Green Light for Greenland?
- This topic has 2 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 6 hours, 11 minutes ago by
.
-
Posts
-
Another reason besides minerals for Trump´s imperialist ambitions – AI data centres:
“Greenland’s cold climate, large landmass and small population make it an appealing alternative. Drew Horn, a former Trump official focused on Greenland, told Fox News last year: “It’s literally the best place in the world for data centers.”
Mindboggling. Looks like the Orange One is serious about Greenland
Donald Trump has announced tariffs on the UK and other European countries for their opposition to a US takeover of Greenland.
The US president posted on Truth Social on
Saturday that a 10 per cent tariff on all goods sent to the US would be imposed from Feb 1 on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, before being increased to 25 per cent on June 1.He accused the countries of creating a “very dangerous situation for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Planet” after they sent a small contingent of troops to Greenland to help Denmark prepare military exercises.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/17/trump-to-impose-tariffs-on-britain-over-greenland/
According to this piece, Canada is forging closer ties with China, “which threatens to upset the existing relationship with the United States”.
“President Donald Trump is preparing to counter Chinese influence in Canada as his ‘Donroe Doctrine’ for the Western Hemisphere expands beyond Latin America, his former campaign architect Steve Bannon has told the Daily Mail. ‘The next big thing is going to be Canada. Canada is the next Ukraine because they can’t defend their northern arctic border and China is going to come take a bite,’ former White House chief strategist Bannon said. ‘They can’t defend it and Trump is going to come in hard on Canada.’ During his first term, Trump formed an Arctic working group that deepened his understanding of Greenland’s geo-strategic importance—and highlighted concerns about Canada’s Arctic vulnerabilities.
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.