIRC its because it has volcanic activity that makes for hot springs.
In addition, it has the same warming influence that the extreme South-west of England (Cornwall) has-- the thing that allows for Palm trees to grow there. (The Gulfstream).
In fact, most of Iceland is uninhabitable desert. Not "Sahara sand" desert. Volcanic lava desert. Mountains steer rain away from the center of the island. It's empty.
I bet it would be if you only buy a one way ticket and wear your trump maga hat around while you're there ...
Morning...the Polar Bears will be wrapped..
More tasty tourists on the menu..I am sure they would like an alternative to seal..
oh look, that little iceberg has a face ...
Making America A Colonial Power
Undoubtedly, that's what magas voted for.
I'm waiting for the NA's to storm mar-a-lardo, kidnap the moron king, and demand all their broken treaties be renegotiated.
Talk to 1st...
President Donald Trump vowed to “do something” on Greenland — whether it happens the “nice way or the more difficult way” — warning that if he does not act “Russia or China will take over” the territory.
The president’s remarks came as he took questions from reporters during his meeting with top U.S. oil executives on Friday, which involved CEOs from Exxon, ConocoPhillips, and Shell when the topic came up.
One reporter asked about the suggestion by some in the administration of sending Greenlanders a lump sum, reportedly between $10,000 and $100,000 , in a bid to convince residents to join the U.S., pressing Trump on “how much money” he was hoping to offer.
The president cut the journalist off: “I’m not talking about money for Greenland yet. I might talk about that but right now we are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not because if we don’t do it Russia or China will take over Greenland and we are not going to have Russia or China as a neighbor. Okay?”
He paused as other reporters in the room began calling for his attention, before continuing: “I would like to make a deal the easy way, but if we don’t do it the easy way we will do it the hard way.”
Be honest, this guy's a fricking nut job.
I just heard a well-regarded historian state that Trump is not engaged in classic colonialism, but rather, personalized, Putin-style colonialism. That sounds like an accurate assessment. Besides that, the guy's a fricking nut job.
Trump says that Denmark has no claim on Greenland based on sailing a ship there 500 years ago. With that logic England had no claim to Virginia in 1607.
88% of the Greenland population is at least partly Inuit, an indigenous group. Trump wants to colonize them like its 1626.
100% unnecessary. We have a base there now. We used to have several more and there is no reason we couldn’t occupy them again, if we felt it necessary. In the meantime, we are needlessly alienating a military and economic ally.
Allies. The whole thing is a slap in the face to all NATO members.
right now we are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not because if we don’t do it Russia or China will take over Greenland and we are not going to have Russia or China as a neighbor. Okay?”
Neither Russia nor China have made any moves toward taking over Greenland in the past.
So what makes him think they suddenly want to do it now?
Both have other priorities. (Russia's seemingly endless involvement with the Ukraine . . . and China's expansionist obsessions re: Taiwan as well as other colonialist dreams of getting total dominance of many areas nearby).
LOL
So if Trump invades Greenland, he will demolish NATO or the effectiveness of it. That should make his friend Putin very happy.
Trump has made it clear for several years that he would like to see the end of NATO. Just like Putin.
Birds of a feather...
A friend just sent this:
If America wants to end this nightmare all we have to do is tell Trump that Obama can hold his breath for ten minutes.
LMAO!
Is that great, or what?
It's hilarious. First really good laugh I've had all day.
My friend sent it a couple of hours ago. I'm still laughing.
Funny.
And yet, through all 44 years of the Cold War, with tensions at times much higher than now, we did just fine without "owning" it. And we didn't have to threaten taking territory from a friend and ally to do it.
Trump is doing his damndest to cause America to have less friends and allies every day.
I can’t figure out how this guy didn’t get the Nobel peace prize.
He can't even get hold of one when Machado offered to give him hers. The Nobel Committee said no dice.