So about Greenland
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A brief history of the US military in Greenland, most of which I was unaware of.
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BBC following the threat of tariffs on those countries that oppose the orange man's Greenland takeover.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/17/republicans-trump-greenland
Emphasis mine:
Nebraska congressman Don Bacon told the Omaha World-Herald: “If he went through with the threats, I think it would be the end of his presidency. And he needs to know: the off-ramp is realizing Republicans aren’t going to tolerate this and he’s going to have to back off. He hates being told no, but in this case, I think Republicans need to be firm.”
Well, that would be more than nice.
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How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
US president’s friend Ronald Lauder – who first proposed Arctic expansion – is now making deals in the island
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@Steve-Miller It seems to be a case of follow the money, doesn't it?
I heard one this morning....I hadn't realized that Don Jr is an informal advisor to Polymarket. Remember that big bet someone put on hours before Maduro was captured that made someone $400K? Gotta wonder if Little Donny walked away with some bucks from that one....
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Seen during protest in Greenland:
And from the Guardian:
A third voting bloc in the European Parliament has said they will halt the ratification of the EU-US trade deal next week, signalling the biggest material confrontation between the two sides since Donald Trump came to power.
The centre-right and largest group, the European People’s Party, and the second-biggest bloc of MEPs in the Socialists & Democrats group have already said they will pull the plug on the parliamentary legal process on Wednesday.
Now, the liberal Renew group has said it will join them.
In a statement, Valerie Heyer, the French MEP and head of the group, said:
The threats by President Donald Trump to impose increased customs duties on states refusing to agree with his plan to annex Greenland are unacceptable.
These announcements follow many other aggressive actions towards the EU. Therefore, it is now time to move from reliance to deterrence.
Consequently, Renew Europe cannot vote the EU-US Turnberry trade deal.
Furthermore, the EU should be prepared to deploy targeted and proportionate countermeasures. The activation of the EU Anti-Coercion Instrument should be explicitly considered, as it was designed precisely for situations of economic intimidation of this nature.
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History Hit released an interesting video about Greenland this week. . .
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So, the US interest is, arguably, in oil, natural gas, and rare earth minerals, to counter China.
Very interesting history and analysis, Bernard.
Thanks!
It’s not in the interest of the US at all. It’s all about the interest of one guy, and that guy appears to be Robert Lauder.
There may be a couple of other guys as well.
