President Donald Trump said the U.S. will "go as far as we have to go" to get control of Greenland, ahead of a planned visit to the Arctic island by the vice president.

Summary

Trump stated the U.S. will “go as far as we have to go” to gain control of Greenland, citing national and international security needs.

JD Vance will visit Greenland’s Pituffik military base, scaling back a broader visit amid backlash from Greenland and Denmark.

Greenlandic Prime Minister Mute Egede condemned the move as “aggressive pressure” and insisted that “Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders.”

Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in acquiring Greenland, asserting that U.S. control is essential for security.

  • Hayduke@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Seems to be a combination of Putin sowing chaos, trump desperately wanting to be just like his comrade boyfriend by illegally annexing sovereign territory and just general dick-swinging. We already have a base there. I guess they just want to waste more money by occupying a tundra. He must have some contractors that he owes.

    Time to toss him on his ass. I’m sick of this horseshit.

    • alkbch@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      4 days ago

      If Europe is allowing Israel to illegally annex sovereign territories, why not allow the US to do the same?

      • Hayduke@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 days ago

        Don’t think for a second that I support that nonsense either. Too many innocent people are being slaughtered because of the greed fueling a handful of leaders. Too many nations are unfortunately complicit. Time for a change

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      6·
      5 days ago

      I mean, it’s easy to just see it as dick-swinging… but they have a lot of natural resources and Trump is already speed-running strip-mining the USA of every last available resource. The wealthy are just done with America and its high standards of living, they don’t want to bring up the rest of the world to our standards of living, they want to drag us down to match the rest of the world.