I'm still convinced he only wants Greenland because it looks big on a map.
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Damn you web mercator projection! If only Robinson projection was the default on google/apple/whatever trump uses -map.
To be fair even on a globe Greenland is still massive. Just not quite as bad on Mercator.
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Excuse me? South America Sea*
Can't imagine Trump would be happy keeping the word "South". I think you may need to iterate on that.
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To be fair even on a globe Greenland is still massive. Just not quite as bad on Mercator.
It is also mostly ice.
The entirety of the central Greenland is covered by 1.6km to 3.7km thick ice.Settlements are around the coast, as Greenland has about 100km roads in total, no railroads and no inland water.
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Excuse me? South America Sea*
Wait… South America is already a thing.
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I don't see how thawing seas help China unless they're planning on retaking Outer Manchuria from Russia?
Not sure what Manchuria has to do with it ... the Chinese are looking for a sea route to deliver goods to Europe.
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To be fair even on a globe Greenland is still massive. Just not quite as bad on Mercator.
Yeah on mercator it looks bigger than Africa. Africa is actually really huge
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Wait… South America is already a thing.
But not a sea! I'm guessing it works like email addresses... As long as someone else doesn't have it, you can make it your own
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Can't imagine Trump would be happy keeping the word "South". I think you may need to iterate on that.
Trump loves the south. It's where he gets all his rubes.
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To be fair, China has been investing in thawing sea routes for a while, though largely to free themselves from having to pass through the US-controlled South China Sea.
Let’s not fall for that “Gulf of America” tier propaganda please. It’s called the Philippine sea because there’s a whole other country there, and China has been encroaching on their territory for years.
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Let’s not fall for that “Gulf of America” tier propaganda please. It’s called the Philippine sea because there’s a whole other country there, and China has been encroaching on their territory for years.
Literally haven't heard of that name before.
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Somebody's feeding him grandiose ideas about global warming and northern sea routes.
True, same reason he's hung up on the Panama canal (and why they always get brought up together)
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Not sure what Manchuria has to do with it ... the Chinese are looking for a sea route to deliver goods to Europe.
So they would go north to avoid US control, passing through [checks notes] the US/Japan-controlled East China Sea and the US-controlled Bering Strait?
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So they would go north to avoid US control, passing through [checks notes] the US/Japan-controlled East China Sea and the US-controlled Bering Strait?
Thereby avoiding multiple tight spots, yes. And it's not a secret.
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It is also mostly ice.
The entirety of the central Greenland is covered by 1.6km to 3.7km thick ice.Settlements are around the coast, as Greenland has about 100km roads in total, no railroads and no inland water.
Republicans hate railroads, so that's actually a plus for them.
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Thereby avoiding multiple tight spots, yes. And it's not a secret.
If it's just to avoid navigation hazards and save time, what was your point in mentioning that the South China Sea is "US-controlled?"
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If it's just to avoid navigation hazards and save time, what was your point in mentioning that the South China Sea is "US-controlled?"
Because the South China Sea is a US-controlled tight spot and such spots are obviously easier to control than the proposed Bering Sea passage.
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I'm still convinced he only wants Greenland because it looks big on a map.
The assumption should never be that Trump wants a thing but that Putin wants it.
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Because the South China Sea is a US-controlled tight spot and such spots are obviously easier to control than the proposed Bering Sea passage.
I don't understand. Are you saying that the US has a hard time controlling the waters just off the coast of Alaska? I mean, I get that we don't necessarily "need" to patrol them heavily right now because of the ice, but I don't think that means it would be hard to do so if it became a priority.
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I'm still convinced he only wants Greenland because it looks big on a map.
Putin wants it. That's why this is happening.
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I don't understand. Are you saying that the US has a hard time controlling the waters just off the coast of Alaska? I mean, I get that we don't necessarily "need" to patrol them heavily right now because of the ice, but I don't think that means it would be hard to do so if it became a priority.
But look ... One of these is going to be easier to patrol:
