They had multiple bases that they all gave up years ago. With the Arctic opening up due to climate change greenland is extremely valueable again so they want their influence back. I think even have one last base in the north.
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SGforce@lemmy.ca 3 days agoI believe they want a huge military base in Greenland one way or the other
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starlinguk@lemmy.world 3 days ago
They already have one.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
The US could have negotiated and easily gotten that base at any point. The only reason to take this loud and aggressive tact is to make noise and distract.
markz@suppo.fi 3 days ago
It might also be that trump is incapable of doing it softly.