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On Wed, 8 Jan 2025 17:53:21 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:

> Someone was circulating the theory that Trump's (and Musk's) desire to
> annex both Canada and Greenland is the result of wanting access to the
> minerals there, which are crucial to the development of electric
> vehicles. I would imagine that there are lots of strategic military
> reasons too. Maybe the man isn't joking...

https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/china-arctic-russia/

Shipping, gas, oil, minerals, fisheries...  Historically, Denmark hasn't 
done well protecting its interests since the Danish-Hanseatic War and 
certainly can't defend Greenland nor is an independent Greenland feasible. 

Canada is a far reach but with Trudeau the Lesser quitting, who knows. The 
SAM provinces might be weighing which is worse, DC or Ottawa.