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[–] 142 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (7 children)

Show this map to Trump. He will not want Greenland anymore.

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  • [–] 35 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Acquiring Greenland would move the USA up 2 places in the list of largest countries (past Canada and China). That's probably why he wants it.

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    It is quick becoming a very important strategic hub in the Arctic due to shipping lanes opening up due to global heating. Greenland is also continuously opening up to natural resource extraction as ice disappears, and they have vast quantities of a lot of very valuable shit under the ground that keeps getting easier to access for the same reason, like rare earth elements, oil, natural gas, copper, gold, zinc, uranium, lithium, tungsten, the list goes on...

    Controlling and exploiting that land is a major strategic interest for all the big (and small) powers. That's why he wants it, and everyone else too. Fuck his fat fucking ass though.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    The dissonance with Trump is astonishing. The Arctic is recently becoming more important strategically due to ice disappearing, and yet he's one of the biggest and most stubborn climate change deniers.

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  • [–] 27 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    He just wants it ti deflect from the Epstein Files.

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  • [–] 20 points 9 months ago*

    He wants to embed himself in the history as some kind of victor. It's his sick phantasy to be presented in history books as a hero. That's why he is doing everything he can to irreversibly leave his legacy wherever he can. That's why he's building the Epstein ballroom. That's why he renames buildings and places after himself. That's why he wants to create new colonies. He's a narcissist.

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