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Botany

(76,534 posts)
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 01:34 PM Monday

Just a question from an idiot. Aka me.

How does having more land for America to protect with the COUNTRY OF GREENLAND help
with our National Security?

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usonian

(23,756 posts)
1. It takes attention away from Epstein. You see HIS security is National Security. in THREE ways.
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 01:38 PM
Monday

Take it from Mister Robinson.

Botany

(76,534 posts)
6. Greenland's Home Guard is getting ready to defend the Home Country. Please send Stephen Miller.
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 01:48 PM
Monday


BTW something like 60% of the population of Greenland is native peoples. You know we have incredible
institutional knowledge about places like Greenland in our State Department and they could prepare
a package of it for Donny.

Diamond_Dog

(39,908 posts)
2. Botany
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 01:42 PM
Monday

If you’re an idiot than I am, too. The current regime keeps saying owning Greenland is for “national security “ and Shady Vance recently stated that “Denmark has done a very poor job of keeping Greenlanders safe.” But U.S. Senators say intelligence reports have not produced any threats against Greenland at all. Plus, we already have a military base there. What reason besides Donny playing ego games could there possibly be?

PatSeg

(52,325 posts)
11. Yes, we DO already have a military base in Greenland
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 02:06 PM
Monday

Plus until Trump, we had a very good relationship with Greenland. Trump is just playing stupid games with the world as if it is some boardgame and the people and countries are just game pieces.

God only knows what bizarre idea he will come up with tomorrow or next week. He lives in his own strange little fantasy world.

unblock

(56,004 posts)
4. supposedly,
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 01:45 PM
Monday

a) we can use that land as part of our "golden dome" missile defense system and project power into russia and europe;
b) easier and cheaper access to minerals is helpful for lots of things, including national defense; and
c) it gives us a land route from the homeland to east prussia und lebensraum.

i might be getting things confused with that last one, but then maybe not....


Botany

(76,534 posts)
7. The vast majority of Greenland's minerals are under ice that is hundreds to thousands of meters thick.
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 01:50 PM
Monday

N/t

AZJonnie

(2,969 posts)
12. That's nothing that massively ramping up fossil fuel extraction (and burning) won't eventually take care of!
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 02:45 PM
Monday

Hence the takeover of the slow-producing fields in Venezuela.

You have to look at The Big Picture, see?

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