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boja

16th August 2019, 15:39

From the BBC, 16 AUG 2019

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/11E93/production/_108336337_mediaitem108336330.jpg

I wonder WHY ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49367792

Frank V

16th August 2019, 15:49

Kryztian

17th August 2019, 16:06

This Facebook conversation appeared yesterday on the page of Cheryl Costa. Cheryl is a Ufologist and has appeared at a lot of conventions, as of late, I know her specialty has been in compiling a statistical compendium about UFO sightings. She has a sense of humor, but she can also be serious. If this conversation had erupted at any other time, I would have dismissed this as a fun exercise done with humor. But now I don't know.

Here are the relevant bits and pieces of a rather long Facebook conversation:

https://i.imgur.com/j60XZlK.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/4vMpaRl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/s48L9Ag.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/MZwe8xN.jpg

James Newell

18th August 2019, 02:25

When I was in the military I could have gone to Iceland, one of our bases there. I declined, but over all, with trillions in gas and oil and probably the strategic implications re the Northern hemisphere (Russian ICBMs) I am a bit surprised the US didn't make a bid on it earlier.

Cara

18th August 2019, 09:38

This analysis, from May 2017, may be pertinent here.

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Published on May 9, 2017
Ongoing relations between China and Greenland are yet another strategic move by Beijing, which will also incorporate the OBOR initiative.

London Paul comments via his website, The Sirius Report (https://www.thesiriusreport.com/), and his (subscriber) podcasts on geopolitical and global economic issues.

ichingcarpenter

18th August 2019, 17:39

Denmark Offers to Buy US

COPENHAGEN (The Borowitz Report)—After rebuffing Donald J. Trump’s hypothetical proposal to purchase Greenland, the government of Denmark has announced that it would be interested in buying the United States instead.

“As we have stated, Greenland is not for sale,” a spokesperson for the Danish government said on Friday. “We have noted, however, that during the Trump regime pretty much everything in the United States, including its government, has most definitely been for sale.”

“Denmark would be interested in purchasing the United States in its entirety, with the exception of its government,” the spokesperson added.

A key provision of the purchase offer, the spokesperson said, would be the relocation of Donald Trump to another country “to be determined,” with Russia and North Korea cited as possible destinations.

If Denmark’s bid for the United States is accepted, the Scandinavian nation has ambitious plans for its new acquisition. “We believe that, by giving the U.S. an educational system and national health care, it could be transformed from a vast land mass into a great nation,” the spokesperson said.

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/denmark-offers-to-buy-us

My X and her man spent 2 years in Greenland as teachers and councilors. They didn't pay Danish taxes at this time and were able to fly back and forth for free. I met many Greenlanders when I lived in Denmark since our Danish was limited so we spoke Danglish. Trump according to my friends in Denmark has united Denmark for the first time in many years in agreement that he's not right in the head. Greenland is a goldmine for rare earth elements and other valuable resources. The Greenlanders and Danes know this and are not fools

section9

18th August 2019, 20:56

Did the Black Projects people find stuff there from Hyperborean Times?

Iyakum

19th August 2019, 12:12

I wonder WHY ?

Strategic interests of the US Empire. The USA already has a very prominent military presence there, and Greenland also offers an interesting prospect to the US corporations on account of its natural resources ─ mining, probably.

Anyway, no need to worry though. The Danish aren't going to sell Greenland anytime soon. It's not the first time the US has offered to buy Greenland from them. ;)

I agree with you @Aragorn, Strategic interests of the US gouvernment, but now is not the time and the president is not the right one, who knows if he will be re-elected, I hope not.

I do not think the denmark and the EU would agree to a purchase...

Mark (Star Mariner)

6th February 2025, 16:23

Here's an interesting X thread on the territory of Greenland (currently belonging to Denmark) and Trump's bid to take possession of it.

https://x.com/ulriklykke/status/1879549870236975256
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FULL THREAD:

I’m Danish.

I’m strongly in favour of striking a deal with Trump regarding Greenland.

Today, the state of Greenland is a mess economically and sociologically.

Here’s the big lines of why a deal with the United States is a win-win-win :

First off, it's important to understand just how massive Greenland is.

At 836,300 square miles:

• It could fit Germany inside 6 times

• It is larger than Alaska and Texas combined.

• From north to south, it spans over 2,670 km

Vast unharvested potential.

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Greenland is a small economy and currently heavily dependent on Denmark.

Greenland's GDP is around $3B. Greenland is heavily dependent on Denmark and receives a yearly subsidy of ~$600 million. Denmark also provides infrastructure support and is responsible for Greenland’s defence.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhWAaLKboAAC3jx?format=png&name=900x900

Greenland has around 55.000 inhabitants and a total workforce of around 27.000. The unemployment rate is 3.7%, the lowest in recent years. This is good for the economy but also makes it difficult for companies to attract qualified people.

The backbone of Greenland's economy is its fishing industry which makes up for 98% of its exports.

Shrimp and halibut are the two most significant exports, with shrimp being the dominant catch.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhWAcMvaUAI1VjF?format=jpg&name=medium

Unfortunately, the island faces severe social issues:

Highest rates of suicide in the world
High murder rate and issues with domestic violence
Highest alcohol consumption per capita worldwide

A stable future requires addressing root causes of these sad facts.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhWAdKDaoAA26fc?format=jpg&name=900x900

The country also has a big housing crisis:

The capital Nuuk has a shortage of 1,000+ homes, with 2,000+ people on waitlists for public housing.

High costs of housing is a key issue, as building in the Arctic is 30% more expensive.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhWAeWGbQAAj7ZP?format=jpg&name=medium

Greenland's vast territory is a treasure chest of untapped resources.

Greenland has:

• 38.5 million tons of rare earth oxides
• Massive uranium deposits
• Vast oil and gas reserves
• Precious metals
• Some of the world's largest fresh water reserves

And all of these could become available with the right partnerships.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhWAfaxbgAAcj0n?format=png&name=small

However, exploring such partnerships is not only up to Greenland.

For nearly 200 years, Denmark held full control of the island. It was not until 2009, Greenland gained self-rule, taking over most domestic affairs. Today, an independence movement in Greenland is is challenging Denmark's claim on the territory.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhWAgUObYAEqR-I?format=jpg&name=large

For context, Denmark is a small country of just 6 million people.

Despite being a wealthy country, the country is economically limited in its ability to support the development of Greenland.

Our country has neglected the opportunities and it now makes a lot of sense to explore partnership options.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhWAhNkagAAzWA3?format=jpg&name=900x900

Meanwhile, Trump is not playing games:

Trump already displayed interest for acquiring Greenland in 2019. At that time, his efforts quickly faded due to the corona pandemic. However, this time around his aggression on the topic cannot be mistaken.

Allegedly, the House Republicans are also already drafting legislation to provide greenlight of the Greenland negotiations.

Why's Trump so interested in Greenland?

There's several big reasons. One of them is the untapped natural resources in the country.

But the U.S. interest in Greenland is also strategic:

• Control of Arctic resources and trade routes.
• Geopolitical influence in the Arctic
• Military presence in a key region

All of the above are becoming more relevant in the future.

However, the people of Greenland needs to be onboard.

A few days ago, Prime ministers of Denmark and Greenland said in a joint press conference that Greenland is ready to explore independence.

Additionally, a poll showed that the people of Greenland is supporting that decision:

🔴 Denmark Independence 68%
🔵 Stay Denmark 32%

The people of Greenland wants independence.

Greenland’s path to independence could thrive with a free association with the U.S.

Here’s why:

• Access to investments for infrastructure and industry
• Strategic partnership in the Arctic
• Sovereignty while benefiting from U.S. economic and defense support

Greenland cannot achieve succesful independence without new partnerships or benefactors.

That begs the question what the price tag of such arrangement will be?

The Wall Street Journal did some napkin math on matter and ends up around $50B.

In my mind, this figure stands as good baseline for a down-payment for the partnership.

However, for a fair deal to be arranged a hefty "rent" for military bases and royalties on mineral exploitation must also be included.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhWAqXXasAAdTIL?format=png&name=900x900

A deal could benefit both Denmark, Greenland and the United States.

• United States wins dominance in a key territory.
• Denmark is relieved of a big economic burden.
• Greenland will benefit from massive investments for a better future.

All three countries should benefit heavily from the exploitation of the resources.

The deal is currently at a crossroad. Trump is pursuing this aggressively. Greenland seems open to discussion, and Denmark is currently playing it quiet via diplomatic ties.

Hopefully, a win-win-win is in the cards.

Mark (Star Mariner)

6th February 2025, 17:09

Going way out on a highly esoteric limb here... but is there another, deep-secret reason for Trump looking at Greenland? Is there something he knows (or believes) that others don't?

I'm referring to a future pole-shift scenario, a geomagnetic excursion and other potential earth-changes, like a Dzhanibekov Effect axial tilt that would re-draw the world-map. Some projections have the earth flipping over on its axis (see here (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?107798-Geomagnetic-Reversals-and-Ice-Ages)for more), and it's possible, if that happens, Greenland will no longer be arctic, but equatorial.

