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The Danish government has announced a huge boost in defence spending for Greenland, hours after US President-elect Donald Trump repeated his desire to purchase the Arctic territory. Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the package was a “double digit billion amount” in krone, or at least $1.5bn (£1.2bn). He described the timing of the announcement as an “irony of fate”. On Monday Trump said ownership and control of the huge island was an “absolute necessity” for the US. Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, is home to a large US space facility and is strategically important for the US, lying on its shortest route to Europe. It has major mineral and oil reserves.

  • x00z@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Holy shit. How the hell do people not put a fist in Trumps face every time he says something?

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      7 hours ago

      Well one guy tried to place a bullet in his head. So you can’t say people aren’t trying.

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    11 hours ago

    Technically, this is very remotely about Europe ;)

    If the US President goes on like that, the US are going to lose control over Greenland beyond what is minimally necessary for Greenlandic and Danish NATO membership, possibly even less.

    US Presidents have no right to decide over Greenlanders and Denmark.

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    10 hours ago

    It’s probably about resources, since the US already have military bases in Greenland and it’s part of NATO.

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      9 hours ago

      It’s probably about a mix of Trump’s massive ego and his incompetence in global politics.

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        9 hours ago

        He’s got the military to back up his ego/incompetence so tbh this is actually scary