U.S. Vice President JD Vance says Denmark has “underinvested” in Greenland’s security and demands Denmark change its approach as President Donald Trump continues to talk of taking over the Danish territory.
Dude, give it up. Greenland doesn’t like you CF Vance.
If we assume that this is a move for Putin against NATO, the US taking control of Greenland could result in Russia gaining a naval staging area to attack Europe.
More that it normalizes a return to military expansion of national borders.
Russia is trying to grow their territory by annexing neighbors.
China would plainly like to.
The US didn’t, which made the scales tilt towards Russia acting badly and unusually badly.
With the shift, Russia is just the only one acting on a policy item that all the major powers have.
“Putin says US push for Greenland rooted in history, vows to uphold Russian interest in the Arctic”
Speaking at a policy forum in the Artic port of Murmansk, Putin noted that the United States first considered plans to win control over Greenland in the 19th century, and then offered to buy it from Denmark after World War II.
“It can look surprising only at first glance and it would be wrong to believe that this is some sort of extravagant talk by the current U.S. administration,” Putin said. “It’s obvious that the United States will continue to systematically advance its geostrategic, military-political and economic interests in the Arctic.”
The US and Greenland; Russia and Ukraine: it only matters that it’s rooted in history, right?
If we assume that this is a move for Putin against NATO, the US taking control of Greenland could result in Russia gaining a naval staging area to attack Europe.
Yup NATO bases in Greenland monitor Russian activity in the North Atlantic. The US taking over means Russia gets to do what it wants.
More that it normalizes a return to military expansion of national borders.
Russia is trying to grow their territory by annexing neighbors.
China would plainly like to.
The US didn’t, which made the scales tilt towards Russia acting badly and unusually badly.
With the shift, Russia is just the only one acting on a policy item that all the major powers have.
And like clockwork: https://apnews.com/article/russia-putin-arctic-trump-greenland-2dbd00625c2c0c3bd94a2c96c7015b69
“Putin says US push for Greenland rooted in history, vows to uphold Russian interest in the Arctic”
The US and Greenland; Russia and Ukraine: it only matters that it’s rooted in history, right?