He can try, but that would be an attack on the rest of NATO and it would definitely grab the attention of Russia and China that don’t want the US monopolizing the Arctic. And there’s nothing that puts all existing grievances on pause like a nazi lunatic doing land grabs.
Imagine what kind of scumbag you have to be to even follow the order to invade a place like that? They don’t even enter our lexicon most of the time. This is purely imperialism and blatantly so. In this century, to follow orders to invade like that is lunacy, cowardice, and ignorance all in one.
You are forgetting that Russia and the US already have territorial conflicts in the Artic, because both claim most of the sea for themselves, and that neither country wants the oil reserves in the hands of the other.
If Trump controlled Canada and Greenland it would bolster the US claim and make it viable for the US to enforce it.
As for China, they benefit from a trade route being divided between several countries, as it’s more likely that the international community will end up pressuring Canada to accept an international strait regime if the entire sea is not in the hands of the US.
He can try, but that would be an attack on the rest of NATO and it would definitely grab the attention of Russia and China that don’t want the US monopolizing the Arctic. And there’s nothing that puts all existing grievances on pause like a nazi lunatic doing land grabs.
Imagine what kind of scumbag you have to be to even follow the order to invade a place like that? They don’t even enter our lexicon most of the time. This is purely imperialism and blatantly so. In this century, to follow orders to invade like that is lunacy, cowardice, and ignorance all in one.
Lol, Russia wants him to do this. Both to foment discontent and to alter the Arctic shipping routes.
You are forgetting that Russia and the US already have territorial conflicts in the Artic, because both claim most of the sea for themselves, and that neither country wants the oil reserves in the hands of the other.
If Trump controlled Canada and Greenland it would bolster the US claim and make it viable for the US to enforce it.
As for China, they benefit from a trade route being divided between several countries, as it’s more likely that the international community will end up pressuring Canada to accept an international strait regime if the entire sea is not in the hands of the US.