A mostly-impenetrable slab of ice -- like Greenland -- would then become valuable real-estate, and if Trump loves one thing, it's real estate. Also, if the mainland US moves to unfavourable latitudes (Canada too) then the population, what survives of it, will need relocating.

Like I said, this is a reach, a personal musing that's way outside the box, but I thought it worth a mention.

Also, if the models of a flip are accurate, then you can be sure Trump knows about it (and perhaps has a plan in place).

This from last July:

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Open Minded Approach
@OMApproach
Donald Trump knows about the 12,000-year cyclical event that causes mass extinction.

He knows that the geomagnetic excursion causes climate change. First, it gets warmer, the Earth's magnetic field significantly decreases, and we are exposed to more severe weather from space. The inner core releases heat into the oceans, glaciers melt, and then the slipping of the crust or changes in the Earth's rotation (Dzhanibekov effect) occur, which leads to a mass extinction event and much colder weather.

This happened 12,000 years ago (and 6,000 years ago on a smaller scale) during the Younger Dryas with the Gothenburg geomagnetic excursion.

But it’s not only Trump; Elon Musk knows too (see the video in the comments). The plan of the global 'elite' was leaked in 2010 (proof is also in the comments). That's why the 'elite' is building doomsday bunkers.
https://x.com/OMApproach/status/1816448621878952352

onawah

6th February 2025, 23:35

Ben Davidson of Space Weather News youtube channel (formerly "SuspiciousObservers") has all the information that the elites surely know as well, but he has been sharing the data for years on his channel, so it's not really all that esoteric or out-on-a-limb, though it's been kept hushed up.
There is a discussion with Davidson that was just posted here:
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?107798-Geomagnetic-Reversals-and-Ice-Ages&p=1655002&viewfull=1#post1655002
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... which is from last year, but is still very timely and covers many of the concerning issues mentioned in Star Mariner's post above.
Including the current data from many credible researchers from various branches of science (as well as prophecies and predictions from long ago and up to the present) ...which confirm the pole reversals and cataclysmic micronova events that have occurred every 6,000 and 12,000 years have been happening regularly for a very long time.
It is the planet's magnetism which keeps the continents in place, and when the magnetic layer has diminished sufficiently the continents migrate, causing huge tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, etc., and lands which were freezing suddenly become warm and vice versa, while some lands sink and others rise.
The major events occur virtually overnight, although there will be increasingly aberrant weather over the years leading up to the final events, now predicted to occur sometime in the 2040s at the latest.
The micronova is the finale, which creates a huge but short-lived burst of heat from the Sun that hits the part of the Earth's surface which is facing the Sun.
Earth's diminishing magnetism and ozone layer are causing aberrant human behavior as well, and that has certainly become apparent in the last decade or so, and will no doubt be on the rise until the denoument.
Davidson also talks about who will survive and how, and provides a map of what the planet will likely look like after the fact, but he doesn't give a thumbsup to many of the elite's DUMBS which are far underground and will be subject to earthquakes (though they seem to have become more cognizant of that recently).
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But I wouldn't pay much attention to Open Minded Approach, as he apparently doesn't realize that Luis Elizondo, Nolan and Tom DeLonge are esposed shills, which credible whistleblowers like Dark Journalist and Dr. Steven Greer have testified to and proven.
As for Greenland, the "Sleeping Prophet" Edgar Cayce predicted that Russia would become the breadbasket of the world after the changes, which indicates that Greenland will probably also become warm enough to be a source of exploitable resources.
Though Musk's plan to settle on Mars is extremely iffy, since it's not just Earth that is being affected by the solar cycle, it's the whole solar system (and every solar system in this galaxy, as the wave of energy coming can be traced back to the galactic core).

Going way out on a highly esoteric limb here... but is there another, deep-secret reason for Trump looking at Greenland? Is there something he knows (or believes) that others don't?

I'm referring to a future pole-shift scenario, a geomagnetic excursion and other potential earth-changes, like a Dzhanibekov Effect axial tilt that would re-draw the world-map. Some projections have the earth flipping over on its axis (see here (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?107798-Geomagnetic-Reversals-and-Ice-Ages)for more), and it's possible, if that happens, Greenland will no longer be arctic, but equatorial.

A mostly-impenetrable slab of ice -- like Greenland -- would then become valuable real-estate, and if Trump loves one thing, it's real estate. Also, if the mainland US moves to unfavourable latitudes (Canada too) then the population, what survives of it, will need relocating.

Like I said, this is a reach, a personal musing that's way outside the box, but I thought it worth a mention.

Also, if the models of a flip are accurate, then you can be sure Trump knows about it (and perhaps has a plan in place).

This from last July:

1816448621878952352
Open Minded Approach
@OMApproach
Donald Trump knows about the 12,000-year cyclical event that causes mass extinction.

He knows that the geomagnetic excursion causes climate change. First, it gets warmer, the Earth's magnetic field significantly decreases, and we are exposed to more severe weather from space. The inner core releases heat into the oceans, glaciers melt, and then the slipping of the crust or changes in the Earth's rotation (Dzhanibekov effect) occur, which leads to a mass extinction event and much colder weather.

This happened 12,000 years ago (and 6,000 years ago on a smaller scale) during the Younger Dryas with the Gothenburg geomagnetic excursion.

But it’s not only Trump; Elon Musk knows too (see the video in the comments). The plan of the global 'elite' was leaked in 2010 (proof is also in the comments). That's why the 'elite' is building doomsday bunkers.
https://x.com/OMApproach/status/1816448621878952352

ThePythonicCow

21st February 2025, 12:56

Some cheeky Danes have responded to Trump by petitioning Denmark to buy California from U.S. (https://ktla.com/news/california/thousands-of-danes-sign-petition-to-buy-california-from-u-s/).

mountain_jim

21st February 2025, 15:31

Some cheeky Danes have responded to Trump by petitioning Denmark to buy California from U.S. (https://ktla.com/news/california/thousands-of-danes-sign-petition-to-buy-california-from-u-s/).

(Trump): Sounds like here's a deal to be made! :)

Actually too many important military bases in California to trade or to allow succession.

Bill Ryan

8th January 2026, 21:48

Just a Socratic thought experiment.

Maybe Russia should take Greenland, citing 'national security'. Then what would the reaction be from (a) the US, and (b) the EU?

:)

SilentFeathers

8th January 2026, 22:17

Bill Ryan

8th January 2026, 22:26

SilentFeathers

8th January 2026, 22:44

My guess is that Russia will get a southern land bridge in Ukraine connecting Russia to Crimea, China will get Taiwan, and the US will get Greenland.That's an interesting guess! My only footnote to that would be that the valued prize for Russia would be Odessa. (They already have a secure land connection to Crimea.)

I think Russia wants the whole southern land bridge of Ukraine and the whole northern area of Ukraine over Crimea (possibly as far as Odessa). Not so sure they'd get Odessa though.

There's a lot of things going on with China and S. Korea too, I've been wondering about some type of involvement between those two as a part of this deal. China may be able to keep there relationship in Brazil fully operational also as part of this deal.

Yes, sounds crazy, but it's kind of what I'm seeing happening from a birds eye view. Perhaps my birds eye view is from the Moon! LOL

I feel a big shift coming soon and this may be what it is. Of course I'm just guessing and using my wild imagination ;)

bojancan

8th January 2026, 22:48

SilentFeathers

8th January 2026, 22:55

Kryztian

8th January 2026, 23:16

Just found this post from six plus years ago which I totally forgot about. This is still a weird idea, but still seems as good an explanation as any for what is going on in U.S. politics.

This Facebook conversation appeared yesterday on the page of Cheryl Costa. Cheryl is a Ufologist and has appeared at a lot of conventions, as of late, I know her specialty has been in compiling a statistical compendium about UFO sightings. She has a sense of humor, but she can also be serious. If this conversation had erupted at any other time, I would have dismissed this as a fun exercise done with humor. But now I don't know.

Here are the relevant bits and pieces of a rather long Facebook conversation:

https://i.imgur.com/j60XZlK.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/4vMpaRl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/s48L9Ag.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/MZwe8xN.jpg

bojancan

8th January 2026, 23:31

Interesting hypothesis about Greenland and Nordics Extraterrestrials... here is very interesting short point of view about that... I red in:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esoteric_neo-Nazism#:~:text=Robert%20Charroux,-Main%20article:%20Robert&text=Unlike%20most%20ancient%20astronaut%20writers,the%20work%20of%20Miguel%20Serrano.

The idea of a "Nordic Extraterrestrial" living in Greenland is not a factual concept... it originates from the fringe theories and speculative fiction... as we know, sometimes it's very real...
But the concept is taken from the works of French author Robert Charoux who proposed:

An ancient, advanced "Nordic white race" called the Hyperboreans lived in a region between Iceland and Greenland.

Charroux claimed this race was extraterrestrial in origin, coming from a cold planet far from the sun.... these ideas are associated with esoteric neo-Nazism and are widely dismissed by historians and scientists as unfounded speculation... they say...

