Even during WWII, by virtue of location alone Greenland and Iceland provided significant strategic advantages, and it didn't hurt that they had mineral reserves of cryolite which was required for smelting aluminium, a vital resource for building planes at the time. Geographically though, they were a chokepoint to cut off northern European ships from the Atlantic, and they provided a route for long-range planes to cross the Atlantic in one go while being the best places to set up weather stations for Europe to help in planning air raids and U-boat attacks.
They know the melting ice will expose a treasure trove of minerals, oil and gas. A strategic place for the new age of Arctic exploitation and shipping routes.
Trump wants credit for expanding the USA.
Tech bros want their own lebensraum utopia to rule.
This is easy. Bannon or Miller told Trump that all the men on Mt Rushmore are men who "Expanded" the country. Donnie wants his Fat Face on a mountain so he keeps trying to expand the country in the stupidest ways.
Note: Greenland is being targetted bc it's Danish territory and Denmark is a major supporter and funder of Ukraine.
Even during WWII, by virtue of location alone Greenland and Iceland provided significant strategic advantages, and it didn't hurt that they had mineral reserves of cryolite which was required for smelting aluminium, a vital resource for building planes at the time. Geographically though, they were a chokepoint to cut off northern European ships from the Atlantic, and they provided a route for long-range planes to cross the Atlantic in one go while being the best places to set up weather stations for Europe to help in planning air raids and U-boat attacks.
Greenland is where the secret White People magic is kept
They know the melting ice will expose a treasure trove of minerals, oil and gas. A strategic place for the new age of Arctic exploitation and shipping routes.
Trump wants credit for expanding the USA.
Tech bros want their own lebensraum utopia to rule.
Lots of reasons why Trump is pressing this.
This is easy. Bannon or Miller told Trump that all the men on Mt Rushmore are men who "Expanded" the country. Donnie wants his Fat Face on a mountain so he keeps trying to expand the country in the stupidest ways.