Fun fact: America signed a treaty in 1916, stating that America recognizes Denmark's claim to Greenland, as one of the conditions for America's purchase of the US West Indies islands from Denmark. The treaty is named "Convention between the United States and Denmark for cession of the Danish West Indies".
Before even watching the video, my answer to the title - It's not. Because it's friendly. If you want to put bases there for defense....they're already there. If you want more, just ask. If you want resources, just pay to help develop them. It's a friendly country. There's no real advantage gained by wrecking decades of friendship by invading to get stuff you can just barter for.
i think that’s everyone’s view, nobody seems to understand that taking a politicians word at face value is like pissing into the wind. it’ll prolly play out the way you put it 😂
Well unfortunately, Trump’s a self-absorbed narcissist who’s had everything handed to him on a silver platter since the day he was born. If he doesn’t get everything he wants exactly when he wants it, he throws a fit like the spoiled rich brat he’s always been.
PLEASE TALK ABOUT CANADA AND PANAMA AS WELL @WarFronts I know Greenland is more pressing because you guys are European but people need to also remember Trumps threats to use "economic force" to take Canada and need to remember that America is talking about annexing a NATO founder and member of The British Commenwealth Also something to consider is if America does somehow get Greenland one way or another it will completely circle Canada on all 3 sides which is something no one seems to be talking about
@@connorhilchie2779 i’ve tried to get him to talk about US politics so many times since project 2025 came out and was available to read. it’s getting terrifying over here & the people in public are getting bolder and bolder and it’s like no one is going to care until shit actually hits the fan….
@aquarianmajo did you even read A Mandate For Leadership? It really isn't anywhere remotely near as bad as the media claims. It can be mostly summed up in 2 words: Muh reforms. Actually if you want a comprehensive look into how the US government and Beaurocracy Actually works, it's a great read. A bit boring at times, but it goes into pretty autistic detail as to how our government works.
U.S takes over world, Conservative Populists rule with common sense, morales, values, standards, traditions and logic. Best case scenario. Let's go President Trump!
I'm seriously debating just having any future kiddos of mine to check out TH-cam channels... especially crash course for their education. Not the best, I'm aware.
It’ll be just like the way we teach how Hawaii became a state. Trump will offer huge tax incentives to Americans that move to Greenland. 30,000 Americans will then vote to become the 51st State.
If all of greenlands resources are under the ice and it all melts. Wouldn’t we have more problems to worry about than the potential exploitation of the oil ect?
Thought the same. The world gets its calories from a handful of bread basket regions. If Greenland melts, those regions are deserts. Most of the world pop will be gone and those who remain will not be worried about mining Greenland. Farming it maybe, depending on soil quality.
exactly. Europeans arent exactly shy about stripping resources from their colonies so it should tell you something about how inaccessible those resources are, plus as you mentioned if all that ice melts we're going to have bigger problems then who gets to strip those resources from the island. Besides that by the time most of that ice melts we'll likely/hopefully have viable space mining which will make those resources less important, and we'll have more and more resources we can access in the Arctic and Antarctic.
U.S takes over world, Conservative Populists rule with common sense, morales, values, standards, traditions and logic. Best case scenario. Let's go President Trump!
The very way you combat climate change is one of two ways: revert to pre-industrial living Or Develop better green technologies which unfortunately require rare metals to produce, hence the need for these resources. The move to wanting better batteries and such for the green agenda is major cause for the very spike in value and demand of these minerals.
Who would have that thought that the land that the vikings lied about to try to get people to live there would be the same place everyone wants centuries later
If anything really should just do is negotiate to put more bases on Greenland, which honestly is in the interest of Denmark and Greenland as well to provide more security for them in the Arctic. This whole Greenland thing causes more damage than it does cause progress. More importantly, it sets a negative precedent for a certain imperial dragon on the other side of the world to take an island that it has its coveting eyes on.
Of course there are resources in Northern Canada, but we don't have roads going to most places in Northern Canada. Northern Canada doesn't have many cities, mostly just random towns.
Remember when the ice caps melting (and greenland) meant all costal cities getting flooded. It feels like everyone just forgot once the cost of gas went up.
Nextdoor neighbour to Greenland here.... they are tough people - good people - Greenland will always belong to the Greenlanders... they will NEVER let go of it, not even one icecube..
@@Wasteland88 And do you think the rest of NATO would allow it to fall into Russian or Chinese hands? I live on the other side of the GIUK gap and it's our subs that patrol it more than those of any other country including the US. Greenland remaining friendly is as vital to the UK as it is to the US.
So that was Trump's healthcare plan the whole time? Acquire Greenland, sell the natural resources amd use the profits to fund Trumpcare. Genius, people are saying its the greatest most beautiful healthcare plan they've ever seen, believe me
Sweden has the best mining companies and Norway are the best in offshore drilling! Island knows tourism and Finland build the best icebreakers! Just make the deal of the century with them instead!
You're putting a lot of focus on Denmark, and very little on the Inuits and their autonomous region. Thinking that Danish politicians could now suddenly sell the entire island, sell rights of resource extraction, etc without the say of the people of Greenland in this day and age seems woefully ignorant of the relationship between Greenland and Denmark. You'd have a bigger chance of straight up buying out the most influental Inuits in Greenland than pestering Danish politicians.
What I am most confused of before and after this video is; but denmark is one of the most Western leaning-nations there is. Instead of alianating north european alies and driving us closer to potential US advesaries, wouldnt it be in US best intrest to secure europe and by proxy greenland to the fold? i mean if Trump-US sees china as its main foe it should be in its interest to keep europe close as a outpost against russia. or is it the Nationalistic-isolationistic part that trumphs it?