In reality:
The current population of Greenland consists primarily of the indigenous Inuit people and people of Danish descent, with about 56,500 total residents.
Greenland was indeed home to a Norse settlement for about 500 years, founded by Erik the Red, but these settlements eventually disappeared for reasons related to climate and resource management... not extraterrestrial influence....

The term "alien species" is used in an ecological context in the Nordic countries and Greenland to refer to invasive plants and animals that threaten local biodiversity.
NASA and space architects have used Greenland's extreme, moon-like environment as a testing ground for future space habitats, such as the Lunark project, but this involves human researchers, not actual aliens.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esoteric_neo-Nazism#:~:text=Robert%20Charroux,-Main%20article:%20Robert&text=Unlike%20most%20ancient%20astronaut%20writers,the%20work%20of%20Miguel%20Serrano.

Bill Ryan

14th January 2026, 12:33

Just a Socratic thought experiment.

Maybe Russia should take Greenland, citing 'national security'. Then what would the reaction be from (a) the US, and (b) the EU?

:)I posted that as a kind of absurd joke. But now, somehow, Trump is taking the notion seriously. (My emphasis added below)

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"The United States needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security. It is vital for the Golden Dome that we are building. NATO should be leading the way for us to get it. IF WE DON’T, RUSSIA OR CHINA WILL, AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN! Militarily, without the vast power of the United States, much of which I built during my first term, and am now bringing to a new and even higher level, NATO would not be an effective force or deterrent - Not even close! They know that, and so do I. NATO becomes far more formidable and effective with Greenland in the hands of the UNITED STATES. Anything less than that is unacceptable. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT"

Merkaba360

14th January 2026, 14:10

Just a Socratic thought experiment.

Maybe Russia should take Greenland, citing 'national security'. Then what would the reaction be from (a) the US, and (b) the EU?

:)

Personally, I think the "Russia threat" will be one of the main reason's the EU and NATO will flip flop and support the US "Legal" purchase of Greenland, that'll likely happen this year (2026).

This may sound like a far fetched stretch of my imagination, but, I think Trump, China, and Russia have been in negotiations and making deals behind our backs for sometime now. And behind the backs of all the leaders in the EU and UK because Trump, Putin, and Xi think they are too stupid and insane to be a part of these massive changes. (Which I would argue they'd be correct).

My guess is that Russia will get a southern land bridge in Ukraine connecting Russia to Crimea, China will get Taiwan, and the US will get Greenland.

This may sound ridiculous, but it actually appears to be possibly happening right now before our very eyes.

That a great guess and here is some related takes on the situation. Yesterday was listening to Jaco and 2 other guys. Forget which one said that they heard from a high level source in the US that they've already agreed to divide up the world and create 3 super states - US, Russia, China. But i assume India/bangladesh/pakistan could be a 4th and maybe middle east and africa. Unless the power of the big 3 superstates forces some of the others to align with one of them.

He said, Russia gets europe (i'd guess more like eastern europe and the stans - ex soviet). China gets many asian countries (one seer sees them taking taiwan in 2027). US gets the americas.

Not that they take over the countries but they run the show , the trade, some regional rules/laws, etc.

Not sure if Japan, Aussie and S Korea would stay with the US if this happened. I think the UK will. I think the france and germany is harder to say. Would africa unite into its own union or countries have to choose who they align with? Even if this is the agreement, don't mean it will succeed fully.

Liz Cross did a mind probe on trump, asking a part of his being whether he would defend taiwan and he said absolutely not. So, that makes sense with , ok we are converting Venezuela, Cuba, Greenland, mexico, kicking out socialism and cartels. then they let china take taiwan and maybe philippines or something?

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Remote viewers and psychics seeing big ocean level changes by the 2040s. Some are seeing it starting in the early 2030s but slow. Getting more serious by late 2030s or early 2040s. Supposedly it looks like it wont just erode current coastlines but some elevations could shift. New Zealand could come up and become a much bigger land mass. That is interesting when considering the elite buying up land and bunkers in New Zealand.

For greenland, possibly it shifts location and becomes greener or they know there will be more melting and more habitable. Is it possible that Greenland also has ancient or other secrets hidden below the ice? Take control to prepare for cover ups? Seers are saying to watch for more ancient secret to be revealed in the coming years. Wondering how much of that could come from melting places like the arctic and antarctic.

Im quite sure a deal will be made. Somebody has to help to develop the mining there, US will not allow anyone else but denmark which is too small. Trump will succeed in dangling a nice carrot and the greed of the people will bite. Life aint easy in the cold and humans are absolute suckers for money no matter the proud claims when interviewed on camera to appear stoic, patriotic and not greedy. lol

Kryztian

14th January 2026, 21:09

Not actually true, but this would be a good strategy for Denmark to hold on to its land:

https://i.imgur.com/znz24YC.jpeg

SilentFeathers

15th January 2026, 00:26

If Denmark said it was going to sell Greenland to the United States for 1 Trillion dollars and give all the money to Zelensky so Ukraine could continue to fight Russia, well, many of the people complaining right now would be in tears with joy and celebrating.

Jaak

15th January 2026, 01:23

I guess one reason why Trump and the jew-mafia want Greenland is because it is excellent spot to build their AI surveillance data centers for Palantir.
Endless amount of geothermal energy that can be used rather cleanly and cheaply and one of the biggest issues with data centers is cooling them . Cold climate would probably make that also cheaper.
And of course they want their own playground where they make all the rules ...

Greenland ‘Freedom City’? Rich donors push Trump for a tech hub up north April 10, 2025
freedom city, a libertarian utopia with minimal corporate regulation
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greenland-freedom-city-rich-donors-push-trump-tech-hub-up-north-2025-04-10/

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rgray222

15th January 2026, 14:35

Eldur Olafsson, CEO of critical minerals firm Amaroq, explains why there's an opportunity in Trump's interest in Greenland. An intelligent conversation of understanding void of media-manufactured emotion.

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Open Minded Dude

15th January 2026, 17:21

Germany is sending 13 soldiers of its Bundeswehr to Greenland as a first contigent I heard on the radio news in my car today. So do some other nations. How bold.

I'm sure Trump and the US military are trembling with fear now.
:laughs:

Of course they say officially that it's for defence against Russia and China, so they actually do Trump's bidding?

Not sure. Trump has also other reasons and ulterior motivs it seems. (Rare earths being one of them).

Didn't find an alternative news source, so a mainstream must do for now:

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Ravenlocke

15th January 2026, 23:00

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🇺🇸🇬🇱USA Greenland - Project Iceworm: Nuclear Missiles Under Ice

Set in motion by the US Army, Project Iceworm’s primary objective was to deploy a network of mobile nuclear missile launch sites under Greenland’s ice sheet.

The project was conceived during the height of the Cold War, and it aimed to establish a covert infrastructure capable of launching intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) from within the Arctic region. It was in essence a secret nuclear base, hidden beneath to ice.

The plan was to have a system of tunnels around 4,000 kilometers (2,500 mi) in length hidden under Greenland.
These tunnels would be able to deploy up to 600 nuclear missiles within range of the USSR and would be periodically moved around in case the Soviets ever learned of their existence.

🇩🇰 Project Iceworm was classified Top Secret , but Denmark’s government was kept in the loop,

https://x.com/mrlvw64/status/2011821486634307698

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🇺🇸🇬🇱Greenland: An Old Pact Already Gives Trump a Free Hand.

Analysts say the Cold War agreement allows the president to increase the American military presence almost at will.
- Under a little-known Cold War agreement, the United States already enjoys sweeping military access in Greenland.
- The agreement allows it to “construct, install, maintain, and operate” military bases across Greenland, “house personnel” and “control landings, takeoffs, anchorages, moorings, movements, and operation of ships, aircraft, and waterborne craft.”
🇺🇸🇩🇰 It was signed in 1951 by the United States and Denmark,
The U.S. has such a free hand in Greenland that it can pretty much do what it wants

https://x.com/mrlvw64/status/2011725806599295070

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https://www.historicmysteries.com/history/project-iceworm/39220/

Project Iceworm: Nuclear Missiles Under Ice
Robbie MitchellFebruary 21, 2024

Nestled beneath the icy expanse of the Greenland ice sheet lies a chilling reminder of Cold War ambition and secrecy: Camp Century. Established in 1959, this covert military installation served as the clandestine hub for Project Iceworm, a top-secret United States Army program.

Its public designation as a scientific research facility was in part a masquerade, for Camp Century harbored a far more ominous purpose: to house and support the deployment of nuclear missile launch sites beneath the Arctic ice. As tensions between superpowers peaked, this audacious endeavor exemplified the lengths to which nations went to secure strategic advantage in the frigid depths of the Cold War.

Nuclear Secrets and Hidden Tunnels

Project Iceworm was the very definition of top secret. While it was initiated in the late 1950s and properly got underway around 1960, its existence was only officially confirmed in 1996 with the release of declassified government documents. It was from these that the public finally learned the truth about the project and its cover, Camp Century.

Set in motion by the US Army, Project Iceworm’s primary objective was to deploy a network of mobile nuclear missile launch sites under Greenland’s ice sheet. The idea behind it was to enhance America’s nuclear deterrent capabilities against the Soviet Union.

