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[bloocow2]

Ok, so, the Greenland thing.

It's nice that apparently you won't be going to war over it, but could someone please explain what the benefit of taking over Greenland is? I'm trying to be open-minded, but the only reason I can see at the moment is that Trump thinks a nice, big US territory would look good on a map.

Is there something else? The Danes don't want this. The Europeans don't want it. The people in Greenland don't appear to want it. Most of the Trump administration doesn't seem that enthusiastic about it either, when there are more than enough local problems to be worried about.

You already have military access to the place and its minerals, because the Danes don't like the threat from Russia any more than most Americans do. Why would you pay half a trillion for something you basically have free access to anyway?

What's the deal? Is it something to do with the share markets? Manufacturing a crisis to keep his name in the news? Trolling?

[AmosArch]

It's nice that apparently you won't be going to war over it,
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Actually libtoids are pissed off and apparently actually wanted Trump to attack Greenland. Or something to that effect I guess. I don't know why you'd criticize someone for doing something you want so I guess they wanted war despite all the squawking these past few weeks.

CNN: Trump’s latest TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) moment puts his increasingly erratic temperament in the spotlight

Daily Beast: TACO Trump Folds After Allies Give Him Cold Welcome Abroad

Vox: “Trump always chickens out,” briefly explained

[Sarcastr0]

Amos once again telling us all what the left thinks.

With a ‘well akshually’ even.

Turns out we all wanted Trump to wreck NATO!

I didn’t realize that; I’ll make a note for next time.

[Drewski]

Trump explained it on Truth Social. It's for psychological reasons, to satisfy his need to ACQUIRE (capitalization in original).

[Kazinski]

Biggest reason is that the Kola Peninsula is where a large part of of Russian ICBM are located. All of the missiles there and from most of Siberia would have to pass over Greenland to strike the US. It is absolutely the best place to station a large middle defense installation to hit the missiles well before they could strike the US.

I might also add it would be a perfect place to strike the Russians and Chinese from too.

Then there are the rare earth's in Greenland and its control.of Arctic sea lanes.

I am not a supporter of Trumps Greenland tantrum, and I am glad it appears to be mostly over, but that is what was behind it.

[BrotherMovesOn]

The Greenland Defense Front, Toyota pickups running snowcat treads, remain undefeated!

[Dr. Ed 2]

I thought the fentanyl fold was funnier.

The difference between the left and the right is the right still has a sense of humor, and something that is funny remains funny, even if it pokes fun at us, which this did.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/greenland-locals-mock-americans-for-fentanyl-use-in-savage-video-trend/ar-AA1UEgm0

[Dr. Ed 2]

OK.

[Dr. Ed 2]

OK. Here is the latest on the Greenland matter.

Back in the 80s it was something called Star Wars with the concept of a missile Defense shield. The Israelis developed the concept into what they call Iron Dome and it works. The Israelis have shared that technology with us.

We have Putin threatening to nuke us. We have the CCP threatening to nuke us, and those nukes would come travel over the North Pole. What Trump is proposing is expanding iron dome into what he calls a golden dome systemthat would protect us from incoming ICBMs.

https://nypost.com/2026/01/20/us-news/greenland-critical-for-us-to-fend-off-icmbs-from-russia-and-beyond-experts/

[Dr. Ed 2]

So the south is about to be buried in global warming.

Is this enough to convince you folks that the whole thing is a hoax?

[Dr. Ed 2]

When are we going to step in and do something about Iran?