I think it's the last part. Trump has been pretty forward about his isolationist stance with exceptions like israel or germany. His entire policy basis is the preparation of major war efforts that would most likely be executed under the next Democrat goverment. It is also born out of a desperate attempt to revive American imperialism back to its former glory. With israel for example taking a major piss with the Iran-backed resistance groups despite the US spending so much time and money on militarily supporting them. Idk my two cents on it
Greenland has an unimaginable amount of hydro potential. They already have enough hydro electricity production that aluminum ore is shipped there for refining and production. Aluminum production is extremely electric intensive. Plus, China is already making inroads into Greenland, whether China or the US moves in on Greenland, it's going to happen, one way or another. I'd rather see the US with their environmental regulations be the one to develop Greenland's resources because, despite their best efforts, the Greenlanders won't be able to keep China from creating an environmental disaster if they are let in more.
Where is this whole "military takeover" of Greenland coming from? Literally nobody with any authority i have seen has ever said that. Purchase ≠ forced takeover. Quite the opposite
What everyone seems to forget is the predictions of the gulf stream stopping when the ice melts thus creating a new ice age that would make that entire area unlivable for most. Would be a logical thing happening on the planet to self regulate towards equilibrium so the question is "Will it happen at 2 degrees global increase already or does it need 3 degrees or more". My point is that those resources will probably stay hidden until Greenland moves further south(its currently moving northward) so then it probably needs a change of the poles and the earth changing a bit its position so that it will be located in a more habitable region. Like its only in Donald Duck that Greenland becomes a green new heaven that Scrooge increases his wealth with. Either way if the Donald Duck version or the predicted gulf stream stopping... one brings sea levels up and the other an ice age... positive future ain't it and you all only see profits made from speeding up the process... Its like humanity is in a hurry to "reduce" its numbers because then we have the nukes as a backup plan to destroy the food production around the planet(I think New Zeeland was the best place to go to and they would avoid the ice age plus that they have hills so maybe its time to move there).
Its is, been there as a teenager, tried skiing there, i was not very good at it, but beautiful mountains and nature. Snow scooters was more to my taste back then
Bit misleading. You are correct in stating that REMs are in fact not rare but you leave out the important detail that the concentration is what matters. The amount of resources as well as environmental damage required to extract anything less than a heavy concentration is the reason they are "rare"
Hello from a Dane, get your history right. Greenland was first discovered by Erik the red in the year 986. In the year 1721 came Hans Egede back to the island and Denmark has since called it a republic of Denmark.
Denmark doesn't have the military power to protect it or the resources to develop it like US would. That must be what bugs Trump, and he's the guy who means what he says.
Trump is not a deal maker. He is just a scamming fraudster, a moron, and a bloodthirsty autocrat. He and his followers are the most ignorant cowards on the planet.
Which is why the Greenlanders should go the route Norwegians did when building up their hydropower, they never sold any of their land or resource but just gave the foreign companies a time-limit which was lucrative enough to get them interested, after a few decades the dams and such reverted back to public ownership of the Norwegian state.
Sorry Simon, you’re overthinking this. Mango Mussolini wants Greenland because he thinks it’s way bigger than it actually is. He is not intelligent enough to think ahead like what you are proposing here.
Greenland probably won’t join the US, unless they unanimously voted on it. They should have independence though. Foreign powers like Russia and China want control over those waters, so Greenland should at least make a deal with NATO or just the US for security. (If they left) A lot of nations might take advantage of Greenland in the future.
Thats the whole reason for annexation. The population is tiny meaning easier to influence by foreign powers invluding china and russia. Denmark cannot defend it and it is very close to russia.
You know that Denmark is in NATO, right? NATO controls those waters right now... Also, instead of buying the island because of the mineral riches, why not try to buy the mining rights? Is Trump scared US companies can'T outbid the Chinese or something?
@@mike4402 russia is losing in the Black sea against a country with no navy. Apart from, a lot of new submarines in the russian northern fleet, Orcicles and suspiciously well fed polar bears you really wouldn't notice their attempt of seizing Greenland.
It all makes sense if you regard the president as a property deals guy; I am sure this makes perfect sense to him. Hopefully his diplomats can explain sovereignty to him.
@surfnbird6480 Oh, so does that make all the European countries where the U.S. has troops “basically American territory” as well? The fact that you’re actually defending Trump’s insane ramblings makes you almost as ridiculous as he is.
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@@surfnbird6480 its not defended by the US, the US defends itself by having bases on Greenland. Brain rot.
@surfnbird6480 And for the record, I’m an American myself, and I say Trump’s words about making both Greenland and Canada U.S. territory are completely against our values.
And, importantly, the people of Greenland don't want to screw up their home by letting all of these mining vultures in to destroy everything. I don't think I'd like to mess with people who know how to live in a place like Greenland. Those folk are tough as work hardened steel.
they might not have a choice. A population of 56,000 people can only do so much, and with the world powers we're talking about here, so much is almost definitely not enough. They may be tough, but 56,000 is 56,000.
The controversial part is that Trump wants to use economic coercion or outright military force to force Denmark to sell it. This is easily going to hurt our global relations because of how he goes about it.
if only there was a friendly EU Island nation with 10s of millions of people and huge financial resources, located, say in the Atlantic between Denmark and Greenland, with deepwater ports and some expertise in oil drilling that could help develop and funnel those resources to the EU market.....
Lest we forget: China has the stranglehold on some of these rare earth minerals because they don't care AT ALL about the people working in the mines or refining industries or the environmental impacts on their own country created by such wide spread mining. These minerals exist in other places, too, but many of those countries either ALSO prioritize profit over sustainability, or they aren't exploiting these resources, often because the long term costs to everyone except shareholders and C Suite ghouls is FAR FAR too high.
Which would start the mother of all trade wars with the EU, not to mention the fact that using economic blackmail to coerce another country into surrendering territory also happens to be a flagrant violation of international law.
Except Denmark is part of the EU with no tariffs between member states, so the tariff would be whatever it costs companies to ship to a neighbouring country and then ship it from there. Unless the plan is to tariff all of the EU, but that would be a whole other scale and would drag more of europe into the conflict.
Average yank thinking coercion is okay. You were the leaders of the free world, you used to be admired by many and more. Now you're speeding towards the bottom.
