Posted on 09/20/2026 5:14:02 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Since at least 2019, Trump has publicly spoken out about the need to protect the Arctic corridor by replacing the 1951 Treaty. And he was reviled unfairly for the effort.
This week the U.S. entered into an agreement with both Denmark and Greenland which protects U.S. sovereignty, deters Russian and Chinese aggression, circles an increasingly fey and unreliable Canada with U.S. states and bases, and makes the U.S. exit from a sclerotic NATO more possible, if not more likely.
First, a little background. Contrary to the press and jokesters who ridiculed President Trump’s offer to buy Greenland, a territory of Denmark with about 56,000 inhabitants, we have long known its strategic importance. In 1951, we entered into an agreement with Denmark allowing us to establish a base at Thule. Article XIV of that Treaty states that “This Agreement, being in implementation of the North Atlantic Treaty, shall remain in effect for the duration of the North Atlantic Treaty.” If we left NATO or it otherwise ceased to exist, we had no clear right to maintain defenses there. Nor did we have exclusive rights to ban foreign investments which posed security threats to us. In time, the treaty was inadequate to protect our interests, as Russia now had ICBMs and Russian nuclear submarines were navigating Arctic waters. Moreover, the small population of Greenland was talking about independence, and Russian and Chinese governments were not averse to bribing them substantially in exchange for operating rights there. Our agreement was with Denmark, and it’s unclear it could bind an independent Greenland.
It could even mean an independent Greenland strongly under Chinese influence might be on the other side of the negotiating table.
In sum, for a number of reasons, that dated Cold War-era treaty needed to be supplanted by something better,
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I expect the Chinese to meddle with this.
That’s Fine...
I just want to Visit Cuba.
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When they get the Power back on.
The totle of the thread is sung to strawberry fields forever.
Trump is a genius. Biggest land acquisition since...
AI:
The United States purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million on March 30, 1867, in a deal negotiated by Secretary of State William H. Seward.
Trump acquires Greenland
Russia loses Moldova and can’t acquire Ukraine
China manufactured military installations in thew South China sea are sinking
Paper is Paper.
What we need are several YUGE Naval and Space Force bases in Greenland.
Why would the Communists worry about Greenland when they are actively working to get elective representation in the United States. US citizens (and a number of illegals) who elect democrat socialists are helping China and Russia achieve their goals right under our noses. And the judicial residue left by past democrats and certain RINOs are assisting this effort.
China, if we could regain our manufacturing base, could be an economic basket case in no time...
Will Trump rename the Labrador Sea to the America Sea ?LOL
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