Greenland Panic: Strategy, Meltdowns & Trump’s Surprise Announcement
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Greenland Panic: Strategy, Meltdowns & Trump’s Surprise Announcement

Greenland suddenly became the world’s favorite panic topic — with commentators, politicians, and European officials acting like the U.S. is gearing up for an Arctic invasion.

This episode breaks down what’s actually happening: the strategy, the history, the mineral stakes, the Arctic routes, and the meltdown crowd that refuses to read past the headline. All with the hint of Ryan's trademark satirical delivery.

Then, mid-recording, President Trump drops a new announcement that changes the direction of the entire conversation. Perfect timing.

If you’re tired of panic cycles and want a grounded look at what’s real and what’s noise, this one’s for you.

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Greenland is a strategic front porch to the entire upper half

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of the fucking planet Russia. You know, that mean country that

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all of you apparently hate. When President Trump talks about

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Greenland, it's not some impulsive cartoon scheme.

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It's chess. Radar coverage, missile

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detection, submarine blockade, control of the northern sea

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lanes, protection of US homeland.

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Keeping China away from rare earth reserves, Keeping Russia

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out of the back door of NATO waters.

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Is anyone still doubting Donald Trump?

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United Kingdom has sent one entire whole officer, one

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person. What exactly do they think

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they're going to stop? Welcome to stay in the fray

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podcast. I'm your host Ryan.

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This is where headlines get hit hard.

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Hypocrisy gets shredded and the absurd are laughed at.

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If you want comfort, this isn't your place.

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If you want blunt and unfiltered, I'm your guy.

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Join me in the fray all you need.

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To do is just listen. Up All right, So hello again.

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There is a lot happening in the world right now in our country

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specifically, but this Greenland situation, it's getting a little

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silly. It's I'm trying to sit on this

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for a while. I try to look at a lot of things

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and I just, I don't understand. I mean, I do, but I don't the

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reaction to this. Let's really think about this

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people. This is another example of the

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hyenas waiting to pounce on anything that it could be in

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their fantasyland about the wrongs taking place by our

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president. It's half the Internet thinks

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that Trump is drawing up AD day style beach landing map,

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European leaders are clutching pearls like they just read the

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plot of a bad spy novel, and for some reason a few social media

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experts suddenly think Greenland is this peaceful woodland island

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full of polar bear yoga retreats.

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So yeah, let's talk about Greenland, why it matters, why

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people are freaking out, and why most of these freak outs are

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coming from people who couldn't tell you anything about

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Greenland past. It's cold there.

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There's a polar bear. These are the same folks who

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treat every international headline like a personal panic

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button. It's only getting worse.

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I swear to God, someone could eat breakfast the wrong way and

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they'd freak out. So let's talk about it.

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This is Stay in the Fray podcast.

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Let's roll. So the truth that nobody

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actually wants to talk about, especially on that manufactured

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outrage side, is the strategy behind this.

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Greenland isn't a meme. It's not a joke.

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It's not some cartoon land to throw into social media

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arguments. Now, I'll definitely call out

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silliness, and you can damn well bet that I'm going to use memes

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and jokes if need be, but in reality, Greenland is a

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strategic front porch to the entire upper half of the fucking

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planet. Russia.

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You know, that mean country that all of you apparently hate.

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Didn't want Donald Trump ever even talking to the the leader

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of Russia. They have nuclear capable

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submarines parked under the Arctic ice.

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Not hypothetically, not in theory, but right now literally

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under the ice caps right in the North Sea, closer to US and NATO

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airspace than most people realize.

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And the Arctic routes matter because as the ice melts and

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reforms and shifts, new shipping lanes open, new access points,

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new choke points, if America doesn't secure that region,

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someone else will. And someone else is usually

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Russia or China. China already tried repeatedly

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to invest in Greenland, mining, rebuilding airports, acquiring

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rare earth sites, and planting their little red fucking flag

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anywhere Europe would let them. They called it polar Silk Road.

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Sounds poetic until you realize that it's basically hey, let's

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carve out influence in the Arctic so that the US can't.

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So when President Trump talks about Greenland, it's not some

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impulsive cartoon scheme. It's chess.