"its got neither the funds nor the architechture" - dude stop saying little denmark when they have whole of the nordics and eu behind them. compared 1 to 1 the us is a third world country except for its military
@USA-AMERICA-iq6qk how does that work? If Russia couldn't even effectively occupy and control a quarter of Ukraine, how did you expect them to defeat NATO and occupy the entirety of western Europe? I seriously wonder what's in the water Stateside these days... yall are sounding dumber by the decade.
Regardless of anything else, i would feel bad for Greenland, Canada, Panama... and whoever else Donald Trump wishes to buyout... at least with Greenland / Canada, they have Universal Healthcare, imagine going from that, then headfirst into US Healthcare system, i imagine the shock of costs alone would cause more strokes / heart attacks in such a small time that most of the population would be gone in weeks x.x
I'm all in favor of taking Canada: if we (the US) get universal health care, better gun laws, and a whole lot of better benefits. Since that won't happen, Canada is better off left alone.
America has the most opportunity and the highest standard of living out of any country in the world. Going from a citizen of Greenland to being a citizen of the US would majorly benefit 99% of the people who live there. Notice that there isn’t any immigration line for Greenland!
@@christina1wilson 1: free Healthcare isn't free. 2: Gun Rights are essential to making sure your freedoms aren't infringed upon by the state. (No freedom of speech in Canada, Germany, or the UK for example.) 3: benefits aren't free either. Nothing is free. "Free healthcare" and "benefits" are paid for by the state. In order for the state to pay for them, they either print money (causing massive inflation) or increase taxes. You either pay more for everything else or the state makes you indirectly pay for the Healthcare and benefits. Also, I wouldn't take Trump to seriously when he talks about "taking over" Canada. It's more of a metaphor for the schism between Canada and the US, as well as an attempt to see what the reaction would be from Canadians in contrast to their government.
we are in strange strange times... the US entering its late rome era way ahead of time hahaha but I mean really everywhere is messed up somethings gotta give. much love to you all from my neck of a very divided land also (Canada) and on the carrots idea of making Canada part of the us? alot here would like that...I call them traitors :3 and it will not happen as much of a failed state Canada is its not going away without a very bloody fight.
Ok let's be rational for a second here. The Canada people wouldn't be putting up much of a fight because yall gave up your right to bear arms. I also think Trump said what he said to see what the reactions would be from the Canadian citizens and the government. Specifically how different they might be. Keep in mind that the orange man kind of just says shit sometimes. Usually the outlandish/funny ones aren't actually legitimate.
Was France worth fighting for (WW1)? Was Poland worth fighting for (WW2)? Was Korea worth fighting for (Korean War)? Was Ukraine worth fighting for? TYRANTS MUST BE CHALLENGED OR WE ARE NEXT. ARE WE worth fighting for.
Speaking as a finn, if trump gives order to take Greenland: no. Wont go to war against one would be autocrat, when we have another to our back. Morals are good to have, but theyre a luxury and only mean anything comming from breathing lungs.
My impression is that Trump knows that the next few years are the end of his career. He wants to create a legacy. In a hundred years he wants people to still be writing about him and talking about him.
How things are with Greenland and Denmark etc. the US can buy Greenland from Denmark almost as easily as Norway can buy Florida from Tennessee. Actually the bond between two US states are bigger than between Greenland and Denmark.
But if all that ice melts won't the world's powers have a slight problem dealing with their coastal city's disappearing under the waves, not to mention the chaos that a collapse of the AMOC would bring 🤔🤔
Why wouldn’t one country secure beyond its borders to prevent the downfall of said country, specially if every one seems to hate that country. Can one country rely on another country to play the part? After all the history on this channel, seems like a normal thing, according to history.
Generally don't care of Trump either way, good or bad as Im not a US citizen so it wasn't my business. But considering how long Denmark has been an ally to the USA...I mean they're a founding member of Nato and all and this is how Trump treats them....not going to do a lot to the USA's international reputation if this is how they treat their allies. I cant help but think of the saying "Who need an enemy with allies like that". In the end Greenland's fate is up to its natives...and the US has no say whatsoever in it as I see it.
I think the nordic countries should come together and make a union again with trade and investment with Greenland! -Sweden are the best in industri and mining. -Norway are the best in offshore drilling in oil and gas. -Danmark are amazing in shipping and history with Greenland -Finland make icebreakers -Island knows tourism i same climate are Greenland They can stop chinas interests in the island och USA can by all the resources they ned for the tech companies.
The actual price to buy greenland would be multiple trillions, possibly even 10 or more. The material resources to be extracted are not as valuable as the long term strategic value of controlling those waters. And the material resources are already multiple trillions even in their raw form. It would definitely be cheaper to simply invade, but what that would do to NATO and world geopolitics in general is almost impossible to predict. The only accurate prediction is that this is something the rest of the world simply does not need right now, nobody else would want this to happen. All it would take is one treaty with the danes and the area could be co-managed for the next century. They are already an ally. But Trump is a vain capricious moron and there's literally no predicting what he will do. Quite possibly the strategic value of greenland is such that the military leadership regards greenland as vital so they will take advantage of Trump to make this happen. There's just too many variables to know how this is going to play out.
Access to arctic resources is not a sure thing. 2024 had the most arctic ice in 20 years. The idea that a few years of thinning ice determines a long term trend is wrong and models have failed to predict current conditions. The U.S. might end up paying a high price for resources it can't reach. If I was a Greenlander I wouldn't sell, but I might consider a good rental agreement.
Greenland for Native Greenlanders, Europe for Native Europeans, Africa for Native Africans, America for Native Americans, Asia-Pacific for Native Asians-Pacific islanders. 🤷
Think it would upset the world order, if/when trump follows up whit his expansionist ambitions, as it indicates further such acts and change once police force among nations into one thats a threath to sovergnty, rather than gurantieer of those being secured.
