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Why does he even want it?
Strategic positioning and resources that weren't available prior to the effects of climate change.
Trump doesnt actually care about any of that since that is only going to matter long after he's gone. He's old and unhealthy and feeling his mortality. If he actually manages to increase US territory then he will have an actual tangible legacy, that's why he wants it.
Instigating external conflicts to distract from domestic issues is a long-standing tradition of shitty leaders throughout history, and that is the other dimension to this.
This is absolutely true but not mutually exclusive to the interests of the powers behind trump.
Are you under the impression Trump is still in charge?
Trump doesn't, but the people who whisper in his ear do
OK, why do they want it?
To dismantle NATO and generally weaken the west.
It is also a theoretically strategic important location for a future northern route between Europe, Asia, and North America if/when the polar icecaps melt.
It gives a direct route from the USA through the Arctic to the entire coastline of Northern Europe and Russia, and it places the USA on every side of Canada, surrounding it. So it makes it easier for the USA's military to reach Europe, Russia and Asia, and easier to seize Canada by force, should Trump decide to follow through on his threats.
Sadly I think we’re gonna see NATO fall apart when article 5 is triggered. Even if another NATO ally attacks a NATO ally, that wouldn’t dissolve it. What will is when the attacked nation enacts the article and no one is willing to help. Especially if the aggressor is the US.
Control of the Arctic circle. We expect shipping lanes to open up and new access natural resources. Thanks to climate change.
These motherfuckers think it will still be business as usual with mining, farming, shipping when climate change has melted the North Pole.
The powers that be are eyeing up territory that may become valuable in a warmer planet. I think they have a pretty good idea what's in store.
More war ahead.
I asked this question a couple weeks ago. Seems like the real answer is rare earth elements.
I recall reading something about an old technocracy thing that Elon dad loved, and as I recall Elon fell in love with the idea
Ultimately its in these neanderthal brains that since global warming is happening and these morons are too poor to move to New Zealand or have their own megayacht then building a bunker in Greenland is their next best option. I think they got the subliminal idea from a movie that was about their shrinking dicks.
A few reasonAs the polar ice caps melt even more and war likely ramps up, having a very large base of operations in the North Atlantic has a lot of strategic value. That makes the generals like it.
The oligarchs like it because, as global warming intensifies, Greenland will likely be prime real estate. It is similar to why they want to annex Canada.
And putin wants it because it will likely kill NATO and the EU. Because Greenland is... weird. It is technically part of Denmark but also isn't. It is an ally of the EU but it isn't actually IN the EU. So it will be very easy for the EU to basically say "We don't want a war. Whatever. Take one for the team Denmark" which will pretty much guarantee its death because no nation will trust any other nation to "have their back" in the event of a war.
It also means the USA militarily surrounds Canada on every side, which is significant given Trump's frequently expressed desire to annex Canada.
I'm.... "optimistic" is not at all the right word considering how depressing all of this is.
But I'm Something that the US has no intentions of using military force against Canada (so just economic and political...). trump can demand whatever he wants but even the lowly colonels will soil themselves at the thought and find ways to refuse.
Because starting a war in The Middle East or Venezuela or even Europe is one thing. Pretty much nothing can actually hurt the continental US without fighting through a fleet of aircraft carriers and all our airbases.
Whereas Canada and Mexico share pretty massive borders with us. If they want to retaliate, they will.
Of course... its trump so he might very well just tell people on twitter to go throw pipe bombs across the border to get the war he wants.
Fighting Canada would go about as well as Russia into Ukraine, with less fighters and an ineffective Navy.
Oh. It would go about 4.45x worse (ignoring Alaska). And russia can't even properly protect their border and prevent Ukrainian strike teams from crossing it.
Putin told him to do it.
Not rellevant. There is no good reason for wanting to take over another country
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What?! Of course there are reasons, loads of them. We're not talking about morality here.
This is a good video on the topic - 2 years old so not just based on this week’s hubbub.
https://youtu.be/sxRdKRORYoA
It serves as a base to block European assistance for the American invasion of us in Canada, along with Mexico and any other country Americans decide they want
Warmongering cespit of a country
Greed and power mostly.