The project was conceived during the height of the Cold War, and it aimed to establish a covert infrastructure capable of launching intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) from within the Arctic region. It was in essence a secret nuclear base, hidden beneath to ice.

The plan was to have a system of tunnels around 4,000 kilometers (2,500 mi) in length hidden under Greenland. These tunnels would be able to deploy up to 600 nuclear missiles within range of the USSR and would be periodically moved around in case the Soviets ever learned of their existence. The project was top secret, but Denmark’s government was kept in the loop, kind of.

Of course, deploying such a network would not only be a massive engineering feat, but it would also be hugely expensive. The US however felt it would be worth it. Firstly, it hoped if successful the project would help the army to surprise and outmaneuver potential adversaries, complicating their efforts to detect and target American missile installations.

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Secondly, throughout the Cold War, both the US and the USSR made significant efforts to project power into the Arctic region for strategic, military, and economic reasons. It was hoped that if the Soviets ever pulled ahead in this particular race Project Iceworm could provide a buffer against potential Soviet attacks.

Finally, this was the 50s/ 60s, and both the US and USSR were preoccupied with extending their respective nuclear reaches. Project Iceworm would give the US an advantage in the polar region and augment its overall strategic posture. The more spread out their nuclear reach was, the greater the deterrent.

Camp Century: the Perfect Front

Construction on Camp Century began in 1959 and the camp ran until 1967. When the Americans approached Denmark’s government, they weren’t exactly honest about everything.

They pitched Camp Century to the officials as an attempt to test construction techniques under Arctic conditions and to prove the feasibility of (relatively) cheap ice-cap military outposts. It was also claimed the camp would carry out “scientific experiments” and test the effectiveness of a portable nuclear reactor (the PM-2A).

To be fair, the US wasn’t exactly lying. In total 21 trenches with a total length of 3,000 meters (1.9 mi), were cut out of the ice sheet and covered with roofing. No nuclear missiles were installed.

Instead, the tunnels were filled with prefabricated buildings that acted as everything from a hospital and shops to even a theater and church. It was a mini town under the ice with up to 200 researchers and army personnel living there at a time.

The site was indeed also used to test the world’s very first portable nuclear reactor, which provided the site with power from 1960 until 1963. For the most part, the researchers stationed there tested the nearby melting glaciers for germs like the plague and drilled some of the first ice cores. This research was still being used by climatologists as late as 2005.

but things soon began to change. After around three years it became clear that the ice sheet wasn’t as stable as at first thought. In reality, snow and ice are viscoelastic, which means they move and deform over time.

The US had underestimated how quickly this process happened and the geologists stationed at Century found that in all likelihood the camp had about two years until its tunnels would begin to collapse. They were proven right when in 1962 the ceiling of the camp’s reactor room began to buckle and had to be lifted by 5 feet (1.5 m) to avoid damaging the reactor.

This raised safety concerns and in July 1963 the army decided to shut down the reactor for good and make Century a summer-only camp. In 1965 the reactor was removed, and the camp was evacuated.

A year later the project was shut down for good. The government had decided that with the rate the ice sheet moved Project Iceworm was no longer a possibility.

The Ghost of Project Iceworm

Unfortunately, they didn’t do a great job of shutting Iceworm or Camp Century down. When the camp was decommissioned in 1967 most of it, including its waste, was simply abandoned under Greenland’s ice sheet. It was believed that it would stay there, safe and sound under tons of permanent ice and snowfall for the rest of time.

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A lot has changed since the 60s, however: namely we understand a lot more about climate change now than we did then. A 2016 study found that over the next few decades, Greenland’s ice sheet will begin to melt.

It’s feared this will begin to release the waste abandoned at Camp Century. This means nuclear waste, 200,000 liters of diesel, PCBs, and an unpleasant amount of sewage will be exposed to the local environment. While estimates vary it is thought that as early as 2090 or as late as 2179 all this waste will be revealed, damaging an already at-risk habitat even further.

Politically, the camp’s existence and true purpose led to somewhat of a chilling in relations between the US and Denmark in the 90s. Following the release of classified info in regard to a B-52 bomber crash at the American Thule Air Base (another American installation close to Camp Century) the Danish Foreign Policy Institute decided to look into other lies Denmark’s parliament and the US might have told over the years.

This investigation led to the truth behind Camp Century being revealed, Misleading one’s allies is rarely a good look.

But ultimately, looking back Project Iceworm can be seen as an ambitious experiment whose ultimate demise underscored the formidable challenges posed by the Arctic environment and the complexities of maintaining covert military infrastructure. Even the United States, with all its technology and resources, couldn’t stand against the forces of Mother Nature.

It also stands as a chilling reminder of the lengths to which nations went during the Cold War to get one over on each other. Today we are still paying the price for these efforts and the remnants of Camp Century are proof that we will continue to pay for decades to come.

As the world reflects on this chapter of history, it serves as a cautionary tale of the enduring consequences of the Cold War’s icy grip.

Top Image: Trench construction begins in 1960 at Camp Century, secret home of Project Iceworm. Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory / Public Domain.

Jaak

17th January 2026, 18:08

Zio-Don keeps on pushing to take over Greenland for the jew-mafia . Agenda 2030 is speeding up.
BREAKING: President Trump announces a 10% tariff on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, Netherlands, and Finland beginning February 1st.

This tariff will be increased to 25% beginning on June 1st.

Tariffs will remain in effect until the US reaches a deal to buy Greenland.

“It is time for Denmark to give back,” Trump says.
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Bill Ryan

17th January 2026, 18:30

Greenland's Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt was close to tears at a news conference on Wednesday following her meeting with Donald Trump.

:flower:
Greenland’s Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt gets visibly emotional, briefly breaks down on live interview: “We are doing our utmost. But the last days, naturally… oh, I am getting very emotional. I am overwhelmed.”

https://x.com/clashreport/status/2011752436197965878
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Jaak

17th January 2026, 19:01

Interesting. Do these rules or laws apply everywhere ? Who came up with them ?
A bit worrisome for tiny a*s countries like mine ...
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SilentFeathers

17th January 2026, 20:24

I would suggest there's likely a lot of things going on behind the scenes concerning China and EU/Greenland that we are completely unaware of. Highly likely things (deals) going on behind closed doors directly involving Denmark and China.

Personally I think the UK, EU, and NATO itself has become rather irrelevant, the purchase of Greenland by the US is a result.

Regardless, I predict the US will legally purchase Greenland before the end of 2026.

ThePythonicCow

18th January 2026, 08:40

Greenland's Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt was close to tears at a news conference on Wednesday following her meeting with Donald Trump.
I wish my mind/body/whatever reading skills were better, that I might better sense what is happening behind closed doors.

Rizotto

18th January 2026, 10:56

https://www.rt.com/news/631092-greenland-rally-against-us-annexation/

January 18, 2026

Thousands rally in Greenland against US annexation plans (VIDEOS)
Authorities estimate that about one-fifth of Nuuk’s population took part in the demonstration

Thousands of people marched through Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, on Saturday to protest against US plans to annex the self-governing Danish territory. A similar rally was held in Copenhagen.

The protests came in response to recent statements by US President Donald Trump, who has declared that Washington would obtain the territory “the easy way” or “the hard way,” citing the need for Greenland for “national security.”

Videos obtained by RT show a large column of several thousand protesters marching toward the US consulate in Nuuk.

Demonstrators carried Greenlandic flags and held placards reading “Greenland is not for sale” and “We do not want to be Americans.” Some participants were seen dancing with a tambourine, a local tradition used to resolve disputes.

Authorities estimated that about 4,000 people took part in the demonstration in Nuuk, a city of roughly 19,000 to 20,000 residents.

Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen joined the protest, holding a sign reading “We shape our future.”

A similar rally was held in the Danish capital of Copenhagen. Demonstrators there chanted “Kalaallit Nunaat,” Greenland’s name in the Greenlandic language, and displayed banners reading “Hands Off Greenland” and “Greenland for Greenlanders.”

I am very grateful for the huge support we as Greenlanders receive … We are also sending a message to the world that you all must wake up,” Julie Rademacher, chair of Uagut, an organization representing Greenlanders in Denmark, said. “Greenlanders have involuntarily become the front in the fight for democracy and human rights.”

“It’s very important that we stay together and show that Greenland is not for sale and we would not like to be an American or be annexed by the USA,” Greenlandic politician Erik Jensen added.

On Saturday, Trump announced tariffs on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland, saying the measures would remain in place until a “complete and total purchase” of Greenland is achieved.

Both Danish and Greenlandic authorities have rejected any prospect of ceding the island, insisting that its future must be decided by its people, who voted in 2008 to retain autonomous status within the Kingdom of Denmark.

Johnnycomelately

19th January 2026, 03:59

Tim Davies chimes in. Ex-RAF Instructor Pilot and critic of UK military policy, Tim says Trump is doing this to wean Europe (which includes the UK) off the US’s mlitary teat (my paraphrase).

I agree with what he says.

The Real Reason Trump Demands Greenland From Europe

Fast Jet Performance | The Standards Guy
211K subscribers

Jan 18, 2026

The United States isn’t interested in Greenland because it’s greedy.
It’s interested because Europe has allowed itself to become strategically weak.

