Looks at Greenland and Iceland stories…..
Photo is of a protest AGAINST Trump’s possible hostile ‘takeover’ OF Greenland ….. There In Freezing Temp’s…
Miller argues for taking from the ‘weak’ countries?
Stephen Miller…
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on Friday doubled down on the Trump administration’s argument that acquiring Greenland is “essential” for U.S. national security.
“The new domain of international competition is going to be polar competition,” Miller told Fox News’s Sean Hannity,seeking to justify President Trump’s proposal to take over the Arctic island, a semi-autonomous Danish territory. “That is where more and more resources are being spent by our nation’s adversaries and rivals is the ability to control movement, navigation, lanes of travel in the polar and arctic region.”
He added that because Denmark “cannot defend” Greenland, citing weaknesses in their military and economy, that it should not have claims to the land.
“To control a territory, you have to be able to defend a territory, improve a territory, inhabit a territory,” Miller said. “Denmark has failed at every single one of these tests.”
The president’s political adviser claimed the U.S. was already on the hook to spend “hundreds of billions of dollars” to defend Denmark as a NATO ally…..
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In Denmark, U.S. lawmakers contradict Trump on Greenland
“You are hearing from the executive branch,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told reporters in the Danish capital. “The Congress also has a role.”….
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On Capitol Hill, Democrats and some Republicans have fumed at the Trump administration’s escalating threats against Greenland, rhetoric they’ve called pointless and potentially corrosive to the NATO alliance. Some have drafted legislation aimed at blocking the use of force against the territory.
In Copenhagen, U.S. lawmakers met with counterparts in the Danish parliament on Friday to “lower the temperature,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-Delaware) said. They made clear that Trump’s position was being challenged back home.
“It is important to underscore that when you ask the American people whether or not they think it is a good idea for the United States to acquire Greenland, the vast majority — some 75 percent — will say we do not think that that is a good idea,” Murkowski said at a news conference Friday. “This senator from Alaska does not think it is a good idea.”
“Greenland needs to be viewed as our ally, not as an asset,” Murkowski added….
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Iceland getting the jitters also….
In Iceland, 5,000 people signed an online petition to protest Billy Long, Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to the Arctic nation. The former congressman joked about Iceland becoming the “52d state” and that he might be its governor. Trump has said Canada should become the 51st state.
Long told the Arctic Today news site that he apologized for the remarks, which he said were made jokingly in reference to other lighthearted banter about Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R), Trump’s special envoy to Greenland, becoming governor of Greenland. “They were kidding about Jeff Landry being governor of Greenland and they started joking about me and if anyone took offense to it, then I apologize,” Long told Arctic Today….
image….People protest against Trump’s policy towards Greenland in front of the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
People do not understand America has a President that is a crook who wants to grab as much land as he can.
He does not care.
He looks at the world as divided by China, Russia and America….
Americans are just going to stand by and watch him do it. They may not be happy but they have to just get through their own lives.
So far it’s been up to the judges to say no
In the short term his bluffing HAS worked in weak places
But NOT with Russia, Ukraine or Hamas….
We ARE ALL sitting around watching things
It shamefully disheartening…..
It is NOT making America GREAT….
It IS what you get if make criminal a President of America
As the late political columnist Jack Germond used to say…we get the government we deserve.
Bull Shit…..
NOBODY ‘Deserves’ this guy….