Well that’s nice and all, but IMO the real reason is Trump got laughed at last term when he suggested buying Greenland, and now he has to buy it to show how good of an idea it was and that he totally wasn’t upset by the mocking. Like when you tell a toddler not to do something and they immediately start doing it more.
For bears of both the market and polar kind, a planet without an ice cap is a tragedy. The Arctic is warming four times faster than the world at large, causing ice to shrink by an area the size of Austria each year. Since the 1980s the volume of ice has fallen by 70% or more. The Arctic’s first ice-free day may occur before 2030.
It borders the US and is populated by white people.
Notice how he also talks about Canada becoming a US state.
He doesn’t want to expand the US to the south, cause that would make Mexicans US citizens.
But he’s basically internalized Putin’s logic that territorial expansion is good.
Even though that kind of thinking is over 100 years out of date.
Why do we want Greenland anyway? It’s the icy one, right?
No but serious question. What value does it have?
Mineral and oil extraction made easier by global warming. But the real prize is open shipping lanes over the Arctic.
Here’s a great break down of the economics:
https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.economist.com%2Ffinance-and-economics%2F2025%2F01%2F23%2Fthe-arctic-climate-changes-great-economic-opportunity
Well that’s nice and all, but IMO the real reason is Trump got laughed at last term when he suggested buying Greenland, and now he has to buy it to show how good of an idea it was and that he totally wasn’t upset by the mocking. Like when you tell a toddler not to do something and they immediately start doing it more.
Well damn this is depressing. Leave it to humans to capitalize on a dying earth.
The article is … interesting:
It looks big on the map, trump thinks he’s about to gain 50% more land for america
Northwest Passage claim
It borders the US and is populated by white people.
Notice how he also talks about Canada becoming a US state.
He doesn’t want to expand the US to the south, cause that would make Mexicans US citizens.
But he’s basically internalized Putin’s logic that territorial expansion is good.
Even though that kind of thinking is over 100 years out of date.