JiffyBag@feddit.org to Politics@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 days agoTrump says he ‘doesn’t rule out’ using military force to control Greenlandwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up133file-text
arrow-up133external-linkTrump says he ‘doesn’t rule out’ using military force to control Greenlandwww.theguardian.comJiffyBag@feddit.org to Politics@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
President has repeatedly expressed idea of expansion into autonomous territory within fellow Nato member Denmark
minus-squareKwakigra@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up20·4 days agoI think the main reason Trump wants Greenland is because it looks larger than the entire US on a flat map and he forgot the Earth is actually round.
minus-squaret3rmit3@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoIf only. I bet it’s because it’s got a decent crop of rare earth metals. He might even be thinking it’s a good place to set up his future gulags; isolated and icy and remote. His own little Siberia.
I think the main reason Trump wants Greenland is because it looks larger than the entire US on a flat map and he forgot the Earth is actually round.
Funny, and sadly too plausible.
Damn you, Mercator!
If only. I bet it’s because it’s got a decent crop of rare earth metals.
He might even be thinking it’s a good place to set up his future gulags; isolated and icy and remote. His own little Siberia.