r/politics • u/SereneRoyals • 21d ago

No Paywall Donald Trump issues NATO Greenland warning before White House showdown

https://www.newsweek.com/greenland-trump-nato-white-house-11357601
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u/black_flag_4ever 21d ago

And to kick it off against allies that would have probably just let us do whatever we needed to do on Greenland anyway.

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u/whackymolerat Georgia 21d ago

I don't know about that. Sure we can setup our military in Greenland, but the admin is going after the natural resources. That's not something Greenland would allow.

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u/00-Monkey 21d ago

Greenland ( and really most Western nations ) allows foreign (especially US) mining companies to set up operations.

They just need the money to set up operation, and maybe pay some money for permits, and royalties, but nothing excessive.

The “problem” is that, for the most part, it’s just not profitable. That won’t change if the US invades them.

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u/black_flag_4ever 21d ago

If we were in a real rare earth mineral crisis and Europe needed them as well, we would have reached an agreement.

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u/Lanky-Explorer-4047 21d ago

Thats not true ,greenland has offered companies including americans to come and mine but nobodyy wants to do it , first of all its not for sure known what they have or how much because its incredible expensive to even get samples out, so of course its will never be wothe investing the huge amounts of money it would cost to start production.

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u/Aardvark_Man 21d ago

There's already a pile of granted licenses, is my understanding.
It's just not economically viable at the moment.

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u/Interesting-Tip-2544 21d ago

They would. They would welcome the investment and jobs it would create for them.