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Topic: Whether they like it or not - and that's an ally
Posted by: David Ainsworth
Date/Time: 10/01/26 00:08:00

New York Times
Jan. 9, 2026, 5:52 p.m. ET

President Trump again threatened on Friday to forcibly annex Greenland, saying that he was “going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not.”

In a White House event discussing his plans to have American companies exploit Venezuela’s vast oil reserves under the threat of a military blockade, Mr. Trump advanced an imperialist vision of American foreign policy, where the U.S. must dominate strategically important neighboring countries because of the perceived possibility that rival powers might do so first.

“If we don’t do it, Russia or China will take over Greenland,” Mr. Trump said, falsely suggesting that Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, was surrounded by Chinese and Russian warships. Russia and China are active in the Arctic Circle, but Greenland is not ringed by their ships, and the United States has a military base on Greenland.

Mr. Trump delivered an ominous warning to Danish and Greenlandic officials, who have consistently opposed the president’s plans to take the island: “I would like to make a deal the easy way, but if we don’t do it the easy way we’re going to do it the hard way.”

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Whether they like it or not - and that's an ally10/01/26 00:08:00 David Ainsworth
   Reply10/01/26 08:38:00 Sue Hammond
      Re:Reply10/01/26 08:57:00 Steven Rose
         Reply10/01/26 11:00:00 Michael Ixer
            Reply10/01/26 12:58:00 Michael Ixer
      Re:Reply10/01/26 11:14:00 Ivonne Holliday
         Re:Re:Reply10/01/26 12:33:00 Sue Hammond
            Re:Re:Re:Reply10/01/26 12:46:00 Ivonne Holliday
   Re:Whether they like it or not - and that's an ally10/01/26 09:01:00 Gerry Boyce
      Re:Re:Whether they like it or not - and that's an ally10/01/26 12:54:00 John Hawkes
   Re:Whether they like it or not - and that's an ally10/01/26 10:38:00 Ivonne Holliday
      Re:Re:Whether they like it or not - and that's an ally10/01/26 12:57:00 John Hawkes
         Re:Re:Re:Whether they like it or not - and that's an ally10/01/26 15:13:00 Ivonne Holliday
         Reply10/01/26 15:16:00 Sue Hammond
            Reply10/01/26 15:45:00 Michael Ixer
               Re:Reply10/01/26 16:05:00 Robert Wheeler
                  Re:Re:Reply10/01/26 16:07:00 Ivonne Holliday
               Trump is "The Management".10/01/26 16:25:00 David Ainsworth
                  Re:Trump is "The Management".10/01/26 16:30:00 Jonathan Callaway
               Re:Reply10/01/26 16:27:00 John Hawkes
                  Re:Re:Reply10/01/26 16:42:00 Sue Hammond
                     Re:Re:Re:Reply10/01/26 16:50:00 David Ainsworth
                  Re:Re:Reply10/01/26 18:07:00 Jonathan Callaway
                     Reply10/01/26 22:42:00 Michael Ixer
                        Reply10/01/26 23:10:00 Michael Ixer
                           Re:Reply11/01/26 12:57:00 John Hawkes
                              Reply11/01/26 13:54:00 Michael Ixer
                                 Re:Reply11/01/26 15:29:00 John Hawkes
                        Re:Reply11/01/26 12:40:00 John Hawkes
                           Re:Re:Reply11/01/26 13:45:00 Michael Ixer
                  Re:Re:Reply10/01/26 19:59:00 Ivonne Holliday
               Re:Reply10/01/26 16:28:00 Sue Hammond
                  Reply10/01/26 16:50:00 Michael Ixer
                     Re:Reply10/01/26 17:30:00 Sue Hammond
                        Re:Re:Reply10/01/26 18:15:00 David Ainsworth
                           Reply10/01/26 20:40:00 Sue Hammond
                              Re:Reply10/01/26 21:53:00 David Ainsworth
                        Reply10/01/26 22:28:00 Michael Ixer
                           Re:Reply11/01/26 13:07:00 John Hawkes

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