Trump’s Greenland Obsession May Be About Extracting Metals for Tech Billionaires

[sunshine@lemmy.ca]

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[maggoty@lemmy.world]

We knew this. We've known this since his first term. The only thing that's changed is his rhetoric.

[db2@lemmy.world]

It's about distracting us with stupid loud shit while they do the quiet rapings. In Trump's case that's not a euphemism.

[just_another_person@lemmy.world]

Top of mind, sure, but about so many other things because he doesn't think that far ahead. Seeing how far he thinks he can go to force another nation's, as well as the US, is probably more in line with his thinking.

[extremeboredom@lemmy.world]

May be IS

Fixed that for ya

[arbiter@lemmy.world]

I mean, Trump is pretty loud about his rapings.

[motor_spirit@lemmy.world]

there's a documentary about this called Avatar iirc

[horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world]

Hahahahaha might?!

[horni@lemmy.world]

Well he didn't come up with the idea by himself. I doubt he knew what Greenland was two weeks ago.

[fubarberry@sopuli.xyz]

I have a strong suspicion that Trump is wanting to do things during his presidency to ensure he has a "legacy". He wants to have some big accomplishments that will make him standout more than some of the other presidents. Things like starting Space Force, wanting to add new states/territories/etc, I think it's all about wanting a bigger legacy.

[wewbull@feddit.uk]

Indeed. The play book isn't hard to read. Everything is about American isolationism, nationalism and ensuring absolute power over all of it.

• Greenland is about mining rights because China has all the minerals.
• Canada is similar with Oil and Gas thrown in.
• Panama is about total control of trade routes to deny other nations.
• Tariffs are about forcing a foreign relationship that is one sided to America through bullying (...even though tariffs are not as worrying as he thinks they are).
• Anti-woke is about getting his people into positions of power.
• Deportations are about "purifying" the American people. Making the electorate "his people".
• The unconstitutional executive orders are him challenging the legal structure and waiting for someone to tell him "No!".
• When somebody does, expect them to be excised.

American first with him in absolute control.