As European nations cut defence spending, hollow out their militaries, and outsource hard power to Washington, the US is increasingly forced to think unilaterally about Arctic security, NATO’s northern flank, and access to critical territory.

Greenland sits at the centre of that problem.

In this video, I explain:

Why Greenland matters far more than most Europeans realise

How Europe’s long-term defence neglect has changed the balance of power

Why the US is losing patience with European dependency

And why saying “no” means very little if you can’t back it up

This isn’t anti-European.
It’s a hard look at capability, credibility, and consequence.

If Europe wants strategic autonomy, it has to earn it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhk7iG7EhXI[/url]

Open Minded Dude

19th January 2026, 17:19

Trump threatens the countries who sent soldiers with tariffs. And the Germans have already left again. :facepalm: :laughs:

(english subtitles are okay)

Also about the hipocrisy of the leftist slogan "Greenland for the Greenlanders" but then denouncing anyone as a fascist or nazi who says "Germany for the Germans" or "Austria for the Austrians".

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Bill Ryan

19th January 2026, 20:47

https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/inline-images/greenlandvenezueal.jpg?itok=AB8p5wSV

:)

Kryztian

19th January 2026, 23:26

What kind of contemptible piece of garbage masquerading in human form could write such a letter.

https://i.imgur.com/op2Amyl.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/WL7axzD.jpeg

(I don't think the image is authentic, but a number of people on Twitter/X has confirmed that this is the actual text of the letter.)

grapevine

19th January 2026, 23:41

Cant read it as the content isnt viewable in the UK Kryz. Can you give us the gist?

Bill Ryan

19th January 2026, 23:56

Cant read it as the content isn't viewable in the UK Kryz. Can you give us the gist?Yes, it's real. Here's the exact text:

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Dear Jonas:

Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America.

Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also.

I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States.

The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland.

Thank you!

President DJT

Bluegreen

20th January 2026, 01:43

The Snowy Mountains of Greenland – Satellite Imagery (Copernicus Sentinel-2) – 10/24/25

http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/m8w5xQdKxZ5RabY7qbiFaJ-970-80.jpg

ThePythonicCow

20th January 2026, 08:04

Cant read it as the content isnt viewable in the UK Kryz. Can you give us the gist?

Using Gemini to convert to text:

THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear Jonas:

Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America.

Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also.

I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States.

The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland.

Thank you!

President DJT

Rizotto

20th January 2026, 11:01

Bruce G Charlton

20th January 2026, 11:59

Michi

20th January 2026, 12:35

Bill Ryan

20th January 2026, 12:37

wrt the DJT letter: it seems to me so ridiculous as to be beyond parody; and indeed makes me suspect that this whole Greenland thing is (in some way that I do not know) a fake, a fraud, a big nothing-burger.Bruce, I'd love to believe this, but I truly don't think so. There's now barely any off-ramp for him, politically, to find a way to explain he didn't fully intend everything he's been saying.

It has all the signs of being a personal vanity project now that his bid to defeat Putin has failed (and maybe also that Venezuela has come to little after all), and there's a long line of highly intelligent and well-informed analysts, who fully supported Trump exactly one year ago (20 January!), who now are saying very seriously that this is no longer the man they once knew and voted for.

What may be becoming increasingly likely:

The Republicans will lose control of the House and the Senate in the coming mid-terms.
Communications like this will be used as evidence to support motions to invoke the 25th Amendment, and/or Trump's impeachment.

Whether the mid-terms are lost may depend more on imminent economic factors and those of violent domestic unrest than issues of US expansionism, which (I suspect!) most regular Americans don't really care about and might even support in a flag-waving rah-rah kind of way.

SilentFeathers

20th January 2026, 13:13

wrt the DJT letter: it seems to me so ridiculous as to be beyond parody; and indeed makes me suspect that this whole Greenland thing is (in some way that I do not know) a fake, a fraud, a big nothing-burger.

The whole way this has emerged and been covered, is like a Punch and Judy show (i.e. where the fighting puppets are controlled by the same person).

But we, the audience, are intended to be getting angry, frustrated, analysing the character and motives of DT, making suggestions, and taking sides.

I am increasingly convinced that we are being seriously misled as to what (if anything) is going-on wrt Greenland - or maybe the important stuff is going on somewhere else altogether. Either way, I probably will never discover what... But I am not going to foam at the mouth over this issue, in the way that "They" so obviously want to happen and are modelling for our imitation in the mass media.

Indeed this whole thing smells very fishy. I'm going to venture a totally crazy hypothesis here: Does DJT in some very indirect way try to dismantle NATO?

Personally I think this is a major part of what is happening. Not only weakening or dismantling NATO, but also severely weakening the pathetic globalists running the UK and EU. This is also slowly forcing the choking off of funding going to the Ukraine war. We are watching the catastrophic collapse of the UK and EU happening in real time, their strength and influence on the global stage is fading away quickly.

I think these globalists know exactly what is happening. Carney tries to make deals with China but it's a little too late as Trump is already one step ahead of Carney with Xi in my opinion. Canada will likely become really isolated from the EU once NATO is off the table and the vise tightens even more on the UK and EU.

As Bruce said, we are being misled as to what is actually behind this whole Greenland development. Either way, the US will highly likely end up with ownership of Greenland, and probably sooner than later.

The global dynamics are changing fast!

Bruce G Charlton

20th January 2026, 15:34

My point is negative, not predictive.

I'm not predicting what will happen - I am saying that IMO whatever happens will have nothing to do with the motivations or wishes of DT; who is (when it comes to important things) just a puppet, like his predecessor. As are all the "leaders" of NATO and EU. With broadly the same powers behind the scenes and controlling all the sides on offer.

Nonetheless, there is (IMO) a major elite civil war between the totalitarians who want central control and therefore want predictability; and another faction who want chaos and promote instability. The way this issue has been spun is such as to provoke the maximum of instability.

Whatever happens or does not - the way the issue is being presented, the manipulated mass response - is currently the main thing about it.

Rizotto

20th January 2026, 23:04

bojancan

20th January 2026, 23:40

Lately I am reading some EU papers... listening some news.. also in Slovenia... they are very opposed to Trump's hunger... and they are these moments... I hope is not to late.. standing up on their feet.. also a joint statement published by people and their parliament of Greenland... they are demanding, that the US show respect... they do not want to become part of the US also... they "do not want to be Americans...." also Greenland has moved, to ban foreign political funding... all in response to US interference.... I do not see Trump's hunger after Greenland will be successful...

onawah

21st January 2026, 01:47

Providing some helpful insights from Ben Davidson starting at around 21 minutes into the interview with Kim Iversen, as to why Trump would really like to acquire Greenland...
Hint: Greenland in the near future, after the poles have reversed and the geomagnetic excursion has occurred, is predicted to become much warmer, while the US is predicted to become much colder.

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ThePythonicCow

21st January 2026, 03:42

It has all the signs of being a personal vanity project now that his [Trump's]bid to defeat Putin has failed
There's quite another way to look at this ... well explained by Alex Krainer. Quoting from about the 4:30 mark:

My impression is that Trump is actually delivering on all that, namely he's pretty much demolishing the post World War II global order, you know, the "rules based" global order as they like to call it, and he has been working in favor of multi-polar integrations.
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Above has a bit of detail, but is well worth the listen, in my view.

Rizotto

21st January 2026, 11:40

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-883900

World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder involved in Trump’s push for Greenland - report
Since Trump’s first term, Lauder has, according to the Guardian, acquired commercial holdings in Greenland. Some analysts see his suggestion to Trump as a way to personally benefit.

January 20, 2026

World Jewish Congress President and longtime friend of US President Donald Trump, Ronald Lauder, may have helped spark Trump’s interest in acquiring Greenland, according to a new report in The Guardian on Thursday.

Former national security adviser John Bolton, who left the first Trump administration in 2019, told the British newspaper that Trump summoned him to the Oval Office and said that a billionaire, later identified as Lauder, had proposed that the United States buy Greenland.

According to Bolton, Trump's close friends hold sway over the president’s actions. “Bits of information that he hears from friends, he takes them as truth, and you can’t shake his opinion,” he told the Guardian.

Ravenlocke

21st January 2026, 20:57

Daniel Davis Deep Dive

🧊🚢 “Trump’s justification for Greenland is a lie.” — Former CIA officer Larry Johnson
🚨 Johnson exposes the "nonsense" behind the Greenland push: Russia and China aren't taking over. Russia already has a massive Arctic presence and has no need, and China has no naval capacity to even threaten Greenland - and no incentive to try..
🤝 The twist? Putin loves Trump’s plan because it's actively “going to destroy NATO" by creating great division and friction within the alliance. We are perversely helping Putin’s strategy to weaken the West.
🛳️ The Arctic reality check: The U.S. has one functional icebreaker—Russia has forty. China has but five.
🤥 "We're blowing so much smoke up our rear end," Johnson warns, as Washington chases an "economic control" fantasy.
📉 Why the urgency? Denmark and Greenland already allow U.S. troops—this isn't about security; it's an Arctic illusion.
⚠️Johnson warns: This push is “laughable” — and “this is going to destroy NATO.”
🎥 Watch the full Daniel Davis Deep Dive to see why this strategy backfires and strengthens Moscow. https://youtube.com/watch?v=lMZEvK83P9k&t=905s
👉 #Greenland #Arctic #NationalSecurity #Geopolitics #NATO #DanielDavisDeepDive #ForeignPolicy #Russia

https://x.com/DanielLDavis1/status/2014056568422068641

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Ravenlocke

22nd January 2026, 00:35

Daniel Davis Deep Dive

❄️🔥 “Where is the national security case for why we absolutely need to control Greenland?” — Col. Douglas Macgregor
• ⚠️ Macgregor (
@DougAMacgregor
) says the push to control Greenland rests on a “threat narrative without evidence.”

