"For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity," Trump said in a post to Truth Social.

    • miz [any, any]
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      1 day ago

      this entire cohort of decrepit American leadership is old enough to remember living through times when the USA was still adding states and doing territorial expansion, and at some level they think boom times will come back if they perform the same cargo cult rituals

      • Thorngraff_Ironbeard [he/him]
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        1 day ago

        You can't invest into the already conquered territory because it's all going out of the government coffers into the hands of billionaires. Real dying empire shit.

    • propter_hog [any, any]
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      1 day ago

      From the article:

      • Russia has in recent years sought to claim territory up to Greenland's Exclusive Economic Zone.
      • Greenland's natural resources include gold, silver, copper and uranium and there's believed to be significant potential for oil in the waters off the territory.
        • Nakoichi [they/them]M
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          1 day ago

          Based. Also I think what @miz@hexbear.net says is probably the most correct assumption. On top of that all the old ghouls that actually did realpolitik and had a grasp of the "great game" of geopolitics during the cold war are dead or dying and we now have a bunch of failsons high on their own supply running the show in both parties.

          • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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            1 day ago

            Kissinger knew about geopolitics, that's why he was such a monster, even he was saying the war in Ukraine had to stop.

        • ratboy [they/them]
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          21 hours ago

          But why not both, WHY NOT BOTHHHHHHHH

          I'm surprised I read it myself I don't click on nothin that people tell me to