So about Greenland
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Bessent channels Donald Rumsfeld. Remember the unknown unknowns?
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/18/bessent-national-emergency-tarriffs-00735660
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And the Russians love the Greenland controversy.
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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.
@Steve-Miller said in So about Greenland:
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.
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Greenland’s prime minister said the Arctic island’s population and its authorities need to start preparing for a possible military invasion, even as it remains an unlikely scenario, as President Donald Trump continues to threaten taking over the territory.
“It’s not likely there will be a military conflict, but it can’t be ruled out,” Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said at a press conference in capital Nuuk on Tuesday.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/greenland-pm-tells-people-prepare-162519127.html
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/us/politics/republicans-trump-greenland.html
A small but growing group of Republicans in Congress is expressing openness to President Trump’s increasingly explicit push to acquire Greenland, along with his desire to punish European allies who resist the idea.
... with the president stepping up his threats and showing no sign of backing down, Republicans across the ideological spectrum are increasingly finding ways to defend or justify his threats — or embrace them altogether.
