While #Trump’s demands elicited international outrage & a rebuke from #Denmark, WH ofcls have in recent weeks taken steps to determine the financial ramifications of #Greenland becoming a #US territory, including the cost of providing government services for its 58k residents, the sources said.

#geopolitics #USexpansionism #Greed #ShippingRoutes #NaturalResources #ClimateChange

Their aim, #JDVance said in a video, is to check up on #Greenland’s security, because *unnamed other countries* could “use its territories & its waterways to threaten the United States.” And these are real concerns for the #UnitedStates, rooted in #ClimateChange: As #PolarIce melts away, superpowers are vying for newly open #ShippingRoutes in the #ArcticOcean & largely unexplored #mineral & #FossilFuel reserves.

#Trump #USexpansionism #geopolitics #Security

Why Does #Greenland Interest #Trump? #ClimateChange Is Only Part of the Story

Arctic #ShippingRoutes & burgeoning #mining opportunities may be part of Greenland’s appeal.

[not that Trump would ever admit climate change is real, that’d hurt his #FossilFuel & #tech interests]
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-opportunities-in-greenland-may-be-part-of-trumps-interest/