Greenland

[mikebike]

Can someone please explain to me why, in god's name, Trump thinks that "for national security and freedom the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity"? 🤔🤪🫣🥱

[couchpotato]

21 minutes ago, mikebike said:

Can someone please explain to me why, in god's name, Trump thinks that "for national security and freedom the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity"? 🤔🤪🫣🥱

His local restaurant has run out of 'Baked Alaska', so next on the menu is?

[candide]

31 minutes ago, mikebike said:

Can someone please explain to me why, in god's name, Trump thinks that "for national security and freedom the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity"? 🤔🤪🫣🥱

Because he's able to locate it on a map! 

[SunnyinBangrak]

2 hours ago, mikebike said:

Can someone please explain to me why, in god's name, Trump thinks that "for national security and freedom the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity"? 🤔🤪🫣🥱

I think he recognizes the westwards creep of communism/socialism from China and the dangers such anti western democratic way of life poses. Denmark like the rest of western Europe is under the grip of commie/woke/self loathing/population replacement whackjobs, not a big stretch to see them aligning totally with Beijing when the population has been sufficiently "enriched" and then having red army bases all over Greenland with nukes pointing at the US from its backyard.

 

Far better just to annex Grernland and save the worry. Make Greenland Great Again, end of the day it's up to Greenland based voters if they want to be free or under the woke yoke.

 

[thaibeachlovers]

9 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

end of the day it's up to Greenland based voters if they want to be free or under the woke yoke.

Sadly, the woke agenda has been insinuated into western society for almost as long as I've been alive. It rots kids brains and they grow up thinking it's actually a "good thing" to be woke. It's too late for the western world to wake up- just a matter of time now. IMO.

 

I've even seem the creeping menace of wokeism infiltrating Thai society.

[Callmeishmael]

I'm not looking forward to another 4 years of this nonsense...

 

People need to stop obsessing over Trumps random announcements.  The man suffers from verbal diarrhea, whatever thought happens to be passing through his addled brain is what comes out of his mouth.  If another world leader discussed annexing another country, that would mean that his generals have a plan and are seriously considering it.  When Trumps says something like this, it just means that he had some random thought and it came out of his mouth.  It's not time to start warming up the tanks and aircraft carriers, it's time to lower our expectations of rational discourse from the "leader of the free world".

[0james0]

9 minutes ago, Callmeishmael said:

I'm not looking forward to another 4 years of this nonsense...

 

People need to stop obsessing over Trumps random announcements.  The man suffers from verbal diarrhea, whatever thought happens to be passing through his addled brain is what comes out of his mouth.  If another world leader discussed annexing another country, that would mean that his generals have a plan and are seriously considering it.  When Trumps says something like this, it just means that he had some random thought and it came out of his mouth.  It's not time to start warming up the tanks and aircraft carriers, it's time to lower our expectations of rational discourse from the "leader of the free world".

No- you most definitely are looking forward to it to satisfy your Trump love obsession- Trump this Trump that - oh looking what Trumpy said today keeping you awake during your sleepless Trump dwellings.

[theblether]

The OP is clearly trolling as no one can be this stupid, and that goes for the rest of you agreeing with him. 

 

China has a clear indebt and control strategy. Sri Lanka lost its primary shipping port to China for 99 years when they failed to repay a debt. 

 

China has already proposed building two airports in Greenland. As pointed out by others it would be easy for China to enrich the sparse population. Enrich then control. 

 

Unbelievably Denmark encouraged Chinese investment in the airports. Tell me, which one of you clowns wants China to control an airport that can strike Europe and North America? 

 

The USA doesn't and Trump killed the notion stone dead last time. 

 

Denmark has announced $1.5 billion for Greenland defence, a contribution to Arctic and NATO security. They even admitted that they had neglected their responsibilities and realized that the USA would never allow Russia or China to gain military access to the island. They know if that was a possibility any US President would annex the place. 

 

So this is already a win for Trump. It cost him nothing to warn the Danes they better get their act together. And you can look forward to annual exercises at the newly funded airport by USAF as its being expanded specifically to handle NATO fighter jets at Danish expense.

 

Trump might well do something stupid in the next four years. This is not it. 

 

 

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[theblether]

6 hours ago, Callmeishmael said:

I'm not looking forward to another 4 years of this nonsense...

 

People need to stop obsessing over Trumps random announcements.  The man suffers from verbal diarrhea, whatever thought happens to be passing through his addled brain is what comes out of his mouth.  If another world leader discussed annexing another country, that would mean that his generals have a plan and are seriously considering it.  When Trumps says something like this, it just means that he had some random thought and it came out of his mouth.  It's not time to start warming up the tanks and aircraft carriers, it's time to lower our expectations of rational discourse from the "leader of the free world".

 

Pitiful comment. You are clearly unaware that Trump blocked Chinese mining and airport plans last time round. 

 

Do some basic research before beclowning yourself. 

[timendres]

The issue is Russian access via the North Atlantic.

There are several key US bases that are strategically important for this.

[expat_4_life]

3 hours ago, timendres said:

The issue is Russian access via the North Atlantic.

There are several key US bases that are strategically important for this.

In addition, Imagine controlling a land 47% larger than Alaska, filled with untapped resources like RARE EARTH MINERALS, reducing our reliance on China. 

Plus:
Strategic military bases? Check
New Arctic shipping lanes? Double check
Greenland isn't just an island

[Will B Good]

15 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Sadly, the woke agenda

Here we go....

