Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling

Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling.

  • metermatic26@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    24·
    2 days ago

    Except it won’t really be the end of it and therein lies the risk. Trump maybe thinking that since the US has a base on the island and the Greenlanders have no army of their own, that the island is technically already his. It’s exactly the kind of incompetence and stupidity that got him entrenched in a forever war with Iran.

    And just like Iran made a mistake by not posing a credible threat, Europe is far to lenient when it comes to threats like these. If Europe doesn’t respond with threats of their own, Dementia Donnie might actually start a second European war in Greenland.

    I say second, because there is no way Trump is going to end the Iran-war before the midterm elections, even though he seems to think so.

    • N0t_5ure@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      19 hours ago

      That’s the terrifying part, Trump has no capacity for strategic thinking, no regard for anyone else, and no respect for human life. There are only about 56K people on Greenland, and he would treat them like the Conquistadors treated the natives they encountered, or the settlers treated the Native Americans as they stole their lands. Of course there would be huge backlash from Europe, which would likely involve isolating the U.S. from trade, but I doubt there’d be a hot war against the U.S… I could be wrong though. In any event, Trump is a moron, a horrible person, and it will take the collapse of the U.S. to get rid of him.