Trump says US needs to own Greenland to deter Russia, China

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• CameronDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  So, make a deal, build an airbase, declare it under US + Denmark + NATO protection. No need to conquer it to deter anyone.

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  • BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They already can do that. US pretty much has unlimited military access to Greenland per the 1951 treaty, original text.

    It’s not about defense and never was. It’s all about plain and simple imperialism.

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    • CameronDev@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Exactly my point.

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  • Rothe@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    People should read up on the subject a bit. The US already has an airbase on Greenland. They used to have many, but have closed all but one.

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    • CameronDev@programming.dev ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I wasn’t aware, but that doesn’t change my point. Build another if one isn’t enough, and then re-declare it under US + Denmark + NATO protection.

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  • sidebro@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This would be the reasonable way. Guess it doesn’t stroke his imperialist ego enough though,so he has to be unreasonable about it instead.

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• frisbird@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I thought Trump was a Russian puppet

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  • howl2@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    He is. He’s lying. This is about getting strategic military positioning on europe, and valuable national resources.

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• hanrahan@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Help Ukraine win, build an airbase there ?

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