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

serendipity said:
The Russians and Chinese would dearly love to gain a foothold in Greenland, it has huge strategic value and immense mineral wealth. Currently only the US has a military base in Pituffik, formerly known as Thule, it's been there since 1951.
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I don't want to see it but what's stopping them? We already know Putin has no scruples when it comes to land grabs. Heck, as long as the door is opening to countries just taking what they want, who's to stop Putin from taking Alaska back from the US?
 
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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Hysterical nonsense. Must be another bad day at Che Lives!
 
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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That happens then the first to go are little pieces of dogshit like your Hamas turds and the Iranian proxies. Go for it.
 
Why didn't Trump discuss taking over Greenland, Panama and Canada before the election? It would have sunk the election. He knew it would shock and sicken the majority of Americans. So he kept quiet until he got in office. This crap was planned long ago by the super wealthy.
 
christiefan915 said:
I don't want to see it but what's stopping them? We already know Putin has no scruples when it comes to land grabs. Heck, as long as the door is opening to countries just taking what they want, who's to stop Putin from taking Alaska back from the US?
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So you're making my case for me, Putin and Xi are totally ruthless and will only move when ready. You could ask the same question regarding the Chicomms and Taiwan.
 
Truth Detector said:
No you pathetic, brainless little man, Trump is offering opportunity. Something Greenland hasn't had with Denmark or will get from Putin.



There you go with that lame, moronic and lie filled bullshit again. I don't think you can post without lying and looking like a dumbass.
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Whether it is opportunity is Greenland’s call, not Trump’s. In any case, without Congress on board Trump has no “call”.
 
serendipity said:
So you're making my case for me, Putin and Xi are totally ruthless and will only move when ready. You could ask the same question regarding the Chicomms and Taiwan.
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My case is that trump has no business aligning himself with dictators who have no scruples about land grabs.

What would you think if trump wanted to "take" the UK?
 
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