@@ocfos88 Mayby not ”chill”, but if you got military superiority and are taking from military alliance, that has another wannabe expansionist autocrat to its east already and is ever more dependent on your nation due to its own energy, immigration and arms production policies, it sure is easy and qonseqence free.
@@ns7495A lot of that came down to most Europe willingly accepting American hegemony. US dominance in certain sectors is fine if it keeps things secure and stable (and lets that peace dividend go Brrrr). However slacking on military spending is more and more becoming a thing of the past in Europe and if the US were to backstab Denmark now that whole upside of American induced stability is gone as well. Basically being allied or aligned towards the US would be pretty worthless in that case. And I don't see how the US would keep its bases in Europe which are essential for global logistics, intelligence and power projection. Neither do I see many european buyers of US arms in such a future. Energy is more complicated but a lot of it boils down to European choices to not damage the environment or inconvenience the local population.
I know I just started watching the video, and Simon might address this later, but this actually goes all the way back to US Secretary of State Seward. He's also the man who bought Alaska from Russia for the United States. Seward wanted to ideally purchase Greenland Iceland and possibly the Faroe Islands
What I’ve learned from Plague Inc is that Greenland is impenetrable
Well, we’ll see how much that fiction mirrord reality whitin 4 years than.
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Yep--that and Madagascar.
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Fun fact: America signed a treaty in 1916, stating that America recognizes Denmark's claim to Greenland, as one of the conditions for America's purchase of the US West Indies islands from Denmark. The treaty is named "Convention between the United States and Denmark for cession of the Danish West Indies".
Who cares we’ll just claim it now.
Trump can’t read
I’d ask the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee, and Seminoles how well treaty are upheld.
This prohibits us from negotiating a purchase?
@ So one way around it is to push for independence then annex them after the treaty is nullified.
Before even watching the video, my answer to the title - It's not. Because it's friendly. If you want to put bases there for defense....they're already there. If you want more, just ask. If you want resources, just pay to help develop them. It's a friendly country. There's no real advantage gained by wrecking decades of friendship by invading to get stuff you can just barter for.
That requires Trump to know how friendships work
i think that’s everyone’s view, nobody seems to understand that taking a politicians word at face value is like pissing into the wind. it’ll prolly play out the way you put it 😂
Well unfortunately, Trump’s a self-absorbed narcissist who’s had everything handed to him on a silver platter since the day he was born.
If he doesn’t get everything he wants exactly when he wants it, he throws a fit like the spoiled rich brat he’s always been.
For real, like, even offer defense sins, like, we have a base there and we’re gonna notice anyone coming anyways
@@SEAZNDragon It isn't about "friendships" - it's about strategic alliances, that go both ways.
PLEASE TALK ABOUT CANADA AND PANAMA AS WELL @WarFronts
I know Greenland is more pressing because you guys are European but people need to also remember Trumps threats to use "economic force" to take Canada and need to remember that America is talking about annexing a NATO founder and member of The British Commenwealth
Also something to consider is if America does somehow get Greenland one way or another it will completely circle Canada on all 3 sides which is something no one seems to be talking about
@@connorhilchie2779 i’ve tried to get him to talk about US politics so many times since project 2025 came out and was available to read. it’s getting terrifying over here & the people in public are getting bolder and bolder and it’s like no one is going to care until shit actually hits the fan….
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@aquarianmajo did you even read A Mandate For Leadership? It really isn't anywhere remotely near as bad as the media claims. It can be mostly summed up in 2 words: Muh reforms.
Actually if you want a comprehensive look into how the US government and Beaurocracy Actually works, it's a great read. A bit boring at times, but it goes into pretty autistic detail as to how our government works.
U.S takes over world, Conservative Populists rule with common sense, morales, values, standards, traditions and logic. Best case scenario. Let's go President Trump!
@@aquarianmajoterrifying is an interesting word to use.
Imagine teaching American history 50 years from now and having to go through this period. 😂
In a school located in Greenland, id guess first question would be ”whats universal healthcare”, tho think text books might wanna cencor some parts.
I'm seriously debating just having any future kiddos of mine to check out TH-cam channels... especially crash course for their education. Not the best, I'm aware.
Imagine the USA still existing in 50 years.
It’ll be just like the way we teach how Hawaii became a state. Trump will offer huge tax incentives to Americans that move to Greenland. 30,000 Americans will then vote to become the 51st State.
@@glenn4127you’re right. It’ll be the United States of Earth by then. USE
I can easily imagine Trump looking at Greenland on a Mercator map and thinking that he could double the land area of the US.
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I love how random reply guys that probably haven’t achieved anything in life, love to criticize the likes of Elon, Trump, Bezos etc
@@SewaCherny That's a bit rich coming from BAT SEEEEEEEEER
@@SewaChernywhat have you achieved in life?
@@TheBuhrewnoShowNot Even 1% of Trump, and no problems admitting that
If all of greenlands resources are under the ice and it all melts. Wouldn’t we have more problems to worry about than the potential exploitation of the oil ect?
Thought the same. The world gets its calories from a handful of bread basket regions. If Greenland melts, those regions are deserts. Most of the world pop will be gone and those who remain will not be worried about mining Greenland. Farming it maybe, depending on soil quality.
No
You can eat oil lol
exactly. Europeans arent exactly shy about stripping resources from their colonies so it should tell you something about how inaccessible those resources are, plus as you mentioned if all that ice melts we're going to have bigger problems then who gets to strip those resources from the island. Besides that by the time most of that ice melts we'll likely/hopefully have viable space mining which will make those resources less important, and we'll have more and more resources we can access in the Arctic and Antarctic.
U.S takes over world, Conservative Populists rule with common sense, morales, values, standards, traditions and logic. Best case scenario. Let's go President Trump!
Goddamn Simon. How many channels you host?
You must be new to youtube. He even gave up some channels. Those channels have sucked since he left.
'He' is AI
Too many to quality control.
78% of the worlds platinum comes from South Africa, and they mine more Chromium than the next 6 biggest countries, added together.
