It's still totally unnecessary, and does nothing but create confusion
and distrust. If you want our allies to distrust us, then do shit like this.
May actually be too late. They already distrust us, and China and Russia
are loving it. Just look at what Carney said.
Stick an arrow pointing out of his ass, and that's probably where we
should be going.
bp
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On 1/22/2026 9:07 AM, David Hannum via AF wrote:
Even if it is what existed before, the world is on notice that we are
planning to deploy defense systems there. So yea, it's still a win
and Trump can take a victory lap (like he needs a reason . . . )
Dave
On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 11:47 AM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
Even though it was Wednesday, I will call it a TACO day (follow
the stock market).
There are zero details of what the "deal" is or isn't, and I'm
betting it's essentially what existed before.
Prove me wrong.
bp
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On 1/22/2026 7:43 AM, Rory Conaway wrote:
Looks like Trump got the deal he wanted. Everyone is happy :).
Rory
On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 7:11 AM MVTVWISPA
<[email protected]> wrote:
David-
I too read that exact information from Facebook posts word
for word.
*From:*AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *David
Hannum via AF
*Sent:* Wednesday, January 21, 2026 3:33 PM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
*Cc:* David Hannum <[email protected]>
*Subject:* [AFMUG] OT - Greenland
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.
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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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