🌍 He challenges claims of Russian or Chinese “incursion, invasion, occupation,” calling the idea “a crazy notion.”

🛢️ He notes the justification keeps shifting — from oil and gas to rare earths to national security — with no clear rationale.

❓ Macgregor asks the core question: “What is the national security imperative that means Greenland has to be governed by the United States?”

🔍 A sharp breakdown of why the strategic argument simply doesn’t add up.

🎥 A must‑watch clip for anyone following U.S. Arctic policy and global strategy: https://open.substack.com/pub/danieldavisdeepdive/p/col-douglas-macgregor-trump-at-davos?r=2sqew7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

👉 #Trump #Greenland #NationalSecurity #Davos #Macgregor #DanielDavisDeepDive #Geopolitics #ArcticStrategy

https://x.com/DanielLDavis1/status/2014096399080587503

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Rizotto

22nd January 2026, 07:51

Check out this video, where Greenlanders recently designed their own MAGA hat, which literally says: "Make America Go Away".

"Most Greenlanders are worried about and tired of U.S. President Donald Trump's quest to acquire the Danish territory. Trump now says he and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte have "formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland." Heidi Petracek reports from Nuuk, Greenland, where she speaks with people about what they think about Trump and his annexation threats – and how the Greenlandic government isn't taking any chances by preparing for a potential invasion."
“He is not welcome here”: Greenlanders react to Trump's annexation threats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayTfOWz-A34

jaybee

22nd January 2026, 09:01

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Trump says framework deal on Greenland 'gets everything we wanted' (1:23)

azwms3LCWbo

21 Jan 2026
President Donald Trump says he is cancelling a planned tariff on U.S. allies in Europe over Greenland. This decision follows an agreement with NATO on future Arctic deal. Earlier, Trump insisted on acquiring Greenland but said he would not use force.

Kryztian

22nd January 2026, 15:14

Trump says that the U.S.A. will not use force to acquire Greenland.

That statement might have lowered the anxiety level of many at DAVOS - why didn't he make that clear earlier??? :confused:

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Jaak

22nd January 2026, 15:19

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G_RGacLWsAA9VpV?format=jpg&name=small

Bill Ryan

22nd January 2026, 18:56

The Duran explains exactly what happened in Davos. :flower:

NATO and Trump negotiate Greenland without Greenland or Denmark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKq8NfSV8gw

bojancan

22nd January 2026, 19:12

The Duran explains exactly what happened in Davos. :flower:

NATO and Trump negotiate Greenland without Greenland or Denmark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKq8NfSV8gw

So sad what we are witnessing here... Rutte does NOT care about anyone... other than himself... the same as Trump and his administration... whatever both of them do... it is what they thinks is best for THEM and their families and friends... Trump does not want to dump NATO... as some are saying... get rid of it... we shall see... he will use that military for the empire... and making money for his family and friends around the world.... at the end of the day... there are nothing for THE PEOPLE and HUMANITY!
Circus of criminals!
And we also know who are behind many of these day's unfoldments... everywhere.. the same foreign country's criminals... the same!

Ravenlocke

22nd January 2026, 19:25

DD Geopolitics

Bibi in 2018: "By the way, what are we doing with Greenland? We've gotta do something with Greenland."

Trump in 2026: "I'M ON IT BOSS, I CAN DO IT!!! Let me get your chair...."

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2014362951361417542

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Inversion

22nd January 2026, 19:55

There are some interesting correlations with the desire to acquire the island of Greenland and the two movies released with the same name. In David Wynn Miller's 9.5-hour video (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?118514-David-Wynn-Miller&p=1496534&viewfull=1#post1496534) he said they found a 300-mile-long ship under Greenland's ice. It belongs to a thirty-foot-tall race called the Moise which are depicted in the Moai (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai) statues on Easter Island and they visited Earth some 50,000 years ago. It emits a dampening field which inhibits electron flow. It's believed to be some type of refrigeration unit or ark and to map its perimeter they used an air powered tractor. The Bucegi (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?72970-The-Bucegi-Mountain-Romania&p=1339407&viewfull=1#post1339407) time capsule in Romania is said to have been created by aliens some 50,000 years ago.

Premise of the first Greenland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_(film)) movie which seems to parallel and urgent want for that landmass.
Google AI

The movie Greenland uses the name because the island serves as the last hope for humanity, a supposed safe haven with government bunkers from a comet impact, playing on the real island's history of being given an attractive name (by Erik the Red) to lure settlers, despite its icy reality. In the film, Greenland becomes the ultimate destination for survival, a "green" land of promise amidst global devastation, even though it's mostly ice-covered in reality.

Greenland 2: Migration

The premise for Greenland 2: Migration follows the Garrity family five years after the comet impact, forced out of their Greenland bunker by collapse and resource scarcity, leading them on a perilous journey across post-apocalyptic Europe towards rumored safe havens near the impact crater in France, facing radiation, other desperate survivors, and a ravaged landscape in search of a new home.

Ravenlocke

22nd January 2026, 19:56

The Cradle

WATCH | “What are we doing with Greenland? … We got to do something with Greenland.”

At the 2018 AIPAC conference, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the audience “what are we doing with Greenland?”, suggesting the island might have “some satellite needs” Israel could 'help' with.

A year later, in August 2019, US President Donald Trump publicly floated the idea of the US buying Greenland from Denmark, sparking a long-running conversation about the island’s future and underscoring its strategic significance for both Israeli and US leaders.

https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/2014306720156201127

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Kryztian

23rd January 2026, 00:39

John Mearsheimer casts aside the moral outrage against Trump's lawlessness and bullying and focuses on the Realpolitik here. He notes how Trump is reshaping aggressive foreign policy by not picking on the big nations (Russia, China) and bullying little ones like Denmark and how he is using the military for small operations (e.g. extracting Maduro from Venezuela) and avoiding the bigger ones (occupying nations.)

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onawah

23rd January 2026, 23:35

Some history about the CCP's attempts to get a foothold (and more) in Greenland in this week's China Show, including the CCP's current attempts in a segment starting at 1 hour 27 minutes into the video.

China is Practicing for Something Worse - Once You See It, You Can’t Unsee It - Episode #299
The China Show
377K subscribers
1/23/26

"HUGE EPISODE! - Some horrible mysterious happenings in China - but also - 2 rocket failures. China's biggest steel group explodes. Then it explodes again in a completely different area. China uses information warfare at Davos against the USA and SO much more."

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Bill Ryan

24th January 2026, 01:06

rgray222

24th January 2026, 02:22

This is a little off-topic on this thread. But it's quite interesting (not to mention quite an indictment of American education!) to see Trump, his image creators, and the whole White House communications staff — not to mention the mainstream US media who are joining in on all this — having no clue that there are no penguins in Greenland.

This was published by The White House, just one of many different images and cartoons of penguins and Greenland that are easy to find.

https://avalonlibrary.net/Bill/Embrace_the_Penguin.jpg

:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:

:focus:

https://scontent-atl3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/609112304_1810918579625847_2017884965048597690_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=fjvAN3v5MiIQ7kNvwHY3xyO&_nc_oc=AdmwsueMFrgCe84KC48NNJCXQAUZRS1cVB8E68N148I06bL_zmCu7U9MWUBbN6BvE3M&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-2.xx&_nc_gid=aQ__gPJVZVO3y1iTmwL4uw&oh=00_AfpICYAkeqqRKhru5Uz8TfdtWKAfY1PKRNfrpi7LQpu9nQ&oe=6979E82B

Bill, you may be making a hasty call. Strange birds have been turning up in places where they have never been seen before.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRvsLnnvQaRwGdVV8trtVVpJF3sZyDsIMICdA&s

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Kryztian

24th January 2026, 04:09

This is a little off-topic on this thread. But it's quite interesting (not to mention quite an indictment of American education!) to see Trump, his image creators, and the whole White House communications staff — not to mention the mainstream US media who are joining in on all this — having no clue that there are no penguins in Greenland.

