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dutch777

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5. Shrewd move. More like this please EU! How about putting all mineral rights under general EU contract?

Reply to SouthBayDem (Original post)

Wed Jan 14, 2026, 11:18 AM

6 hrs ago

Don't have to have a lot of specifics just an agreement that says EU countries have right of first refusal, all other details to be determined by mutual agreement of the signed parties later. Assuming that is what Trump's real interest in Greenland is, pretty much makes a poison pill.

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Shrewd move. More like this please EU! How about putting all mineral rights under general EU contract? dutch777 6 hrs ago #5

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