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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

I think it's more likely to be about the USA's strategic control of the Arctic as the ice melts and ships can operate more easily. Right now it's bordered by Russia, Scandinavia, Greenland, Canada and a little bit of the USA. Trump wants all of the Canadian and Greenland coastline to be the USA's, so Russia and the USA can effectively control the Arctic Ocean and its shipping routes, and threaten Europe from the north. This is something that's so simple even Trump would think of it when looking at a globe.

Other factors include resources, including fresh water, and Trump's ego and inability to relate to others except through more or less lame attempts at dominance and bullying. Also that Trudeau out-handshook him a couple of times.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It's not about defense, that's bullshit. When JD Vance went to Greenland for a photo op where did he go? To a military base. Which country is running that military base?

Before Trump, the US already had the ability to have as much military presence in the Arctic as they wanted, because of NATO. He's actually weakening US strength in the Arctic with all of this bullshit.

Why are we guessing at reasonable motives for this? He's already said why he wants to do this. He wants to change the map. He things having Canada and Greenland as part of US will make the map look nicer. First thing he did was to rename the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. His motive is to redraw the map, but has no understanding of what that involved. Because he's an idiot that doesn't understand how anything works.

Look at his history, he doesn't really understand the concept of people consenting to what he wants. So he looks at the map and decides he wants it to look different and doesn't see any reason why that isn't going to happen. Because he doesn't understand the concept of needing Canada and Greenland to consent to these changes. Because he's and idiot... and a rapist.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

America wants the minerals and oil under the ground. They had military power in the artic. Next they want to own the artic.

[–] AJ1@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

FYI, it's Arctic, not "artic"

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