Trump says US will 'go as far as we have to' to get control of Greenland

serendipity said:
So would you rather China and/or Russia to get their hands on it instead? I can assure you that they will not see the need to go knocking door to door to ask permission. Surely the way China has acted in both the South China and now the East China seas ought to make you stop and think? If not then I don't know what will. There is vast mineral wealth in Greenland and the Chinese would dearly love to control it like they have in Africa and Asia.
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My post about failure referred to this comment: "Junior probably has a resort, casino. and golf course already on the drawing board"

But regarding yours, the trump administration is no better than Russia or China if they think it's right to take over another country in order to plunder its resources. You think Greenlanders are just going to sit by and let themselves be taken over? This is a sure path to war. trump is deluded enough to think annexing Greenland and Canada is just another negotiation but he's dead wrong.
 
christiefan915 said:
My post about failure referred to this comment: "Junior probably has a resort, casino. and golf course already on the drawing board"

But regarding yours, the trump administration is no better than Russia or China if they think it's right to take over another country in order to plunder its resources. You think Greenlanders are just going to sit by and let themselves be taken over? This is a sure path to war. trump is deluded enough to think annexing Greenland and Canada is just another negotiation but he's dead wrong.
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So what exactly would the Greenlanders actually do? They have no military and Denmark is hardly likely to do much if anything. Sadly you are like so many that allow Trump hatred to cloud your judgement on a very real issue. Look on a map and see just how crucial the Barents Sea and Arctic Ocean are to Russia and China.
 
signalmankenneth said:
The only way Trump will get Greenland is by force?!! If I was NATO, I would station about 25,000 troops there a long with weaponry now, make it costly for Trump if he decides to go the by force route?!!

President Donald Trump said the U.S. will "go as far as we have to go" to get control of Greenland, ahead of a planned visit to the Arctic island by Vice President JD Vance that has prompted criticism from Greenland and Denmark.

Vance, second lady Usha Vance and Energy Secretary Chris Wright will lead the U.S. delegation to visit the Pituffik military space base in the northwest of the island, having scaled back plans for a broader and longer visit. The American group was originally planning to visit the Greenlandic capital, Nuuk, and a dog sled race.

Trump showed no indication of softening his ambition to take control of the island, which is an autonomous territory but part of the Kingdom of Denmark.

"We need Greenland for national security and international security," Trump said, taking reporters' questions in the Oval Office.

"So we'll, I think, we'll go as far as we have to go," he continued. "We need Greenland. And the world needs us to have Greenland, including Denmark. Denmark has to have us have Greenland. And, you know, we'll see what happens. But if we don't have Greenland, we can't have great international security."

Trump added, "I view it from a security standpoint, we have to be there."

Trump also said that he understood "JD might be going," referring to the vice president, but did not offer any details about the trip. Vance is expected to travel to Greenland on Friday.

Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede earlier this week called the upcoming visit by U.S. officials part of a "very aggressive American pressure against the Greenlandic community" and called for the international community to rebuke it.

MORE: JD, Usha Vance to visit Greenland as prime minister blasts 'aggressive American pressure'

After the U.S. announced that the visit would be pared back to only include the Pituffik base, Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the decision was "wise."

Trump has repeatedly -- in both his first and second terms -- raised the prospect of the U.S. obtaining Greenland, whether through purchase or other means. During his March speech to a joint session of Congress, Trump said the U.S. would acquire the strategic territory "one way or the other."

Greenlandic Prime Minister Mute Bourup Egede dismissed Trump's remarks. "Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders," he wrote on social media.

"We are not Americans, we are not Danes because we are Greenlanders. This is what the Americans and their leaders need to understand, we cannot be bought and we cannot be ignored."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-us-far-control-122016592.html


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So, your solution is let Putin control it. Kamala voters are the dumbest assholes on the planet.
 
serendipity said:
So what exactly would the Greenlanders actually do? They have no military and Denmark is hardly likely to do much if anything. Sadly you are like so many that allow Trump hatred to cloud your judgement on a very real issue. Look on a map and see just how crucial the Barents Sea and Arctic Ocean are to Russia and China.
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No, when I see trump talk about taking over Greenland, Canada and Panama, the word that comes to mind is lebensraum. Why can't you see the parallels?
 
moon said:
You I'm a stupid wee man.
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Yes, you are. You're also a brainless, terrorist loving, worthless piece of human excrement.

You should kill yourself. No one would notice. No one would care. One less brainless, terrorist loving, worthless piece of human excrement on the planet would be a good thing.
 
Nordberg said:
They sure as hell do not like Trump. They ignored Trump's VP and wife this week. They are sending a message that Trumpys cannot understand.
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BUT TRUMP!!!
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moon said:
Trump need only to attack one country, Greenland, Panama , Palestine or wherever, to bring down the United Nations and set every country against every other. Nukes will surely feature. Bye, bye Trump.
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Just when I though you couldn't get more asinine, repugnant and stupid, you go and outdo yourself.

You should kill yourself. No one would notice. No one would care. One less brainless, terrorist loving, worthless piece of human excrement on the planet would be a good thing.
 
christiefan915 said:
My post about failure referred to this comment: "Junior probably has a resort, casino. and golf course already on the drawing board"

But regarding yours, the trump administration is no better than Russia or China if they think it's right to take over another country in order to plunder its resources. You think Greenlanders are just going to sit by and let themselves be taken over? This is a sure path to war. trump is deluded enough to think annexing Greenland and Canada is just another negotiation but he's dead wrong.
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China and Russia both are eyeing Greenland and Denmark cannot protect Greenland or develop Greenland. The US can both protect and develop Greenlanders. Greenlanders have the right to self determination. Greenlanders are not very pleased with Denmark or its neglect of Greenland. Greenland is part of North America.
 
FastLane said:
China and Russia both are eyeing Greenland and Denmark cannot protect Greenland or develop Greenland. The US can both protect and develop Greenlanders. Greenlanders have the right to self determination. Greenlanders are not very pleased with Denmark or its neglect of Greenland. Greenland is part of North America.
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"Greenlanders have the right to self-determination." And they don't want to be part of the US. You just contradicted yourself.
 
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