1:35 - Chapter 1 - A sought after acquisition
8:05 - Chapter 2 - The battle for the arctic
17:10 - Chapter 3 - Greenland ; key to the century
Whats horrifying is our world leaders have given up on combating Climate Change and would rather capitalize on the changes rather than fight it.
The very way you combat climate change is one of two ways: revert to pre-industrial living
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Develop better green technologies which unfortunately require rare metals to produce, hence the need for these resources.
The move to wanting better batteries and such for the green agenda is major cause for the very spike in value and demand of these minerals.
Interesting video. Thank you war fronts!
I will have none of it!
Sorry - autocorrect: I will have Nunavut!
Thank you for doing these important videos. You have a real talent for speaking.
Thank you for the video, very nice work.
I'd be willing to be we will be able to look back at this exact video 5 years from now and be like, Dam spot on!
Who would have that thought that the land that the vikings lied about to try to get people to live there would be the same place everyone wants centuries later
If anything really should just do is negotiate to put more bases on Greenland, which honestly is in the interest of Denmark and Greenland as well to provide more security for them in the Arctic. This whole Greenland thing causes more damage than it does cause progress. More importantly, it sets a negative precedent for a certain imperial dragon on the other side of the world to take an island that it has its coveting eyes on.
If there's resources buried in Greenland, couldn't there also be resources buried in northern Canada?
Of course there are resources in Northern Canada, but we don't have roads going to most places in Northern Canada. Northern Canada doesn't have many cities, mostly just random towns.
There are resources in Northern Canada. These are owned by Canada.
Why do you think Trump wants to make Canada the 51st state?
First things first.
@@chrisforsyth8323there are resources in Greenland, these are owned by Denmark ? What’s your point
Remember when the ice caps melting (and greenland) meant all costal cities getting flooded. It feels like everyone just forgot once the cost of gas went up.
Yeah they've been saying that for 50 years and never happened.
Yes, people tend to be more concerned when they are directly impacted vs a nebulous future "maybe."
Nextdoor neighbour to Greenland here.... they are tough people - good people - Greenland will always belong to the Greenlanders... they will NEVER let go of it, not even one icecube..
Them or Denmark likely won't have a choice if push comes to shove. The US won't let it fall in the hands of Russia or China and that's a fact.
They already did, they aren’t sovereign…
Alot of people are tough, dont make them bulletproof tho and theres less than 100k population.
@@ns7495 Bulletproof? You aren't just welcomed in Greenland and denied access to Greenland, bulletproofs aren't needed.
@@Wasteland88 And do you think the rest of NATO would allow it to fall into Russian or Chinese hands? I live on the other side of the GIUK gap and it's our subs that patrol it more than those of any other country including the US. Greenland remaining friendly is as vital to the UK as it is to the US.
Denmark has a sibling relationship with Norway. Norway knows how to handle natural wealth. Problem solved.
So that was Trump's healthcare plan the whole time? Acquire Greenland, sell the natural resources amd use the profits to fund Trumpcare. Genius, people are saying its the greatest most beautiful healthcare plan they've ever seen, believe me
Sweden has the best mining companies and Norway are the best in offshore drilling! Island knows tourism and Finland build the best icebreakers! Just make the deal of the century with them instead!
Greenland is a vantage point with a radio tower.
You're putting a lot of focus on Denmark, and very little on the Inuits and their autonomous region. Thinking that Danish politicians could now suddenly sell the entire island, sell rights of resource extraction, etc without the say of the people of Greenland in this day and age seems woefully ignorant of the relationship between Greenland and Denmark. You'd have a bigger chance of straight up buying out the most influental Inuits in Greenland than pestering Danish politicians.
Denmark does NOT OWN Greenland. Greenland is part of a Danish Federation. Denmark cannot sell Greenland just like Denmark it cannot sell France.
What I am most confused of before and after this video is; but denmark is one of the most Western leaning-nations there is.
Instead of alianating north european alies and driving us closer to potential US advesaries, wouldnt it be in US best intrest to secure europe and by proxy greenland to the fold?
i mean if Trump-US sees china as its main foe it should be in its interest to keep europe close as a outpost against russia.
or is it the Nationalistic-isolationistic part that trumphs it?
I think it's the last part. Trump has been pretty forward about his isolationist stance with exceptions like israel or germany. His entire policy basis is the preparation of major war efforts that would most likely be executed under the next Democrat goverment.
It is also born out of a desperate attempt to revive American imperialism back to its former glory. With israel for example taking a major piss with the Iran-backed resistance groups despite the US spending so much time and money on militarily supporting them. Idk my two cents on it
Greenland has an unimaginable amount of hydro potential. They already have enough hydro electricity production that aluminum ore is shipped there for refining and production. Aluminum production is extremely electric intensive. Plus, China is already making inroads into Greenland, whether China or the US moves in on Greenland, it's going to happen, one way or another. I'd rather see the US with their environmental regulations be the one to develop Greenland's resources because, despite their best efforts, the Greenlanders won't be able to keep China from creating an environmental disaster if they are let in more.
I wonder if trump would call it a "special military operation"
No one has mentioned taking Greenland through a military invasion A SINGLE TIME.
Where is this whole "military takeover" of Greenland coming from? Literally nobody with any authority i have seen has ever said that. Purchase ≠ forced takeover. Quite the opposite
Being in Greenland it’s really hard to choose between corruption or children being taken away
What everyone seems to forget is the predictions of the gulf stream stopping when the ice melts thus creating a new ice age that would make that entire area unlivable for most. Would be a logical thing happening on the planet to self regulate towards equilibrium so the question is "Will it happen at 2 degrees global increase already or does it need 3 degrees or more". My point is that those resources will probably stay hidden until Greenland moves further south(its currently moving northward) so then it probably needs a change of the poles and the earth changing a bit its position so that it will be located in a more habitable region.
Like its only in Donald Duck that Greenland becomes a green new heaven that Scrooge increases his wealth with.
