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Should the United States acquire Greenland?

In August 2019, President Trump expressed interest in the U.S. acquiring Greenland. The U.S. government has long considered Greenland to be an important asset to American national security. In 1951 the U.S. and Denmark signed a treaty which established a U.S. air force base in northern Greenland 750 miles from the Arctic Circle. Greenland has a population of 56,000 and is a self-ruling part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Greenland’s government runs its domestic policies and its foreign policy is handled by Denmark. The Danish government gives Greenland $590 million per year in subsidies which make up 60% of its annual budget. After President Trump expressed interest in Greenland’s ministry of foreign affairs said the island “was not for sale.”

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73%
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22%
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62%
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3%
Yes, Greenland is an important asset for U.S. national security
8%
No, the U.S. does not need to expand its global footprint at this time
3%
Yes, the U.S. should buy Greenland and mine it for natural resources
1%
No, and the U.S. should close its military base there
1%
No, and the U.S. should drastically reduce its global footprint

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 @B3J54FS from Illinois  answered…1 day1D

Yes Greenland and has important metals and is essential for national defense in the artic and the Danish governments don’t realize that.

 @B3H6FHL from North Carolina  answered…3 days3D

No Greenland is it's own country, it should not be able to just be taken over.

 @B3GT7SK from Ohio  answered…3 days3D

militarize the island to act as a way to fast act in Europe but allow it to remain dependent as long as it allows the United states to use it as they wish

 @B3GJ6N6 from Georgia  answered…3 days3D

Only if it can be done peacefully or without threatening Denmark

 @B3DXW3D from California  answered…5 days5D

It is its own country and we need to save our money to get rid of even the tiniest bit of debt maybe down the line if we REALLY need it its needs to be a need not a want.

 @B3DGH7P from Illinois  answered…5 days5D

we should inhabit it with a trade offering, they allow us to station troops in Greenland and in return our troops defend Greenland

 @B3B66XP from California  answered…7 days7D

Not opposed but only if the people of Greenland are on board

 @B355FNQ from Washington D.C.  answered…2wks2W

Yes, but only if the people of Greenland would like to join the United States.

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 @HarmoniousPonie from Indiana submitted…1mo1MO

Russia, China Warn Trump Against Seizing Panama Canal

Russia warned President Trump on Tuesday against seizing the Panama Canal, after he reiterated his intent to take control of the strategic waterway in his second inaugural address Monday.“We expect that during the expected discussions between the leadership of Panama and US President Donald Trump on issues of control over the Panama Canal, which certainly falls within the sphere of their bilateral relations, the parties will respect the current international legal regime of this key waterway,” said Alexander Shchetinin, director of the Latin American Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, according to Russian state media outlet, TASS.“Russia has been a party to the protocol since 1988 and confirms its obligations to observe the permanent neutrality of the Panama Canal, advocating for keeping this international transit waterway safe and open.”Trump’s pledge to take control of the canal has been a central theme of his recent rhetoric, paired with expansionist designs on Greenland, a Danish overseas territory, and apparent tongue-in-cheek references to making Canada the “51st state.”“American ships are being severely overcharged and not treated fairly in any way, shape or form, and that includes the United States Navy. And above all, China is operating the Panama Canal,” Trump said Monday.Panama has full control of the canal itself, but Hutchison Ports PPC, a Hong Kong-based company, controls two ports at either end of the canal. While Hutchison and CK Hutchison Holdings, its parent company, are not owned by the Chinese government, they are subject to the national security law Beijing imposed on Hong Kong in 2020.Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino responded Monday to Trump’s remarks by rejecting Trump’s vow to retake the canal, saying, it “is and will remain Panama’s and its administration will remain under Panamanian control with respect to its permanent neutrality.”

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Trump's Deportation Storm: America Braces for Mass Exodus of Immigrants

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