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TexasTowelie

(125,529 posts) Fri Jan 9, 2026, 09:00 PM 19 hrs ago

Trump: 'We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not' - NBC News

In a meeting with oil executives, President Trump told reporters the U.S. would be taking action on Greenland, saying "because if we don’t do it, Russia or China will take over Greenland, and we’re not going to have Russia or China as a neighbor." NBC News' Monica Alba explains.

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Trump: 'We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not' - NBC News (Original Post) TexasTowelie 19 hrs ago OP

I read a post JPK 19 hrs ago #1

And the minerals! Wuddles440 19 hrs ago #4

Greenland is a territory of Denmark, which is a NATO member. surfered 19 hrs ago #2

Uh,Don dear....you say you don't want Russia as a neighbor? Chipper Chat 19 hrs ago #3

JPK

(935 posts)

1. I read a post

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Jan 9, 2026, 09:08 PM

19 hrs ago

Greenland has nothing to do with security. We already have the Danish and Greenland governments permission to put as many military installations, surface warships, subs as we want. Trump wants Greenland because with the Greenland land mass added to the US land mass, it would be larger than Russia. That's why he wants it. That's why he wanted Canada as a 51st state. It was his ego with Putin.

Wuddles440

(1,968 posts)

4. And the minerals!

Reply to JPK (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 9, 2026, 09:35 PM

19 hrs ago

Ultimately it's always how he can either directly enrich himself or indirectly do so through surrogates/lackeys.

surfered

(11,580 posts)

2. Greenland is a territory of Denmark, which is a NATO member.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Jan 9, 2026, 09:09 PM

19 hrs ago

If Russia or China were to attack Greenland, all members of NATO would consider it an attack on themselves . Seems like a big hurdle for Russia or China to consider.

Trump is a a megalomaniacal idiot.

Chipper Chat

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3. Uh,Don dear....you say you don't want Russia as a neighbor?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Jan 9, 2026, 09:30 PM

19 hrs ago

Duh. Do you know what two countries border the Bering Straits?

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