Either way if the Donald Duck version or the predicted gulf stream stopping... one brings sea levels up and the other an ice age... positive future ain't it and you all only see profits made from speeding up the process... Its like humanity is in a hurry to "reduce" its numbers because then we have the nukes as a backup plan to destroy the food production around the planet(I think New Zeeland was the best place to go to and they would avoid the ice age plus that they have hills so maybe its time to move there).
Did you forget to take your meds?
Looks like the skiing would be fantastic!
Its is, been there as a teenager, tried skiing there, i was not very good at it, but beautiful mountains and nature.
Snow scooters was more to my taste back then
14:34, every country with mountains has rare earth minerals, theyre not rare, the processing is just cheaper in china...
Probably not going to rip up farmland to do it though.
Bit misleading. You are correct in stating that REMs are in fact not rare but you leave out the important detail that the concentration is what matters. The amount of resources as well as environmental damage required to extract anything less than a heavy concentration is the reason they are "rare"
Really is Wednesday huh
Hello from a Dane, get your history right. Greenland was first discovered by Erik the red in the year 986. In the year 1721 came Hans Egede back to the island and Denmark has since called it a republic of Denmark.
Haha, dane.
Denmark doesn't have the military power to protect it or the resources to develop it like US would. That must be what bugs Trump, and he's the guy who means what he says.
Your question is so easy to answer!
I don't have to watch your video to answer the question. WHY
Rule of acquisition rule 212.
- If they accept your first offer, you either asked too little or offered too much
Trump is not a deal maker. He is just a scamming fraudster, a moron, and a bloodthirsty autocrat. He and his followers are the most ignorant cowards on the planet.
It's funny how often Quark was used by DS9's writers to drop some hilariously cynical truth bombs.
😊luv you re way of explaining !! Thx
Is anyone else having part of the audio of his videos cut out?
Why Denmark wants to waste money there? Greenlanders claim I get it, but the place is in NA not Europe.
Because of history. You don't have to get it.
Zambian here
Yes we have copper
Unfortunately most mines are owned by foreign countries
And the local economy remains colonized
You are owned by china right?
@@mike4402 china doesn't own any mine in zambia
@@mike4402 more like the Swiss, most of their resources go to the Swiss and China but the Swiss are #1 and own a bunch of the mines.
Still blaming all your problems on the white man I see… ah, never change Africa, never change…
Which is why the Greenlanders should go the route Norwegians did when building up their hydropower, they never sold any of their land or resource but just gave the foreign companies a time-limit which was lucrative enough to get them interested, after a few decades the dams and such reverted back to public ownership of the Norwegian state.
Sorry Simon, you’re overthinking this. Mango Mussolini wants Greenland because he thinks it’s way bigger than it actually is. He is not intelligent enough to think ahead like what you are proposing here.
Greenland probably won’t join the US, unless they unanimously voted on it. They should have independence though. Foreign powers like Russia and China want control over those waters, so Greenland should at least make a deal with NATO or just the US for security. (If they left) A lot of nations might take advantage of Greenland in the future.
If China and Russia push to far the US must take control. For the safety of NATO
Thats the whole reason for annexation. The population is tiny meaning easier to influence by foreign powers invluding china and russia. Denmark cannot defend it and it is very close to russia.
You know that Denmark is in NATO, right? NATO controls those waters right now... Also, instead of buying the island because of the mineral riches, why not try to buy the mining rights? Is Trump scared US companies can'T outbid the Chinese or something?
@@mike4402 But invading allies is the way to lose a future war aganst china and russia
@@mike4402 russia is losing in the Black sea against a country with no navy. Apart from, a lot of new submarines in the russian northern fleet, Orcicles and suspiciously well fed polar bears you really wouldn't notice their attempt of seizing Greenland.
The last time I was this early, Greenland was green
Same
Greenland has never been green , your joke wasn’t that funny
@@tyemandudebro9544 he must be a time traveler from the future when the world looks like Venus
This is such a long term issue that we won’t even live to see the outcome
Hands Off Greenland !!!
It all makes sense if you regard the president as a property deals guy; I am sure this makes perfect sense to him. Hopefully his diplomats can explain sovereignty to him.
Booo, based on the video is basically American territory, it's even defended by Americas military.
@surfnbird6480 it quite literally belongs to the EU, it's not "basically US territory" in the slightest
@surfnbird6480
Oh, so does that make all the European countries where the U.S. has troops “basically American territory” as well?
The fact that you’re actually defending Trump’s insane ramblings makes you almost as ridiculous as he is.
@@surfnbird6480 its not defended by the US, the US defends itself by having bases on Greenland. Brain rot.
@surfnbird6480
And for the record, I’m an American myself, and I say Trump’s words about making both Greenland and Canada U.S. territory are completely against our values.
jesus christ these comments are a shit show…….is this really what we’ve come to as human beings? is it just going to get worse?
I'm afraid, yes
Sad but true
yeah humanity is way doomed
What are you talking about?
"These comments" is very vague? Are you referring to your own comment?
I’m sure they will get an offer they can’t refuse. What can they do about it?
Say no and seek Russia and China for trade because the U.S. would embargo them because Trump only knows how to push people away.
you would think Porter Rico would be a state before playing with Greenland
Why would they want to pay more taxes.
Trump doesnt want a new state full of non-white people, because he's racist.
except they CAN become a state and CHOOSE not too. They've voted on it and becoming a state is voluntary even if becoming a territory wasnt voluntary.
@ Yes it’s not voluntary to become a territory. It’s also has to be approved by congress after a majority of people vote for statehood.
Buying Greenland from Denmark is like buying Australia or Scotland from England. I'ts just not an option.
Didn't realize Australia was in a federation with England.
And, importantly, the people of Greenland don't want to screw up their home by letting all of these mining vultures in to destroy everything. I don't think I'd like to mess with people who know how to live in a place like Greenland. Those folk are tough as work hardened steel.
they might not have a choice. A population of 56,000 people can only do so much, and with the world powers we're talking about here, so much is almost definitely not enough. They may be tough, but 56,000 is 56,000.
