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No, Mr. Trump, Greenland doesn’t need a hospital ship. I should know - ArcticToday

I wouldn’t ordinarily write about this. Food poisoning isn’t something one likes to have, let alone tell the world about. But there is a point to make. I was in Nuuk, Greenland last month to attend two conferences for Arctic Today: the annual Meeting of the Arctic Economic Council, and the...
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Ice and strategy: A timeline of the U.S. military in Greenland - ArcticToday

When President Trump renewed his push to bring Greenland under American control, much of the commentary treated it as a sudden, eccentric ambition. But the United States military has been a permanent fixture on the world’s largest island for more than eighty years, through a wartime treaty...
www.arctictoday.com
 
If we took over Greenland, the corporations would make a ton of money and pay little or no taxes while dumping a welfare state on the rest of us...seriously, it would be another Israel or Puerto Rico.
 
Besides, next President might just give it back...
 


Update

Did Trump-linked oil company set up drilling operation in Greenland without permission?​


Claim:

A company linked to U.S. President Donald Trump began setting up an oil drilling operation in Greenland without the government's permission.

Rating:

Mixture (About this rating?)

What's True:

In August 2026, equipment for the Jameson Land oil project was moved without the necessary government approval, which led Greenlandic authorities to issue a warning.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/new...thout-permission/ar-AA2a7GZd?ocid=socialshare
 

 
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Great, more expensive military bases in the middle of no where...I'm tired of winning.
 
Trump admin gets a lot of poo flung at them these days for various reasons, but this seems like a big win IMO, so they deserve some kudos for mission accomplished seemingly without negative consequences (who knows what arm twisting actually went on behind the scenes).
 
Just another MIC boondoggle, of course i thought we had an airbase or two up there already...
 
pmbug said:
I think the issue was more about keeping China out of Greenland and shoring up missile defense from the arctic pole (Russia/China).
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Another thing is canada seems to think they own and will control all of the water all the way to the north pole, AKA the northwest passage.
Every other northern country begs to differ.


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pmbug said:
I think the issue was more about keeping China out of Greenland and shoring up missile defense from the arctic pole (Russia/China).
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Or that's the Happy Horseshit we are being sold, like the Gulf of Tolken incident or Weapons of Mass Destruction before it.
 
Irons said:
Another thing is canada seems to think they own and will control all of the water all the way to the north pole, AKA the northwest passage.
Every other northern country begs to differ.


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what other country...
 
Fatrat said:
what other country...
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Norway, Iceland, USA, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, China, Japan, Russia etc any nation that runs ships in the arctic.
The nortwest passage is international water, canada thinks it's theirs.


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Irons said:
Norway, Iceland, USA, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, China, Japan, Russia etc any nation that runs ships in the arctic.
The nortwest passage is international water, canada thinks it's theirs.


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It is theirs...at least the area in and above Canada.
 
Just join the military, they ship you for free.
 
pmbug said:
I think the issue was more about keeping China out of Greenland and shoring up missile defense from the arctic pole (Russia/China).
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That's all it's ever been. All the other hand wringing about it was just dem talking points intended to help them get back into power.
 
I'm 50 years past that thought...if I pick up a rifle, the enemy is down the block.
Oh well, at least the money isn't going that parasite nation.
 
Fatrat said:
Just join the military, they ship you for free.
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Reminds me of a gag recruiting poster from about 1970:

EUROPE!...on $5 a DAY!!

And you don't pay them - we pay YOU!

Join the Navy! See the world - from a PORTHOLE!

Travel to exotic lands. Meet interesting new people.

Kill them!
 
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