He probably wants it because he's a total idiot who has noticed that Greenland looks enormous on a traditional Mercator map, and so he wants it for that reason - "look at the size of that place, it's HUGE! I'll take it!"
The exact quote was “we will remake American and it will be bloodless, if the Left allows it.”
I mean, we literally nuked Japan and they are now one of our allies, so...
Yeah, who started that war? Who attacked who?
That’s a different situation. We were at war with them. We are at peace with Denmark. Trump has disrupted an alliance that has maintained peace in Europe for 80 years. Going after Greenland does nothing but isolate us further from our traditional allies.
I think it’s also about the shipping lanes that will open up in the artic.
www.nbcnews.com
“… The president on Saturday also said he has “absolutely” had real conversations about annexing Greenland, which is currently a semiautonomous Danish territory.
“We’ll get Greenland. Yeah, 100%,” Trump said.
He added that there’s a “good possibility that we could do it without military force” but that “I don’t take anything off the table.”
… Asked what message acquiring Greenland would send to Russia and the rest of the world, Trump said, “I don’t really think about that. I don’t really care. Greenland’s a very separate subject, very different. It’s international peace. It’s international security and strength.”
“You have ships sailing outside Greenland from Russia, from China and from many other places. And we’re not going to allow things to happen that are going to be — that are going to hurt the world or the United States,” he added.“
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I don't think it's a great idea to just "acquire" Greenland or any other autonomous territory. I also think Greenland is only about 60k people, it doesn't sound like they are big fans of Denmark and I really don't see how this would really piss off anyone, long term, besides Russia and China.
Violating international laws and sovereignty won't piss anyone off? I've ignored the urge to super ignore you to date but I'm getting close
there are multiple ways that an acquisition of Greenland could happen. One of them, an actual military invasion, could have long-term negative effects. The other options, no, I don't think anyone except China and Russia is going to be pissed off long-term.
If I cared any less, I might pass out. A need to shield yourself from things that I say is a reflection on you, not me, in this case.
What about the 85% of Greenlanders who don’t want to be acquired by America. Think they might be a little irritated?
What other options are those? There are two: with consent, and without consent. With consent is not going to happen, since Greenlanders don't want it, Denmark doesn't want it, and Europe doesn't want it. So now we're at without consent. Pray tell how we are going to get it without consent except a military invasion.
Of course, but they are currently unhappy being controlled by Denmark.
Natch. That would require a sense of integrity.