Second article on the deal: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-greenland-deals-reportedly-includes-u-s-sovereignty-over-small-pockets-of-territory/
NATO released a statement on Wednesday shortly after President Donald Trump announced he and NATO Secretary Secretary General Mark Rutte had “formed’ a “framework” of a deal on Greenland. The NATO statement came amid new reporting from the New York Times that deal may include the U.S. being given “sovereignty over small pockets” of land in Greenland.
“Sovereignty over small pockets”… so, like, military bases that we already have?
More like Thiels “freedom citys” probably. Or that’s at least what he thinks he is walking away with.
Or like how the Sudetenlands were small pockets of the former Czechoslovakia.
Sounds like they’re pulling a known working trick… Offer stuff that was already available.
Cue Trump, 2027 from in his hospice bed:
“This was the worst deal, very stupid people made this deal. I call it the Biden Greenland Deal. Everyone’s saying it. It’s unbelievable.”
cough cough pooping noises
Well, yes and no. I fear this step opens the doors for furure claims on more land there. Not saying it will be Trump, but eventually someone might start claiming more land there, because “they maintain it”, “they have military there” and “they already own parts” of the island anyway. Europe is letting US gain a foothold in Greenland. And once they get a piece, they will never let go. It’s always the case for imperialism and neofascism - especially the type that is on the rise in the US
Or the next administration can just give it back.
Yea sure it will.
An imperial power that remains a global hegimon giving back land that it sees as valuable… hmm…
Yeah. He did the same thing with NAFTA. Then 5 years later he was all like, “What kind of idiot made this fuckin’ deal?”
You can’t negotiate with stupid.
I wonder how many if any of these deals made under duress will be undone by the democratic administration if they win it. If history is of any indication none will be the answer.
Nothing is forever, even cold November rain
What’s complex about leaving them tf alone?
Rare Earth metal deposits probably
Those are like literally everywhere though
Sand is everywhere. But you can’t refine it anywhere while keeping it economically viable.
Extraction/refining costs vary depending on purity, and there are a million other factors involved, and not just that even.
Setting up a large-scale sustained extraction operation requires many guarantees (including geopolitical, logistical, and stability/security considerations).
Otherwise, all world powers would be about done strip-mining Africa and Antarctica right now.
I think what Trump likes to do is bluster and bloviate and threaten things in order to get a “deal” without ever actually intending to do anything.
But then sometimes the opposing side fights back and he puts his tail between his legs and moves on to the next target.
I’m guessing NATO said some things that made him retreat. Like we won’t buy anything American anymore and your MIC collapses and we will sell of a load of bonds etc. Carney did this last year, just hovers on the button and see the orange turds reaction.
He sounds like he’s getting reality mixed up with dreams he had the night before.
And probably the other way around too.
I hope that isn’t actually the case because it would be egregious even for Rutte, a world champion in slobbering his orange Daddy’s knob.
It’s not. Trump is massively overstating the deal. They’re basically just giving him stuff he already has. And they’re doing it in a way that forces the US to do more work on Arctic defence. It’s kind of genius actually.
So Trump got “Rutted”?
Interesting! I wonder what history has to say about appeasing tyrants, and how it worked out in the past.
Nothing is forever, even cold November rain
Well fuck
Isn’t Rutte the worm that keeps brownnosing him? Does he even have the authority to unilaterally give away “pockets” of another country?
Of course not. This is all a face-saving canard. He’ll be back to threatening nuclear war again in a couple weeks.
Is NATO even aware of this “deal”?