There’s oil in them there ice, America is known for doing extreme things for oil
Only 70 years ago, land deals between countries were not uncommon.
The controversial part is that Trump wants to use economic coercion or outright military force to force Denmark to sell it. This is easily going to hurt our global relations because of how he goes about it.
Very informative and helps put things in context. Thank you.
if only there was a friendly EU Island nation with 10s of millions of people and huge financial resources, located, say in the Atlantic between Denmark and Greenland, with deepwater ports and some expertise in oil drilling that could help develop and funnel those resources to the EU market.....
Are you referring to the UK?
Lest we forget: China has the stranglehold on some of these rare earth minerals because they don't care AT ALL about the people working in the mines or refining industries or the environmental impacts on their own country created by such wide spread mining. These minerals exist in other places, too, but many of those countries either ALSO prioritize profit over sustainability, or they aren't exploiting these resources, often because the long term costs to everyone except shareholders and C Suite ghouls is FAR FAR too high.
I dont think the US would invade Greenland. Now tariffiing the hell out of Denmark, that's a high possibility.
Which would start the mother of all trade wars with the EU, not to mention the fact that using economic blackmail to coerce another country into surrendering territory also happens to be a flagrant violation of international law.
Except Denmark is part of the EU with no tariffs between member states, so the tariff would be whatever it costs companies to ship to a neighbouring country and then ship it from there. Unless the plan is to tariff all of the EU, but that would be a whole other scale and would drag more of europe into the conflict.
And tariffs on Denmark is a tariff on every EU country, Denmark only has 5% of our trade goods with the USA 😂
Average yank thinking coercion is okay. You were the leaders of the free world, you used to be admired by many and more. Now you're speeding towards the bottom.
which would really hurt USA. USA needs its allies badly.
Nice video Simon!
You didn’t even watch it…
9:12 I'm getting flashbacks of Middle School.
"its got neither the funds nor the architechture" - dude stop saying little denmark when they have whole of the nordics and eu behind them. compared 1 to 1 the us is a third world country except for its military
Found the mad Dane 😂
Manifested destiny 2.0, or Lebensraum if you squint hard enough.
Russia started this. If not for Ukraine Russian tanks would be in Portugal by now.
Trump is not hitler. lol not even close
@USA-AMERICA-iq6qk no they wouldn't we have nukes
@@Bear15780 He's not smart enough to be a Hitler.
@USA-AMERICA-iq6qk how does that work? If Russia couldn't even effectively occupy and control a quarter of Ukraine, how did you expect them to defeat NATO and occupy the entirety of western Europe? I seriously wonder what's in the water Stateside these days... yall are sounding dumber by the decade.
As an American, I think we should leave Greenland the f alone
Ive heard Denmark is developing weapons of mass destruction.
Sounds like a certain nordic nation is training and arming terrorists 😂😂
Regardless of anything else, i would feel bad for Greenland, Canada, Panama... and whoever else Donald Trump wishes to buyout... at least with Greenland / Canada, they have Universal Healthcare, imagine going from that, then headfirst into US Healthcare system, i imagine the shock of costs alone would cause more strokes / heart attacks in such a small time that most of the population would be gone in weeks x.x
I'm all in favor of taking Canada: if we (the US) get universal health care, better gun laws, and a whole lot of better benefits. Since that won't happen, Canada is better off left alone.
America has the most opportunity and the highest standard of living out of any country in the world. Going from a citizen of Greenland to being a citizen of the US would majorly benefit 99% of the people who live there. Notice that there isn’t any immigration line for Greenland!
@@christina1wilson
1: free Healthcare isn't free.
2: Gun Rights are essential to making sure your freedoms aren't infringed upon by the state. (No freedom of speech in Canada, Germany, or the UK for example.)
3: benefits aren't free either.
Nothing is free. "Free healthcare" and "benefits" are paid for by the state. In order for the state to pay for them, they either print money (causing massive inflation) or increase taxes. You either pay more for everything else or the state makes you indirectly pay for the Healthcare and benefits.
Also, I wouldn't take Trump to seriously when he talks about "taking over" Canada. It's more of a metaphor for the schism between Canada and the US, as well as an attempt to see what the reaction would be from Canadians in contrast to their government.
Greenland controls the price of all eggs in the USA. Sending prayers and eggs.
Oh the newest biggest 51st state 👏🏻
Love Warfronts 1st.
Good Job Simon you’re the best.
anyone getting fallout's great war vibes?
I don't want to set the world on fire...
America: global warming is a lie!
America: damn, all the ice melting revealing a bountiful harvest!
Sigh
we are in strange strange times... the US entering its late rome era way ahead of time hahaha but I mean really everywhere is messed up somethings gotta give. much love to you all from my neck of a very divided land also (Canada) and on the carrots idea of making Canada part of the us? alot here would like that...I call them traitors :3 and it will not happen as much of a failed state Canada is its not going away without a very bloody fight.
Ok let's be rational for a second here. The Canada people wouldn't be putting up much of a fight because yall gave up your right to bear arms. I also think Trump said what he said to see what the reactions would be from the Canadian citizens and the government. Specifically how different they might be. Keep in mind that the orange man kind of just says shit sometimes. Usually the outlandish/funny ones aren't actually legitimate.
That’s not true, Greenland has been kinda warm to the idea
So, to sum things up... _Same As It Ever Was!_
I guess Seth Meyers was right when he called Trump a roomba, just bumping into idea
Someone tried to explain military and diplomatic strategy to Trump by playing a game of Risk with him…
he needs to at least play some Paradox Interactive games before making policy decisions.
Was France worth fighting for (WW1)?
Was Poland worth fighting for (WW2)?
Was Korea worth fighting for (Korean War)?
Was Ukraine worth fighting for?
TYRANTS MUST BE CHALLENGED OR WE ARE NEXT.
