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Blackvegetable » 24 Jan 2026, 6:56 am » wrote: ↑

24 Jan 2026, 6:56 am

Despite Trump’s Words, China and Russia Are Not Threatening Greenland


US. and European officials say they are unaware of any intelligence that shows China and Russia are endangering the island, which is protected by the NATO security umbrella 


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/p ... nland.html



The cost of that man's stupid is gonna run into the trillions.

 

This is what I read he said:

President Donald Trump says the US needs to "own" Greenland to prevent Russia and China from doing so.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78vj5n7jg3o

Not behind a paywall.

Anyway, that is why we had almost 7,000 troops stationed in places like Thule during the Cold War.  Greenland is strategically the gate way from/to the maritime routes from  Arctic, the North Sea and North seas.  Ya know, the routes Russian subs and other ships would take.