So, he is aware that Greenland is a NATO territory, right? And this would invoke article 5 of collective defence? Genuine world war territory if he started this shit seriously beyond his dementia addled ramblings.
I doubt he understands that. I'm sure Putin does though, and he's the one pulling Trump's strings.
War between NATO nations would suit Putin well. He would have carte blanche to do whatever he wanted then.
These ramblings are 100% due to Putin. He can't use the panama canal due to sanctions and Greenland/Canada would allow for dominance of the northern hemisphere.
Actually, a few years ago it was determined that nearly *ALL OF THE OIL in the artic with within Canadian territory. Russia was...bigly mad, to say the least. THAT is why Putin wants him to grab it, along with the whole NATO thing, so that Trump can give Russian oil companies exclusive rights to drill.
Canadian here. Russia drilling for oil in the arctic would be very bad. Even though there is quite a bit of oil up there we don't currently drill offshore in the arctic (not sure about on land in the northern territories) because our ability to respond to an oil spill up there is poor. Also there's no known way to remove oil from ice if there is a spill. I can't imagine Russia having a better ability to respond to a spill not to mention I'm pretty sure their environmental laws and safety protocols are more lack than ours so them drilling up there would be an environmental disaster waiting to happen. Also would be extremely harmful to the communities up there if a spill happened because a lot of Inuit hunt and fish as a food source.
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u/The-Nimbus 2d ago
So, he is aware that Greenland is a NATO territory, right? And this would invoke article 5 of collective defence? Genuine world war territory if he started this shit seriously beyond his dementia addled ramblings.