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Radar cover, missile detection, submarine blockade, control of

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the northern sea lanes, protection of US homeland,

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Keeping China away from rare earth reserves, Keeping Russia

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out of the back door of NATO waters.

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This isn't a joke. This is why Thule Air Base in

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Greenland has been one of the most important US outposts for

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decades. It already monitors satellites,

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missile launches, and Arctic military movement.

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Buying Greenland. Investing in Greenland or

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expanding presence there is not crazy.

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It's logical. It's the kind of leadership

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we've been sorely missing. the US buys strategic land all the

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time in especially in our short lifespan as America 200 and

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something years. Louisiana, Alaska.

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Hell Manhattan was purchased by the Dutch for 24 bucks and some

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beads and trinkets. Beads.

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Look it up. History is full of it.

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But for some reason, in 2026, the moment America suggests

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buying land again, half the Internet acts like we're raising

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a pirate flag and storming the beaches of Nuke.

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Now before I get into the hysterics anymore, I want to

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play you a quick clip. I thought this was very

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brilliantly done, and it lays out the Russian submarine routes

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visually and the strategy behind this.

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You'll see exactly why securing Greenland isn't just smart, it's

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necessary for a United States. Go and play this clip guys.

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When Donald Trump revived his push for Greenland, Europe

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mocked it. They missed the strategy.

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Greenland sits on the shortest missile route between Russia and

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North America. That's why the US runs early

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warning missile radar there. Arctic ice is melting.

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By 2035, shipping between Europe and Asia could be 40% faster.

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Russia already dominates the Northern Sea Route, backed by

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the world's largest icebreaker fleet, including nuclear powered

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ships. Since 2014, Russia has built or

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reopened 50 plus Arctic military sites.

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Its nuclear submarines hide beneath Arctic ice,

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strengthening second strike capability.

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China calls itself a near Arctic power.

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It links the region to its polar Silk Road, but the decisive

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battlefield is space. Early warning and surveillance

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satellites use polar orbits. Control.

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The Arctic means control of missile detection and targeting.

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There's something I wanted to play for you guys so that you

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could kind of see where I was coming from here, at least from

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that perspective. But now that we have grounded

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ourselves in reality, let's move on to the people who skipped

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that step entirely because oh boy, this is where we have fun.

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Here's where things go from strategic to hilarious.

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For some reason, certain group of very serious people, they've

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convinced themselves that President Trump is loading up

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landing craft and practicing speeches about storming the

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beaches of Greenland. They've painted this mental

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picture of the US military breaking out ice picks and

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charging across snow dunes like it's some Arctic remake of

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Normandy. Let me break this to you gently.

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We're not invading Greenland. We're not attacking anybody.

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We're not going to send troops. We're not rolling tanks across

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glaciers. Honestly, the logistics of that

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alone would make the Pentagon look at it and go.

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And we're not doing that. Yet here we are watching people

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go full meltdown because America expressed interest in buying

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something, not taking it, not seizing it, buying it, like we

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did with half of our territory. And this whole obsession with,

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you know, Trump hasn't ruled out aggression.

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Give me a break. That wording doesn't train

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translate to war. It translates to we're not

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giving you a headline to relax about.

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It's bait. It's designed to get the easily

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rattled crowd wound up on cue. He's so good at it, he really

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is. But here again is the pattern.

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The moment there's an opportunity for progressive

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politicians, commentators, and a handful of European leaders to

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clutch their pearls and posture for applause, boom, instant

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hysteria. Suddenly everything becomes

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America's, destabilizing the world.

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Trump wants to conquer the North.

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This is imperialism. No, it's not.

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It's called real estate. And let me be clear, there are

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plenty of real criticisms you can make about politics, so I'm

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about the way Trump handles things.

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But this isn't one of them. This is the same group that

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panics before reading the second paragraph of anything.

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They hear Greenland and their brain immediately jumps to a

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movie scene where soldiers repel from helicopters into the

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snowstorms. Meanwhile actual adults are

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talking about submarine routes, air defense satellites, rare

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earth minerals, geopolitical footholds.

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But sure, let's pretend America is rehearsing for Frozen 3, the

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Arctic invasion. The best part?

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Half of these people didn't even know Greenland was controlled by

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Denmark until 3 fucking days ago.