ARE WE worth fighting for.
Speaking as a finn, if trump gives order to take Greenland: no. Wont go to war against one would be autocrat, when we have another to our back. Morals are good to have, but theyre a luxury and only mean anything comming from breathing lungs.
Yeah its not as crazy as it sounds (actual fighting obviously would be though) but for the US to buy it would not be bad for them.
America is no different to russia and israel.
Those three countries are very different from each other. Though they may do things that you personally disapprove of.
You have bought a watch.
We are truly represented by the dumbest government possible here in the states... It's embarrassing what we have to deal with
My impression is that Trump knows that the next few years are the end of his career. He wants to create a legacy. In a hundred years he wants people to still be writing about him and talking about him.
How things are with Greenland and Denmark etc. the US can buy Greenland from Denmark almost as easily as Norway can buy Florida from Tennessee. Actually the bond between two US states are bigger than between Greenland and Denmark.
The US should take Greenland, start a union campaign in Canada, maybe the UK too.
But if all that ice melts won't the world's powers have a slight problem dealing with their coastal city's disappearing under the waves, not to mention the chaos that a collapse of the AMOC would bring 🤔🤔
Why wouldn’t one country secure beyond its borders to prevent the downfall of said country, specially if every one seems to hate that country. Can one country rely on another country to play the part? After all the history on this channel, seems like a normal thing, according to history.
I think Trump is serious about buying Greenland. I also think he'd do something else (expanded defense presence and/or oil and mineral rights).
Generally don't care of Trump either way, good or bad as Im not a US citizen so it wasn't my business.
But considering how long Denmark has been an ally to the USA...I mean they're a founding member of Nato and all and this is how Trump treats them....not going to do a lot to the USA's international reputation if this is how they treat their allies. I cant help but think of the saying "Who need an enemy with allies like that".
In the end Greenland's fate is up to its natives...and the US has no say whatsoever in it as I see it.
I think the nordic countries should come together and make a union again with trade and investment with Greenland!
-Sweden are the best in industri and mining.
-Norway are the best in offshore drilling in oil and gas.
-Danmark are amazing in shipping and history with Greenland
-Finland make icebreakers
-Island knows tourism i same climate are Greenland
They can stop chinas interests in the island och USA can by all the resources they ned for the tech companies.
Cite the Monroe Doctrine and call it day.
Well, in 100 years...
The actual price to buy greenland would be multiple trillions, possibly even 10 or more. The material resources to be extracted are not as valuable as the long term strategic value of controlling those waters. And the material resources are already multiple trillions even in their raw form. It would definitely be cheaper to simply invade, but what that would do to NATO and world geopolitics in general is almost impossible to predict. The only accurate prediction is that this is something the rest of the world simply does not need right now, nobody else would want this to happen. All it would take is one treaty with the danes and the area could be co-managed for the next century. They are already an ally. But Trump is a vain capricious moron and there's literally no predicting what he will do. Quite possibly the strategic value of greenland is such that the military leadership regards greenland as vital so they will take advantage of Trump to make this happen. There's just too many variables to know how this is going to play out.
Greenland. Such a beautiful land rich in natural resources like...
Mister President, I think we just wasted billions of taxpayer dollars.
Thank you for this. I was wondering what he was on about when I heard this, and the comments about Canada as well.
He was just messing with trudeau with the Canada comments
Canada is literally collapsing, being annexed by the U.S. would be a mercy for them, and a hinderance to the U.S.
@ Because trolling is totally the right thing to do during negociations.
@@resileaf9501If it works, it works. Decorum is a vice of the complacent.
Access to arctic resources is not a sure thing. 2024 had the most arctic ice in 20 years. The idea that a few years of thinning ice determines a long term trend is wrong and models have failed to predict current conditions. The U.S. might end up paying a high price for resources it can't reach. If I was a Greenlander I wouldn't sell, but I might consider a good rental agreement.
So earlier the views havent showed up
Greenland for Native Greenlanders, Europe for Native Europeans, Africa for Native Africans, America for Native Americans,
Asia-Pacific for Native Asians-Pacific islanders. 🤷
6:18 they got the names wrong, iceland is mostly green and greenland is mostly ice, if anything they should trade names lol
You don't want to sell you say? Did you perhaps not see the size of this military? Hawaii knows this one all too well.
Its certainly not worth fighting all of Europe for
I don’t know that it would upset the geopolitical order. Denmark has been gradually giving Greenland greater and greater autonomy over the decades.
Greenland doesn't want to sell, and us in Denmark are trying to de-colonize them, because colonizing countries isn't chill.
If the US uses economic or military force to annex a part of the EU against it's will then yes, this will obviously change the geopolitical order.
Think it would upset the world order, if/when trump follows up whit his expansionist ambitions, as it indicates further such acts and change once police force among nations into one thats a threath to sovergnty, rather than gurantieer of those being secured.
@@ocfos88 Mayby not ”chill”, but if you got military superiority and are taking from military alliance, that has another wannabe expansionist autocrat to its east already and is ever more dependent on your nation due to its own energy, immigration and arms production policies, it sure is easy and qonseqence free.
@@ns7495A lot of that came down to most Europe willingly accepting American hegemony. US dominance in certain sectors is fine if it keeps things secure and stable (and lets that peace dividend go Brrrr).
However slacking on military spending is more and more becoming a thing of the past in Europe and if the US were to backstab Denmark now that whole upside of American induced stability is gone as well. Basically being allied or aligned towards the US would be pretty worthless in that case.
And I don't see how the US would keep its bases in Europe which are essential for global logistics, intelligence and power projection.
Neither do I see many european buyers of US arms in such a future.
Energy is more complicated but a lot of it boils down to European choices to not damage the environment or inconvenience the local population.
I know I just started watching the video, and Simon might address this later, but this actually goes all the way back to US Secretary of State Seward. He's also the man who bought Alaska from Russia for the United States. Seward wanted to ideally purchase Greenland Iceland and possibly the Faroe Islands