This was published by The White House, just one of many different images and cartoons of penguins and Greenland that are easy to find.

https://avalonlibrary.net/Bill/Embrace_the_Penguin.jpg

:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:

:focus:

They do, however, have polar bears in Greenland. Perhaps they could ditch the misplaced penguin and arrange for a polar bear next to the Greenland flag to greet Trump and remind him of where his place is on the food chain in this part of the world. :ROFL:

onevoice

24th January 2026, 13:47

The following article (partially included here) from The Epoch Times explains the main reasons why USA wants to exclusively control Greenland:

Competing for Dominance
Defense Strategy
Trade Routes
Rare-Earth Minerals

Why Greenland Is Vital for US to Counter China and Russia (https://lists.theepochtimes.com/archive/jdu1mCcu3P/RontmvJPy/RzheHspiu)

By John Haughey, Autumn Spredemann

https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2026/01/20/id5973898-inside.jpg

U.S. President Donald Trump has said that the United States must purchase or annex Greenland “for the purpose of national security” before Russian or Chinese interests are entrenched in the area. The autonomous Danish territory straddles key sea lanes, including trans-Arctic shipping corridors, and is rich in critical minerals and rare earths.

Trump has said that “whether they like it or not,” Greenland will soon belong to the United States. Possible scenarios include Greenland becoming a U.S. territory, such as the Virgin Islands, or a freely associated state in a compact with the United States.

The United States has similar compacts with Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau, granting them substantial economic aid, while the United States has authority over security and defense.

The president first expressed his intention to buy Greenland in 2019, and the second Trump administration has voiced increased urgency in incorporating the world’s largest island.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met (https://lists.theepochtimes.com/links/jdu1mCcu3P/RontmvJPy/RzheHspiu/K7dtl1CfAa) with Danish and Greenlandic officials on Jan. 14. After the meeting, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen called it a “frank but also constructive discussion” and said disagreements remain.

The Trump administration is also backing mining projects in Greenland, focusing on the island’s rare earths.

Incorporating Greenland—nearly 50 percent bigger than Alaska and three times the size of Texas—would be the largest territorial expansion in the nation’s history.

Competing for Dominance

Trump has consistently expressed concern about the Russian and Chinese presence in the region.

In 2007, Russia planted a Russian flag on the North Pole seabed. Since that time, it has revitalized more than 50 old Soviet military installations. The Russian presence in the Arctic now includes six army bases, 10 radar stations, 14 airfields, and 16 deep-water ports.

“It is important to consistently strengthen Russia’s positions in the Arctic, comprehensively develop our country’s logistics capabilities, and ensure the development of a promising Arctic transport corridor from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said in November 2025.

Russia’s coast frames more than half the Arctic Ocean, and it has more icebreakers, including nuclear-powered ice-crushers, than the rest of the world combined, according to an August 2025 report (https://lists.theepochtimes.com/links/jdu1mCcu3P/RontmvJPy/RzheHspiu/pCQAurPY1F) from the Atlas Institute for International Affairs.

The United States, in contrast, has no bases directly on the Arctic Ocean. It has five bases in the Arctic, four in Alaska, and Pituffik Space Force Base in Greenland.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.theepochtimes.com%2Fassets%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F01%2F10%2Fid5789895-GettyImages-1235114294.jpg&w=1920&q=75
The Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker at the North Pole on Aug.18, 2021. Russia has more than 60 icebreakers, while the United States only has two, according to Rep. Mike Waltz. Ekaterina Anisimova/AFP via Getty Images

Eric Cole, a former CIA officer and CEO of Secure Anchor, said the importance of Greenland from a national defense perspective is no small matter and will increase with time.

“Greenland’s geographic position places it directly beneath the shortest flight paths between North America, Europe, and Eurasia, making it a natural vantage point for monitoring air and missile activity,” Cole told The Epoch Times.

“Sensors based in Greenland can track aircraft, space objects, and missile launches that would otherwise go undetected until much later in their trajectory. This early detection is critical for both U.S. and NATO forces, as it expands warning times and improves coordinated response options.”

For land- and space-based defense systems, Greenland has ideal access to the polar orbit because of its geographical location.

“Polar-orbiting satellites are particularly critical for modern intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities because of the unique view these orbits provide of the Earth,” space operations expert Pat Jameson told The Epoch Times.

The region also serves as a hub for fusing data from satellites, radar arrays, and maritime sensors into a unified operational picture, according to Cole.

“As Arctic routes open due to climate change, Greenland’s role as a surveillance anchor only grows,” he said. “In effect, it acts as a forward lookout post for the entire North Atlantic security architecture.”

China in 2018 declared itself a “near-Arctic state,” announcing that it would be “an important stakeholder in Arctic affairs” in building what it called a “Polar Silk Road” access ramp to its global Belt and Road Initiative.

A 2024 RAND Corp. analysis highlighted that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been increasing its Arctic presence since the 1990s, with state-sponsored Chinese companies investing in oil, gas, mineral exploration, infrastructure, and in developing trans-Arctic sea routes.

Defense Strategy

Former diplomat and U.S. War Department official Armand Cucciniello told The Epoch Times that Greenland is becoming increasingly important to U.S. defense strategy.

“It has five main strategic and operational benefits to the United States: Positioning early warning radars, space surveillance capabilities, monitoring naval movements in the North Atlantic, access to new shipping routes, and deposits of critical minerals and rare earth elements used in modern technologies,” Cucciniello said.

“With polar ice caps melting, the region is becoming an arena for increased great power competition, most notably with Russia but also China.”

Greenland is framed by the only two waterways linking the Arctic Ocean to the North Atlantic: the Davis Strait on the Baffin Sea to the west, and the Greenland-Iceland-UK Gap in the Denmark Strait on the Greenland Sea to the east.

Thule—now Pituffik Space Base—remains the only official U.S. military installation in Greenland, a key early warning outpost of 150 military personnel within a strategic eye-blink of Russian airbases on Arctic Ocean islands, including Nagurskoye Airbase—where satellite imagery has shown Russian deployment of powerful MiG-31 “Foxhound” fighters.

But now Greenland may even be more important geo-strategically than it was during World War II and the Cold War, analysts say.

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rgray222

24th January 2026, 14:14

:bigsmile:

This is a little off-topic on this thread. But it's quite interesting (not to mention quite an indictment of American education!) to see Trump, his image creators, and the whole White House communications staff — not to mention the mainstream US media who are joining in on all this — having no clue that there are no penguins in Greenland.

This was published by The White House, just one of many different images and cartoons of penguins and Greenland that are easy to find.

https://avalonlibrary.net/Bill/Embrace_the_Penguin.jpg

:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:

:focus:

They do, however, have polar bears in Greenland. Perhaps they could ditch the misplaced penguin and arrange for a polar bear next to the Greenland flag to greet Trump and remind him of where his place is on the food chain in this part of the world. :ROFL:

I posted the image of Trump as a bird for humor, not politics. I intended to poke a bit of fun at Trump. When I see him, I will tell him where he is in the food chain in that part of the world.

https://imgcdn.stablediffusionweb.com/2024/9/17/766aa0ed-dcb0-4f90-9fa6-edd76f5b4645.jpg

Oops, apparently, he tamed the polar bear and brought little JD Vance along for the ride.:ROFL::ROFL:

ThePythonicCow

24th January 2026, 22:57

there are no penguins in Greenland
You didn't get the word?

Trump is immigrating a waddle of penguins into Greenland, to out-vote the current residents and vote to join the United States.

Bill Ryan

24th January 2026, 23:14

there are no penguins in Greenland
You didn't get the word?

Trump is immigrating a waddle of penguins into Greenland, to out-vote the current residents and vote to join the United States.Made me laugh! :ROFL: (And for the native Greenlanders, it would give ICE a completely new meaning)

rgray222

24th January 2026, 23:31

Wow, who knew a Waddle of Penguins? I had to look it up:

A waddle of penguins is a collective noun: Origin: The term gained official recognition at the Fourth International Penguin Conference in 2000, though it was used informally earlier. (A Penguin Conference, I can only imagine) lol. On top of that, they found a Waddle of 1.5 million Adelie penguins on the aptly named Danger Islands in Antarctica with the use of satellite technology. Overpopulation will probably mean that immigration to the Arctic Region is already underway. If they arrive illegally, ICE will be extremely busy.

A Waddle of Penguins

https://cdn.the-scientist.com/assets/articleNo/64590/aImg/27893/king-penguins-l.jpg

Researchers recently spotted a supercolony of some 1.5 million Adelie penguins on the aptly named Danger Islands in Antarctica with the use of satellite technology. Host Steve Curwood discusses the significance of this discovery for the Adelie population with P. Dee Boersma, conservation biologist at the University of Washington, and asks why she and many other people find these birds that fly through water so irresistible.

https://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=18-P13-00012&segmentID=5

bojancan

25th January 2026, 04:35

We are listening and reading so much about this topic Greenland... there are intentions behind.. for years back for sure... and also involves some Epstein friends and him too... interesting talk.. I am placing this video here, because this thread is not exclusively about Epstein...

Jan, 19

The Edge of Technocracy: How John Brockman Helped Jeffrey Epstein Capture Scientific Authority
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jaybee

25th January 2026, 12:46

there are no penguins in Greenland
You didn't get the word?

Trump is immigrating a waddle of penguins into Greenland, to out-vote the current residents and vote to join the United States.