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Some thought it was neutral territory, like a big giant

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winter Switzerland. So yes, the panic is loud, it's

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dramatic, and it's completely detached from reality.

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But if you think that this part is kind of funny like I do, just

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wait till we talk about these European military powers that

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are being sent to Greenland as we speak.

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Oh my God. Once the laughter subsided when

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I read that, it sent me over the edge.

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European nations sending troops to Greenland.

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I can't even say it without laughing, chuckling, whatever

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these headlines made it sound like.

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Denmark and France were mobilizing.

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Grant up these huge grand armies preparing to resist some

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imaginary American invasion. Now they want to go to war with

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us, like a dramatic narrator was about to say.

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As dawn broke over the ice, the forces of Europe stood ready.

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No, let's be a little more honest about what actually

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happened. They sent dozens of soldiers.

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Not battalions, not divisions. A few dozen in addition to the

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100 or so Danes who are already there.

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If you squint hard enough, you might mistake it for some little

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high school band with better uniforms.

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France has sent about 15 soldiers as a part of the joint

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exercise. Not 15 battalions, 15 individual

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soldiers. Norway has sent around 2

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military personnel. Sweden has sent a handful of

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officers. The Netherlands has sent also

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two personnel. United Kingdom has sent one

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entire whole officer one person. So here's the real question.

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What exactly do they think they're going to stop if the

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United States wanted Greenland by force, which it doesn't, but

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if it did, do they really believe a couple €100 troops or

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the line in the snow? I could pick 20 dudes from down

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the street here in Texas, toss them on a plane, drop them on

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the ice, and they'd beat the shit out of all those Euro

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forces and be back home before lunch.

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Let's be blunt, Denmark's entire active military is smaller than

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some American College campuses. France hasn't completed a

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successful long distance projection of force since.

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Well, let's not be totally rude. And sending a message only works

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when the message isn't. We've brought 40 guys in an odd

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amount of optimism. You know the real punchline.

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They're not sending troops to defend Greenland.

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They're sending troops so they can look like they're doing

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something. Optics, posturing.

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The geopolitical version of posting a filtered selfie with

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the caption, no makeup. It's all symbolic.

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They're trying to look tough so the domestic audiences don't

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accuse them of being passive. Here is more truth.

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If the United States wanted to forcibly take Greenland and

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we're not, I have to keep saying it.

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There is not a scenario on Earth where 200 troops from Europe

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would change the outcome. The only reason this story even

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exists is because people are desperate to dramatize something

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that isn't even happening. Now I want to address the last

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piece of manufacturer outrage bullshit.

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The idea that United States wanting to buy Greenland is

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somehow unheard of, dangerous, imperialistic.

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When I hear that, that's how I know that these are the people

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who skipped history class. Purchasing land is one of the

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oldest diplomatic tools on the planet.

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I just mentioned it earlier. Humans have been doing it since

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we were trading goats. Let's run through of the few of

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the greatest hits. Louisiana Purchase.

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We bought 1/3 of the continental US from France.

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No war, no drama, just a pen and paper.

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The Alaska purchase. We bought Alaska from Russia.

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People mocked the deal at the time and called it Seward's

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Folly if you remember that. And now it's one of the most

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resource rich regions in the world.

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How about the Gadsden purchase? Bought land from Mexico to

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secure railway access. Spain selling Florida to the US,

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France buying Corsica, Japan buying the territory in the

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Ryuku Ryuku. Damn it, islands.

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I think I got it right. Of course.

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Like I said, the Dutch famously buying Manhattan for beads and

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trinkets and some bus fare. An entire global financial hub

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traded for the 1600s version of a gas station souvenir.

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I know there weren't buses. People was a joke.

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My point that buying land, especially land with strategic

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value, is normal. It's boring, it's paperwork,

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it's diplomats, lawyers, negotiators.

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But it's not tanks and battleships.

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Even Denmark has bought and sold land internationally.

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We bought the fucking the American bird, US Virgin Islands

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from Denmark. They have to be familiar.

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Global powers do it, small countries do it, everyone's

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doing it. So when Denmark and a few

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European leaders act shocked, clutching their hearts like this

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is some outrageous idea, it's a performance, a Little Theatre

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for you, a little look at us taking a stand against big bad

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USA. And the public, especially the

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perpetually panicked crowd, eats it up.

