So many think Trump is a bully on Greenland . . . If you think he's so terrible, you absolutely don’t know history.
1) 1867 – Andrew Johnson: explored buying Greenland & Iceland (right after Alaska). 2) WWII – FDR: U.S. took over Greenland’s defense while Denmark was occupied. 3) 1946 – Truman: offered $100M in gold to buy it. 4) Cold War – Eisenhower → Kennedy: nonstop negotiations for bases, radar, missiles. 5) Post–Cold War – Clinton/Bush/Obama: expanded Arctic security & missile defense. 6) 2019 – Trump: said publicly what presidents discussed privately for 150+ years. The U.S. didn’t “suddenly” want Greenland. It’s been defending it, negotiating it, and embedding there since the 1800s. Greenland = Arctic power, shipping lanes, missiles, minerals. Trump didn’t invent it. His crime is he said the quiet part out loud. ======================= NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Jan. 21 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that Trump is spot on about the importance of Greenland to security. He said, "When it comes to the Arctic, I think President Trump is right. Other leaders in NATO are right. We need to defend the Arctic. There are eight countries bordering on the Arctic. Seven are members of NATO. That’s Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Canada, and the U.S.,” Rutte said. "And there’s only one country bordering on the Arctic outside NATO, and that’s Russia. And I would argue there is a ninth country, which is China, which is increasingly active in the Arctic region. So, President Trump and other leaders are right, we have to do more there; we have to protect the Arctic." Dave Hannum
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