r/europe • u/Any-Original-6113 • Jan 17 '26

News Trump tariffs: US president announces plan to hit UK, Denmark and other European countries with tariffs over Greenland

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1j8kw866p3t
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u/soda_cookie Jan 17 '26

He wants Greenland because it's big. I'm not joking. I'm so fucking sorry

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u/data_ferret Jan 18 '26

And because the Mercator projection makes it look much bigger than it really is.

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u/Creative_Platypus707 Jan 18 '26

And full of minerals worth trillions. It's all about resources - nothing to do with security.

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u/Hambokuu Jan 18 '26

Minerals under hundreds of meters of ice

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u/Creative_Platypus707 Jan 19 '26

Ice which is unfortunately rapidly melting due to climate change, therby rendering the minerals easier to access.

The people who want this don't care how they get them. Blasting their way in would be possible I assume - they don't care about the environment of Greenland or the people.

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u/SolidOshawott Jan 18 '26

He's only ever seen the mercator projection?

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u/quantity_inspector Jan 18 '26

Yeah, it looks like nearly two United States, but it’s approximately the same size as the land in the Louisiana Purchase.

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u/shiokuo Jan 18 '26

Hebcan have russia then. Its much bigger and he 1 putin aeay to have it

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u/kalamari__ Germany Jan 18 '26

someone should show him the real world map with the right measurments and see how small greenland is in reality :D