[Will B Good]

3 hours ago, theblether said:

The OP is clearly trolling as no one can be this stupid, and that goes for the rest of you agreeing with him. 

 

China has a clear indebt and control strategy. Sri Lanka lost its primary shipping port to China for 99 years when they failed to repay a debt. 

 

China has already proposed building two airports in Greenland. As pointed out by others it would be easy for China to enrich the sparse population. Enrich then control. 

 

Unbelievably Denmark encouraged Chinese investment in the airports. Tell me, which one of you clowns wants China to control an airport that can strike Europe and North America? 

 

The USA doesn't and Trump killed the notion stone dead last time. 

 

Denmark has announced $1.5 billion for Greenland defence, a contribution to Arctic and NATO security. They even admitted that they had neglected their responsibilities and realized that the USA would never allow Russia or China to gain military access to the island. They know if that was a possibility any US President would annex the place. 

 

So this is already a win for Trump. It cost him nothing to warn the Danes they better get their act together. And you can look forward to annual exercises at the newly funded airport by USAF as its being expanded specifically to handle NATO fighter jets at Danish expense.

 

Trump might well do something stupid in the next four years. This is not it. 

 

 

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Interesting.....which airports, mines, infrastructure projects, funded by the Chinese, are currently under construction?

[UWEB]

3 hours ago, theblether said:

The OP is clearly trolling as no one can be this stupid, and that goes for the rest of you agreeing with him. 

 

China has a clear indebt and control strategy. Sri Lanka lost its primary shipping port to China for 99 years when they failed to repay a debt. 

 

China has already proposed building two airports in Greenland. As pointed out by others it would be easy for China to enrich the sparse population. Enrich then control. 

 

Unbelievably Denmark encouraged Chinese investment in the airports. Tell me, which one of you clowns wants China to control an airport that can strike Europe and North America? 

 

The USA doesn't and Trump killed the notion stone dead last time. 

 

Denmark has announced $1.5 billion for Greenland defence, a contribution to Arctic and NATO security. They even admitted that they had neglected their responsibilities and realized that the USA would never allow Russia or China to gain military access to the island. They know if that was a possibility any US President would annex the place. 

 

So this is already a win for Trump. It cost him nothing to warn the Danes they better get their act together. And you can look forward to annual exercises at the newly funded airport by USAF as its being expanded specifically to handle NATO fighter jets at Danish expense.

 

Trump might well do something stupid in the next four years. This is not it. 

 

 

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It was along time planned from the Danish Government, you really believe Trump is telling some b.s. and they are ready to go the next day?

[swissie]

Secutity interests? This coming from a guy that is contemplating exiting NATO? The same guy calling global warming a HOAX, but he has realised that the Greenland ice is melting.

Below the ice, there are incredible amounts of raw materials of all sorts. To him, it's just another business deal: Secure those raw materials for the US.

[thaibeachlovers]

14 hours ago, theblether said:

Trump might well do something stupid in the next four years. This is not it. 

I will be disappointed if he doesn't do something stupid during his term. However that is preferable to starting a war somewhere.

 

I'm predicting that his policy in the M E is going to blow up in his face. For some reason US politician's brains cease functioning properly when considering the M E. IMO.

[thaibeachlovers]

10 hours ago, Will B Good said:

Here we go....

I'll repeat it just for you.

 

Sadly, the woke agenda

[Hummin]

12 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I'll repeat it just for you.

 

Sadly, the woke agenda

It starts becoming boring now, everything is not woke, just an excuse to be ignorant pulling the woke card at everything when someone us against Trump.

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

1 minute ago, Hummin said:

It starts becoming boring now, everything is not woke, just an excuse to be ignorant pulling the woke card at everything when someone us against Trump.

 

 

Feel free to ignore my boring posts.

Are you going woke?

[Hummin]

2 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Feel free to ignore my boring posts.

Are you going woke?

I'm sure you know me by now. So I leave I up to you, and I really do not care to argue about woke or not, when the the topic is annexation of Greenland and it's resources. 

[thaibeachlovers]

Just now, Hummin said:

I'm sure you know me by now. So I leave I up to you, and I really do not care to argue about woke or not, when the the topic is annexation of Greenland and it's resources. 

Considering I do not think Trump is going to annex part of Denmark, no matter what verbal dribble comes out of his mouth, I can't take a thread like this seriously.

Even if his brain malfunctioned to the point he was serious, I doubt his military would obey an order to invade an allied nation that is in NATO.

[Hummin]

1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Considering I do not think Trump is going to annex part of Denmark, no matter what verbal dribble comes out of his mouth, I can't take a thread like this seriously.

Even if his brain malfunctioned to the point he was serious, I doubt his military would obey an order to invade an allied nation that is in NATO.

Well on the serious note, China tries hard as well to secure natural resources, and Trump is not the first president who have aired the idea. 

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

2 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Well on the serious note, China tries hard as well to secure natural resources, and Trump is not the first president who have aired the idea. 

 

 

China isn't in NATO, and of course they will try it on.

[HappyExpat57]

The real issue is that NO political leader should EVER shoot his or her mouth off so glibly. The man-child has once again put the US at odds with the rest of the normal-thinking world.

 

We're back to waking up each Gawd-damned-day wondering what the fool did or said this time.

[Hummin]

Distraction, dangerous distractions undermining the collaboration between allies and businesses partners. 

 

Trump use his Don factors to shake up allies against each other, and pick the pieces he wants.