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 the vice president.

Summary

Trump stated the U.S. will “go as far as we have to go” to gain control of Greenland, citing national and international security needs.

JD Vance will visit Greenland’s Pituffik military base, scaling back a broader visit amid backlash from Greenland and Denmark.

Greenlandic Prime Minister Mute Egede condemned the move as “aggressive pressure” and insisted that “Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders.”

Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in acquiring Greenland, asserting that U.S. control is essential for security.

    • Jaderick@lemmy.world
      6·
      4 months ago

      Disagree on the Putin part. Putin is one of the richest and is the most powerful man in Russia, so he’s included in your rich cabal, but he’s also signaled for years that he’s a geopolitical colonizer and wants to reunite Soviet Union states. His main opposition is NATO which he’s able to dismantle with the help of Trump, thus opening up the door to further fracture resistance to his actions.

      There’s a substantial amount of circumstantial evidence pointing to Trump being a Russian asset, his latest policies only further confirm that.

      The rich cabal you’re talking about absolutely hitched their wagon to Trump to make money in the instability to come, but they don’t give a shit about Greenland. It’s a pawn that they don’t care about, but their friend Putin does.

    • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      It’s still really far north and you’ll never be able to grow as much since the season is so short. Also have the never ending darkness and sunlight. Not to mention lots of it is muskeg that has been frozen for centuries. And it’s not as good as you make it sound.

      • meyotch@slrpnk.net
        1·
        4 months ago

        Some crops do very well under the extra long days in summer and basically catch up despite the short season. People already grow grain near Edmonton, which is actually really far north.

        You are correct that the soils will be the most limiting, as these can take millenia to adapt to changes.

        Just as an example of how productive plant growth can be at high latitudes:

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azolla_event

    • uienia@lemmy.world
      21·
      4 months ago

      this also benefits Putin as it would lead to the dissolution of NATO in the process, but that’s just a side effect.

      Definitely not a side-effect. This is the main effect. The dissolution of NATO is his main goal. Besides personal grifting, Trump’s strict allegiance to Putin has been his one consistency since 2016.