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It's anti America, anti Trump performance.

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Because it's easier to scream this is unprecedented than to

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admit this is literally how half the modern world map was formed.

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So no, the US expressing interest in Greenland isn't

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strange. It isn't aggressive.

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It isn't destabilizing. Its historical precedent, its

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strategic logic. It's the continuation of

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something every major nation has done for centuries.

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And now that we've covered the history, do any of you screaming

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know why Greenland is valuable in the 1st place?

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Well, allow me to inform you. It's about minerals.

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It's about minerals, power, shipping lanes, and the Arctic

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future. This isn't about ice and snow,

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it's not about empty land, and it's not about aesthetics.

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It's about value, military, economic, and mineral.

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Break it down. I'll try and go fast for you.

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The rare earth elements. This is the real fight.

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Greenland has massive deposits of rare earth minerals.

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Uranium, zinc, gold, iron ore, titanium, other metals essential

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for tech and defense manufacturing, The kinds of

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materials China currently dominates globally.

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And guess who's been trying for years to secure mining projects

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in Greenland in China? They've attempted to buy into

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multiple mining operations. They tried to build airports

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there. They've tried to finance major

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infrastructure. They tried to establish long

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term economic leverage. Not because they love snow,

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because they love control. the US stepping in through

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investment, purchase or partnership blocks that

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influence. And that is not imperialism.

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That's called protecting national interests.

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You people all forget that this isn't La La land, this is the

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real world #2 How about the Arctic shipping lanes?

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As the Arctic melts, which is slowly back and forth, new

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routes open that shape thousands of miles off global trade paths.

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The Northern Sea route could become faster, cheaper, more

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direct. Suddenly the Arctic isn't an ice

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desert. It becomes prime real estate for

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global trade. Countries with Arctic footholds

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will control trade routes, fuel stations, search and rescue

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rights, military positioning, environmental policy

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enforcement. Which means whoever has

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Greenland has a seat at the table when the Arctic becomes

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the next geopolitical hotspot #3.

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You've got airspace, satellites and early warning systems.

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Greenland gives United States northern radar coverage,

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ballistic missile early, early detection for missiles, airspace

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dominance, high latitude surveillance.

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This is why the full air base has been one of the most

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important US installations for decades.

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It isn't symbolic, its core national security.

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Buying Greenland isn't a vanity project.

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It is a reinforcement of a position we've already held

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since the Cold War. And of course #4 their strategic

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location. It's like an Arctic chess board.

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Put simply, Russia has Arctic routes and submarines there

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already. China wants Arctic influence.

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Europe doesn't have the scale to defend the region. the US is the

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only player actually capable of securing stability up north.

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So what do you do if you're America?

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You invest in the one island that sits between continents,

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Controls northern access, blocks Russian Subs, blocks Chinese

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expansion, contains future trade corridors, holds billions if not

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trillions in minerals. That is not aggression, it's

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chess. That is long term thinking.

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That's what adults do while the panic crowd argues on social

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media. 5 Here's the kicker. Greenland knows all this.

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You don't think they know Greenland's own government knows

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its economic future is tied to outside partners, Period.

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They know the mineral boom is coming.

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They know Arctic trade is growing.

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They know China wants influence, and they know Denmark isn't

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strong enough to secure the region by themselves.

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So US interest is not unwelcome. It's expected.

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It's a strategic asset in a world where the Arctic is

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becoming the next major frontier.

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And for anyone out there shouting that the US has no

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right to operate in Greenland, let me educate you real quick.

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In 1951, the United States and Denmark signed the Defense of

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Greenland agreement. That deal legally allows the US

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to run bases like Thule and maintain a major military

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presence there for the mutual defense of the region.

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That's over 70 years of international agreements saying

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we do have a role there. So no, America didn't just show

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up one day because of Donald Trump and claim a snow covered

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parking space. It's been a structured

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partnership for generations. And to the other people, you can

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hear them yelling into the green.

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Lenders don't want to be a part of the US.

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Oh, they're scared. But here's the real story.

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They are not anti America. They're anti being treated like

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collectible card the bigger nations trade over a table.

