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On 1/7/26 10:40 PM, dart200 wrote:
> On 1/7/26 10:14 PM, Tara wrote:
>> dart200 wrote:
>>> On 1/7/26 8:41 PM, Tara wrote:
>>>> Tara wrote:
>>>>> dart200 wrote:
>>>>>> On 1/7/26 6:49 PM, Tara wrote:
>>>>>>> dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 1/7/26 6:27 PM, Tara wrote:
>>>>>>>>> dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 1/7/26 11:24 AM, Dude wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 1/7/2026 10:55 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 10:27:51 -0800, Dude
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 1/6/2026 6:55 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 1/6/26 6:53 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 1/6/26 10:21 AM, Julian wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It was the Viking, Eric the Red who, in AD 986, first
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> saw Greenland’s
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> potential. He wanted to colonise his newly-discovered
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> island, and in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a blatant piece of tenth-century spin-doctoring hit on a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wizard
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wheeze to encourage other Norse people to come to this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bleak, icy and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> remote corner of the unknown world:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘In the summer, Erik left to settle in the country he
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> had found,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which he called Greenland, as he said people would be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> attracted there
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> if it had a favourable name.‘
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> More than a thousand years later, US president Donald
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Trump is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> proposing something similar.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘It’s a large real estate deal. Owning Greenland is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> vital for US
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> security… and economic security… It’s an absolute
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> necessity and I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cannot assure you that we would not use military or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> economic
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> coercion.‘
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That may sound outlandish. But Trump’s ambition isn’t
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> new. America
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> has controlled Greenland before: during the Second World
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> War, it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> became a de facto US protectorate. The US has also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> previously sought
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to buy Greenland; in 1946, it offered $100 million in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> gold bullion;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> around $7 billion in today’s money.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For now, Greenland belongs to Denmark. But Denmark’s
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ownership of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Greenland is itself a piece of bare-faced colonialism,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> as a glance at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> their policy of forced assimilation in the 1940s and 50s
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> makes clear.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As a result, the Danes are much resented by most
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Greenlanders.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Greenland has been moving towards independence almost as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> long as it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> has been a colony of Denmark. They were granted Home
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rule in 1979.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This was expanded to full self-rule with the 2009 Self-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Government Act
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> – legislation that also handed Greenland the right to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> declare
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> independence. Today, Denmark retains control only of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> defence, foreign
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> affairs, and monetary policy. The 2023 Greenlandic
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> constitution
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> explicitly commits the island to independence; and in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> his 2025 New
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Year speech, Greenland’s prime minister, Múte Egede,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> called for an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> end to ‘the shackles of colonialism’ and a future shaped
by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Greenlanders themselves.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The final umbilical cord linking Greenland to Denmark is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the annual
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> block grant of 3.9 billion kroner (roughly £410
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> million), making up
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about 19 per cent of Greenland’s GDP. But to put that in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> perspective,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it is less than the amount annually spent by the US on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the city of El
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Paso, Texas. And it is minuscule compared to the mineral
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wealth
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Greenland could one day command in partnership with a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> deep-pocketed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ally, of whom there are at least three: America, China
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and Russia.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> China, in particular, has shown intense interest. At one
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> point,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Beijing proposed a $2.5 billion (£1.8 billion)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> investment in a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Greenlandic mine (more than the island’s entire GDP),
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which would
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have brought in 5,000 Chinese workers. Then they
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> proposed massive
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> infrastructure investments, including a deep-sea port
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and two
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> international airports. These would require capital
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which would leave
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Greenland beholden for all time. Denmark and the US,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> unsurprisingly,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> blocked these plans.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So why are the great powers so keen to own Greenland?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Natural
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> resources are a big reason why. The great powers’
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> unashamed lust for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Greenland’s rare earths is but one element of a global
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> race to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> control the production of the strategic minerals which
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are essential
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> components of batteries, phones, electric vehicles and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all modern
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> computing devices. It’s about silicon, germanium,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> phosphorus, boron,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> indium phosphide, gallium, graphite, uranium, copper,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lithium, cobalt
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and nickel, among others. He who controls their
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> production holds the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> key to the digital globe.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Odd as it may sound, it’s also about Taiwan. Taiwan
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> manufactures over
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 60 per cent of the world’s semiconductors and more than
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 90 per cent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of its most advanced chips. If China were ever to carry
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