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The Gremlin Wants Greenland
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The author discusses why Trump wants Greenland. How he came to be aware of it. How some US billionaires want to develop it. A brief history of the Dorsett and Inuit Natives and the Vikings. Treaties which already exist with Denmark and would sufficiently satisfy all the supposed needs of Trump. The unforeseen consequences of this Gremlin's (Trump) gambit and how to get rid of Gremlins.
Our Gremlin Wants Greenland
Many people know what the variables are which have put Greenland in Trumps cross hairs.
1.It has strategic Rare earth minerals which are needed in nearly all modern techie devices both large and small.
2.Greenland is strategically located between USA and Russi. As such it serves as a site for early warning systems against Russian missile attacks and Greenland conversely serves as a forward first strike area against Russia if the need arises.
The third commonly known attribute is that since the planet is warming the long sought after North west passage actually does exist.. now. Chinese and Russian vessels can make a much shorter trip to the Atlantic Via an Arctic route which by passes… Greenland.
The history of Greenland is interesting. When the Vikings arrived there around 980 C. E. led by the murderous outcast Eric the Red there were signs of previous occupation by native Americans referred to as Saqqaq, and Dorset. But For whatever reason they had abandoned Greenland before the Vikings arrived.. However, they did reappear in close proximity to the Vikings by the 13th century. That new group were the Innuits and they were far better suited to survive in that environment than the Vikings who abandoned all their settlements by the 1400s.
Greenland became a Danish colony in the 1700s and gained a form of autonomy in the 1979. The Inuit Greenlanders suffered many of the same colonial wrongs which occurred in USA, Canada and elsewhere. They were forced to integrate, not use their language, sent to schools in Denmark, and adopted by Danish families.
The current population of Greenland is about 57,000. There are no contiguous roads in Greenland. People get around by Boats, planes, dogsleds and snowmobiles
The \question to ask is Why or how did Greenland get Trump’s attention And the answer is…big money. One of trump’s billionaire buddies pointed out Greenland to Trump in 2018. The billionaires name is Ronald Lauder he suggested that Trump buy the Danish territory
If the name Lauder rings a bell it should Herr Lauder is the heir to the make-up fortune – the global cosmetic Estee Lauder.
he had known Trump, a fellow wealthy New Yorker, for more than 50 years. I believe they attended business school together.
And no surprise Lauder’s policy suggestions appear to intersect with his own business interests. Lauder has acquired commercial holdings in Greenland. And if that doesn’t smell bad the stink gets worse. Remember how President Zelensky had to sign away future mineral and mining rights in Ukraine to keep Trump happy. Guess who is also part of the consortium whose desire is to access those Ukrainian minerals – yes…indeed Mr. Lauder.
But it gets better both Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and a few other billionaires have mining interests in Greenland. Supposedly from a renewable energy company.
More about our Gremlin…It is beyond absurd that USA threaten one of our most steadfast allies. No country has a higher proportion of its soldiers die in Afghanistan and Iraq than Denmark. Also, we already have a treaty with Denmark which allows USA to put as many troops as USA desires there. In the past we had over 50 military installations in Greenland. Currently we have one. In the 1950s and 60s USA had a top secret project Iceworm to build mobile nuclear missile launch sites. The us deployed nuclear weapons in Greenland from 1958 through the early 60s with one bomber even crashing in Greenland. The point is that with little effort USA could and can defend itself easily with Danish and Innuit permission/treaties as they currently exist.
Next the Innuit people as a massive majority do NOT want to be a US state or territory. The Innuits desire to be free of Denmark but they do not want to be captive to an even more heavy handed colonial power. Currently Denmark spends in excess of $600,000,000 dollars a year on Greenland. The benefits to the Greenlanders include the normal range of social services and assistances Scandinavian nations bequeath on their population.
When VP Vance recently visited Greenland a Secret Service advance team preceded his visit. They knocked on doors to see if the Vances could stay in a private home. The Greenlanders refused which is why Vance and his team. had to stay at Pituffik base formerly known as Thule military. The gremlins game plan at this time is find some semi-addled Greenlander who will succumb to flattery and probably big bucks. Promote this cuckold as a grassroots alley and some bogus political party will appear with him or her at its head. Then the Gremlin and Co will have some Greenlandic boots on the frozen ground.
That President Trump has gone out of his way to be so crass, so bold and blind to see what consequences may result is brain numbing. I can’t help but remember VP Vance telling Pres Zelensky he needs to be more appreciative and thankful. Naturally that doesn’t work in reverse for USA to be appreciative and thankful to Greenland or Denmark for their steadfast loyalty..
Last and not least doesn’t our Gremlin’s avarice and rapacious need set the tone for President Shi to take Taiwan and Putin to march through Ukraine and grab whatever else suits him. It also makes a mess of NATO and throws article 5 (basically a one for all ond all for one) out the window
I’ve read Gremlin’s succumb and actually melt when subjected to sunlight. Perhaps our Gremlin President Trump needs to visit Greenland from April to August. There are 24 hours of Sunlight then. Hang in there Greenlanders and Danes. Hang in there.