cross-posted from : lemmy.zip/post/56689908
I thought Trump was a Russian puppet
Trump says US needs to own Greenland to deter Russia, China
Submitted 2 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to globalnews@lemmy.zip
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-says-us-needs-own-greenland-deter-russia-china-2026-01-09/
Comments
frisbird@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
howl2@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
He is. He’s lying. This is about getting strategic military positioning on europe, and valuable national resources.
hanrahan@piefed.social 2 months ago
Help Ukraine win, build an airbase there ?
CameronDev@programming.dev 2 months ago
So, make a deal, build an airbase, declare it under US + Denmark + NATO protection. No need to conquer it to deter anyone.
Rothe@piefed.social 2 months 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.
CameronDev@programming.dev 2 months 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.
sidebro@lemmy.zip 2 months 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.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 2 months 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.
CameronDev@programming.dev 2 months ago
Exactly my point.