Posted on 03/30/2025 5:36:51 AM PDT by daniel1212
U.S. President Donald Trump has once again kicked up a storm with his pursuit of Greenland [...]
But Washington was interested in acquiring Greenland to mitigate threats emanating from the Arctic long before Trump came along, even offering Denmark $100 million in gold for the icy island shortly after the conclusion of World War II.
That interest has only expanded in recent years as Russia and China step up their military and commercial activities in the Arctic, conduct joint military exercises, and invest in new weapon systems like hypersonic missiles.
“Greenland is growing in importance as we find ourselves in a global competition with China and in a new technological revolution with regards to warfare,” Rebecca Pincus, director of the Wilson Center’s Polar Institute and a former adviser to the U.S. Defense Department on Arctic strategy, told RFE/RL.
“So, Greenland is important from a missile-defense perspective, from a space perspective, and from a global competition perspective, in which shipping and maritime sea lanes are increasingly important,” she said.
Weakest Link In Homeland Defense
An autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland is physically closer to the United States with just 1,900 kilometers separating the state of Maine from the arctic island’s shores.
As a territory of Denmark, it is part of NATO, but Greenland is pursuing independence from Copenhagen and some experts fear that could open a door for Russia and China to gain a foothold in the country.
While the United States already has a space base on Greenland for missile defense and space surveillance, control of the entire island would enable Washington to better defend against naval and air threats emanating from the region as well as dangers from space.
Russia has a much greater military presence in the Arctic than the United States and has continued to invest heavily in its defense capabilities in the region despite the war in Ukraine.
“Everything is on the table to obtain Greenland
The president on Saturday also said he has “absolutely” had real conversations about annexing Greenland, which is currently a semiautonomous Danish territory.
“We’ll get Greenland. Yeah, 100%,” Trump said.
He added that there’s a “good possibility that we could do it without military force” but that “I don’t take anything off the table.”
This comes one day after Vice President JD Vance visited Greenland with his wife, Usha, and spoke to service members at Pituffik Space Base, a U.S. Space Force base on the northwestern coast of Greenland.
While there, Vance said, “Our message to Denmark is very simple — you have not done a good job by the people of Greenland.”
Trump and Vance need to drop this whole kooky issue. There are a multitude of way to improve national defense without the imperialism rhetoric.
But experts say reeee. Experts on what, we don’t know.
“Trump and Vance need to drop this whole kooky issue. There are a multitude of way to improve national defense without the imperialism rhetoric.”
Bedwetting liberalism. Manifest Destiny!
The media doesn't really care about that; they just want to hate Trump.
When trump made the comment “hopefully we don’t need to use military force”, its meant to let Russia and china know, one false move and we will be up your a##.The stupid rats are jumpin up and down trumps gonna use the military to take over Greenland, idiots once again. Denmark can make all the stupid comments it wants it cant even protect itself leaving Greenland unprotected and a security risk for us.
Russia is all in on Trump taking Greenland. Pay attention!
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