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They want control of their own future and that's fair, they

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should. But if there was ever to be a

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deal it wouldn't be America taking them.

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It would be a partnership, A negotiated union that benefits

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both sides, not a forced hand. People confuse dignity with

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hostility. Do you even think things about

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things before you scream? I know you all hate these

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receipts, these facts that I gave you, but really try and

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become a sane person who values critical thinking and common

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sense instead of the crowd that goes earmuffs all the time when

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this stuff is brought up. Now filming this show, I've just

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noticed here in front of me that interestingly enough, I'm going

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to put it up very fast for you here, Donald Trump has just

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posted this. I don't need to read the entire

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thing, but bottom line is it's wild.

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Sorry. I keep an eye out kind of as I

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do this. And sure enough, boom,

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everything we just talked about, the strategy, the Arctic

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positioning, the mineral resources, alliances, all these

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things. Sure enough, this announcement

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basically confirms the entire direction that we've been

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heading in as a country and what Trump's doing.

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This isn't a random rumor anymore, and this is proof we're

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talking about a formal framework for AUS.

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NATO, Greenland deal. How about that?

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Negotiations, a structure, a plan.

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Vance Rubio and Steve Witkoff all a part of the delegation.

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According to this. I just, I got a wink at you.

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For everyone who said this wasn't serious, or that

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Greenland was a meme or that Trump was bluffing, well, we're

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about to find out. History might actually be

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unfolding in real time. No missiles, no tanks, no

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American troops. Is anyone still doubting Donald

00:20:55
Trump? You don't like him, but is

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anyone doubting him? Say what you will get shit done.

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He does what he says he's going to do with that breaking update.

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Hope you read it. Let's bring this home.

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We pretty much covered it all. I hope it helped at least one of

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you with manufactured outrage to stop and go.

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Maybe we should ignore this Greenland thing and wait for the

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next morning memo narrative to get angry about.

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So I'll wrap it up. We've got people acting like

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America's gearing up for some Arctic Hunger Games, We've got

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European government sending a couple dozen troops pretending

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it's a stance, and we've got an entire online chorus absolutely

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convinced that they're experts in international policy because

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they skimmed 3 headlines at brunch.

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Meanwhile, the adults in the room understand what's actually

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going on. Strategic value, mineral wealth,

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Arctic routes, defense positioning, and long term

00:21:46
national security. Recapping it again for you.

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But instead of discussing any of that, the progressive meltdown

00:21:52
machine is running at full speed again in Europe.

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Bless their hearts, they're sending tiny detachments of

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troops like they're making a symbolic cameo in a movie that

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no one asked them to be in. They have other things to deal

00:22:05
with. Thanks for the gesture, but

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that's not how this works. The truth is simple.

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If a deal ever happens between the US and Greenland, it will be

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a negotiation, not an invasion. If we invade and we attack

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Greenland and we're at war with Europe, and I'll come back,

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I'll, I'll, I'll eat crow. But I don't think that's what

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you're going to see. It's a union.

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It'll be a union, not a takeover.

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Two sides making choices for themselves, not Europe or the

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outrage industrial complex screaming from the sidelines.

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And here's where I land on all this personally.

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There are so many of us, millions who see right through

00:22:42
this panic, the dramatics, the overblown European posturing and

00:22:46
the constant catastrophizing. Would you like that from

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progressive politics? People who actually think,

00:22:53
people who can still process information without the

00:22:56
meltdowns. People who want to talk about

00:22:58
the real stakes, not the imaginary war movie people keep

00:23:02
trying to play in their heads. If that's you, I, I beg you,

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please find me. I hope you find me.

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Join me. Bring your friends along.

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We, we, let's build this thing. I mean conversations like this

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one's rooted in reality, a little humor, but in actual

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perspective, with facts, with recedes, with the whole the

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whole thing. This is how we cut through the

00:23:24
non-stop noise and get back to sanity.

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There was once a time when people live their lives, work

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their jobs, cared about their families, and the government's

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handled international strategy quietly, competently, and

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without every Karen and Beta Steve on the planet, turning it

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into a full scale soap opera. I want that era of clear

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thinking back, and I know a lot of you do too.

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So with that, stay aware, stay sharp, stay grounded, stay in

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the fray. Love you guys, all you.