[tomder55]

Trump has completely muffed the Greenland thing. If the goal was acquiring Greenland and there is a certain logic in the idea (see the CCP attempt to get an airport in Greenland which they withdrew from 2019 )
Chinese investments in Greenland raise US concerns | DIIS

They withdrew from the offer during Trump's 1st term.


Instead of his strong arm approach he should have had dual diplomacy 1st convincing Greenlanders it was in their interest and then negotiating an honest deal with Denmark. A little diplomacy was in order . Danish and Greenlanders having a say and a seat at the table was probably all it would've taken


The comparisons to the 1867 Alaska purchase is amazing. The US even after the Civil War carnage emerged as a major power ;close to the Brits . Russia sold it to us because they feared being surrounded by the Brits and Euro coalitions. (they had been humiliated in CRIMEA by the Brits and France ) . They were willing to give us Alaska over the potential of the Brits getting it( Alaska was the only thing separating the Russians from the Brits in Canada .)

So what happens if the US gets Greenland ? Same situation . The US and NATO completely surround Russia. Add in the Crimea comparison it is uncanny.

Russia claims the Ukraine war is a war against NATO. Wednesday NATO "reinforced" Greenland with NATO troops . Russia immediately said that NATO presence there is a threat to Russia

"The situation unfolding in the high latitudes is of serious concern to us," the Russian embassy in Belgium, where NATO is headquartered, said in a statement published late Wednesday.


NATO is "building up its military presence there under the false pretext of a growing threat from Moscow and Beijing," the embassy added.

Russia says concerned over NATO deployments in Greenland - The Economic Times

All of this could've been avoided with smart diplomacy.