Yes and I think Lala was hired for a photo shoot re the image in question - :whistle:

Adorable Pet Penguin in Japan Goes Shopping for Fish!! (2:05)

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Bill Ryan

28th January 2026, 08:54

This article was published on ExplorersWeb, a non-political site devoted only to nature, exploration and mountaineering.

How a Secret Greenland Military Base Hastened the Collapse of an Arctic World

https://explorersweb.com/how-a-secret-greenland-military-base-hastened-the-collapse-of-an-arctic-world

https://explorersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Thule-air-base1-1.jpg Thule Air Base in the 21st century

Today, as Greenland once again becomes a strategic prize, history seems poised to repeat itself. Staying with the Polar Inuit means refusing to speak of territory while erasing those who inhabit it.

On June 16, 1951, Jean Malaurie was traveling by dog sled along the northwest coast of Greenland. He had set out alone, almost on a whim, with a modest grant from the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), officially to study periglacial landscapes. In reality, this encounter with people whose relationship with the world followed an entirely different logic would shape a singular destiny.

That day, after many months among the Inuit, at the critical moment of the spring thaw, Malaurie was traveling with a few hunters. He was exhausted, filthy, and emaciated. One of the Inuit touched his shoulder: “Takou, look.” A thick yellow cloud was rising in the sky. Through his binoculars, Malaurie first thought it was a mirage:

“A city of hangars and tents, of metal sheets and aluminum, dazzling in the sunlight, amid smoke and dust…Three months earlier, the valley had been calm and empty of people. I had pitched my tent there, on a clear summer day, in a flowering, untouched tundra.”
Operation Blue Jay

The breath of this new city, he later wrote, “would never let us go.” Giant excavators hacked at the ground, trucks poured debris into the sea, aircraft circled overhead. Malaurie was hurled from the Stone Age into the Atomic Age. He had just discovered the secret American base of Thule (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituffik_Space_Base), codenamed Operation Blue Jay (https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Films/The-Big-Picture/big-picture-227/).

https://images.theconversation.com/files/711653/original/file-20260109-56-t1wayf.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=754&fit=clip
The American base at Thule in the early 1950s

Behind this innocuous name lay a colossal logistical operation. The United States feared a Soviet nuclear attack via the polar route. In a single summer, some 120 ships and 12,000 men were deployed to a bay that had previously known only the silent glide of kayaks. Greenland’s population at the time numbered barely 23,000 people. In just 104 days, on permanently frozen ground, a technological city capable of hosting giant B-36 bombers carrying nuclear warheads emerged. More than 1,200 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, and in almost total secrecy, the United States built one of the largest military bases ever constructed outside its continental territory. A defense agreement was signed with Denmark in the spring of 1951, but Operation Blue Jay was already underway: the American decision had been taken in 1950.

https://explorersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Thule-Air-Base-1.jpg
Thule Air Base

The Inuit world

Malaurie immediately grasped that the sheer scale of the operation amounted, in effect, to an annexation of the Inuit world. A system founded on speed, machinery, and accumulation had violently and blindly entered a space governed by tradition, cyclical time, hunting, and waiting.

The blue jay is a loud, aggressive, fiercely territorial bird. Thule lies halfway between Washington and Moscow along the polar route. In the era of intercontinental hypersonic missiles, once Soviet and now Russian, it is this same geography that still underpins the argument of “vital necessity” invoked by Donald Trump in his calls to annex Greenland.

https://images.theconversation.com/files/711654/original/file-20260109-56-near2a.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=754&fit=clip
The Thule base has a strategic position between the USA and Russia

The most tragic immediate outcome of Operation Blue Jay was not military, but human. In 1953, to secure the perimeter of the base and its radar installations, authorities decided to relocate the entire local Inughuit population to Qaanaaq, roughly 100 kilometers further north.

The displacement was swift, forced, and carried out without consultation (https://www.diis.dk/en/research/greenlanders-displaced-by-the-cold-war-relocation-and-compensation), severing the organic bond between these people and their ancestral hunting territories. A “root people” was uprooted to make way for an airstrip.

It is this brutal tipping point that Malaurie identifies as the moment when traditional Inuit societies began to collapse. In these societies, hunting is not merely a survival technique but an organizing principle of the social world.

The Inuit universe is an economy of meaning, made of relationships, gestures, and transmission through the generations that confer recognition, role, and place in relation to each individual. This intimate coherence, which constitutes the strength of these societies, also renders them acutely vulnerable when an external system suddenly destroys their territorial and symbolic foundations.

Collapse of traditional structures

Today, Greenlandic society is largely sedentary and urbanized. More than a third of its 56,500 inhabitants live in Nuuk, the capital, and nearly the entire population now resides in permanent coastal towns and settlements.

Housing reflects this abrupt transition. In the larger towns, many people live in concrete apartment blocks built in the 1960s and 1970s, often deteriorating and overcrowded. The economy is heavily dependent on industrial fishing geared toward export. Subsistence hunting and fishing are still commonplace.

Modern rifles, GPS devices, snowmobiles, and satellite connections now work hand in hand with old habits. Hunting remains a marker of identity, but it no longer shapes either the economy or intergenerational transmission.

The fallout on a human level from this shift is massive. Greenland today has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, particularly among young Inuit men. Contemporary social indicators, such as suicide rates, alcoholism, and domestic violence, are widely documented. Many studies link them to the speed of social transformation, forced sedentarization, and the breakdown of traditional systems of transmission.

https://images.theconversation.com/files/711655/original/file-20260109-76-teqyq6.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=754&fit=clip
American military maneuvers at Thule

The thermonuclear accident

The logic underpinning Thule reached a point of no return on January 21, 1968. During a continuous nuclear alert mission, a US Air Force B-52G bomber under the Chrome Dome (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chrome_Dome) program, crashed into the sea ice some ten kilometers from Thule. It was carrying four thermonuclear bombs. The conventional explosives designed to initiate the nuclear reaction detonated on impact. There was no nuclear explosion, but the blast scattered plutonium, uranium, americium, and tritium over a vast area.

In the days that followed, Washington and Copenhagen launched Project Crested Ice (https://st.llnl.gov/news/look-back/operation-crested-ice), a large-scale recovery and decontamination operation ahead of the spring thaw. Around 1,500 Danish workers were mobilized to scrape the ice and collect contaminated snow.

Decades later, many of them initiated legal proceedings, claiming they had worked without adequate information or protection. These cases continued (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/cm/530/530757/530757en.pdf) until 2018–2019 and resulted only in limited political compensation, without any legal recognition of responsibility. No comprehensive epidemiological study has ever been conducted among the local Inuit populations.

Now renamed Pituffik Space Base, the former Thule base is one of the major strategic nodes of the U.S. military apparatus. Integrated into the U.S. Space Force, it plays a central role in missile warning and space surveillance in the Arctic, under maximum security conditions. It is not a relic of the Cold War, but an active pivot of contemporary geopolitics.

https://explorersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/thulephone.jpg
Phone at Thule Air Base

More of the same

In The Last Kings of Thule (1953), Malaurie shows that indigenous peoples have never had a place at the heart of Western strategic thinking. Amid the great maneuvers of the world, Inuit existence becomes as peripheral as that of seals or butterflies.

Donald Trump’s statements do not herald a new world. They seek to generalize a system that has been in place in Greenland for 75 years. Yet the position of one man cannot absolve us of our collective responsibilities. To hear today that Greenland “belongs” to Denmark and therefore falls under NATO, without even mentioning the Inuit, is to repeat an old colonial gesture: conceiving territories by erasing those who inhabit them.
https://images.theconversation.com/files/711985/original/file-20260112-66-o7h3l4.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=237&fit=clip
Portrait of a Greenland Inuk

The Inuit remain invisible and unheard. Our societies continue to imagine themselves as adults facing infantilized, indigenous populations. Their knowledge, values, and ways of being are relegated to secondary variables. Difference does not fit within the categories that our societies know how to handle.

https://explorersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Qaanaaq3.jpg
The Inughuit from Thule were relocated to a new settlement called Qaanaaq, above

Following Jean Malaurie, my own research approaches humanity through its margins. Whether studying hunter-gatherer societies or what remains of Neanderthals once stripped of our projections, the “Other” remains the blind spot for our perceptions. We fail to see how entire worlds collapse when difference ceases to be thinkable.

Malaurie ended his first chapter on Thule with these words:
“Nothing was planned to imagine the future with any sense of elevation.”
What must be feared above all is not the sudden disappearance of a people, but their silent and radical relegation within a world that speaks about them without ever seeing or hearing them.

Rizotto

29th January 2026, 11:06

Trump (played by Canadian comedian) pushes for the acquisition of Greenland. It's interesting to hear real Greenlanders voice their opinion (i.e. NO!).

Donald Trump is in Greenland... because he needs it! | This Hour Has 22 Minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=651_MuV9gZA

Rizotto

6th February 2026, 03:33

"In a show of solidarity with Greenland an Inuit delegation and the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker CCGS Jean Goodwill travelled to the semi-autonomous Danish territory ahead of the opening of Canada’s first permanent consulate there."
Canadian icebreaker, Inuit delegation Greenland for consulate opening

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAwqS5rBCyg