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Nonilex<p>The Americans had a revolution to gain independence from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> remained a colony until 1867 &amp; continued thereafter as a constitutional monarchy with a British-style parliamentary system.</p><p>“We are different &amp; the king illustrates that,” fmr Quebec Premier Jean Charest said. “If you look at why <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KingCharles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KingCharles</span></a> is reading the speech from the throne, then you have to then acknowledge Canada’s story.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>It is rare for the monarch to deliver what’s called the speech from the throne in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KingCharles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KingCharles</span></a>’ mother, Queen Elizabeth II, did it twice in her 70-year reign. The last time was in 1977.</p><p>Canadians are largely indifferent to the monarchy, but <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Carney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Carney</span></a> has been eager to show the differences between Canada &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> &amp; he said that the king’s visit clearly underscores the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sovereignty</span></a> of Canada.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“His Majesty <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KingCharles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KingCharles</span></a> III will read the speech from the throne &amp; thus present the plan of our government, our priorities, as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> is facing a pivotal moment in its history, the biggest transformation of the global trading system since the fall of the Berlin Wall,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Carney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Carney</span></a> told his caucus Sunday.</p><p>Carney said “Canada has a steadfast defender in the sovereign” when he announced the visit earlier this month.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KingCharles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KingCharles</span></a> III arrives in Ottawa on Monday to underscore <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sovereignty</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.</p><p>Trump’s repeated suggestion that the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/annex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>annex</span></a> its northern neighbor prompted Prime Minister <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarkCarney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkCarney</span></a> to invite Charles to give the speech from the throne that will outline his government’s agenda for the new Parliament. The king is the head of state in Canada, which is a member of the British Commonwealth of former colonies.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/king-charles-canada-carney-trump-parliament-speech-cfb17691de077f3a3677fe377666ace7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/king-charle</span><span class="invisible">s-canada-carney-trump-parliament-speech-cfb17691de077f3a3677fe377666ace7</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s memo states that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a> should be provided jurisdiction over lands including the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RooseveltReservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RooseveltReservation</span></a> – a 60-foot-wide swath of land along the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> – for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> purposes including border wall construction &amp; installing detection &amp; monitoring equipment. The memo excludes Federal Indian Reservations.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s memo, sent to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Interior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Interior</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DougBurgum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougBurgum</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KristiNoem</span></a>, Secy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Agricultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Agricultural</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrookeRollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrookeRollins</span></a>, states that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> must “take a more direct role” in efforts to secure the border &amp; calls on the secretaries to act to provide the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a> “use &amp; jurisdiction” over certain <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalLands</span></a> “to enable military activities” on military installations.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> sent a memorandum to 4 federal department heads Friday night instructing them to allow the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> to use &amp; take jurisdiction of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalLand</span></a> along the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> – <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/politics/us-mexico-border-federal-land-military-control/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/04/11/politics/us</span><span class="invisible">-mexico-border-federal-land-military-control/index.html</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>While <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s demands elicited international outrage &amp; a rebuke from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Denmark</span></a>, WH ofcls have in recent weeks taken steps to determine the financial ramifications of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> becoming a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> territory, including the cost of providing government services for its 58k residents, the sources said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greed</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ShippingRoutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShippingRoutes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NaturalResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalResources</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has White House studying cost of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> takeover</p><p>The WH is preparing an estimate of what it would cost the federal govt to control Greenland as a territory, acc/to 3 people with knowledge of the matter, the most concrete effort yet to turn Trump’s [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delusional</span></a>, unsolicited &amp; unwelcome] desire to acquire the Danish island into actionable <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Denmark</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greed</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ShippingRoutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShippingRoutes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NaturalResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalResources</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/01/trump-greenland-us-territory-cost/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/01/trump-greenland-us-territory-cost/</span></a></p>
Mohamed Dosou<p>President Donald Trump's recent proposals to acquire Greenland and integrate Canada as the 51st state have reignited discussions about U.S. expansionism, drawing parallels to historical colonial endeavors by European powers such as Britain, France, and Spain. These ambitions have elicited strong reactions globally.</p><p>Read the full article here: <a href="https://mohameddosou.blogspot.com/2025/03/manifest-destiny-redux-trumps.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mohameddosou.blogspot.com/2025</span><span class="invisible">/03/manifest-destiny-redux-trumps.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USExpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USExpansionism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternationalRelations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalRelations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ColonialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialHistory</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>During the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> military &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> had both started to treat <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> in the Arctic as a matter of real <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> concern. Whether that will continue under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is an open question [is it?]. Even as Trump has tried to erase US-govt action on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>, when he talks about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a>, he’s tacitly acknowledging that rising temperatures are rapidly changing that part of the world—&amp; US interests there.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Their aim, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> said in a video, is to check up on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a>’s security, because *unnamed other countries* could “use its territories &amp; its waterways to threaten the United States.” And these are real concerns for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>, rooted in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>: As <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PolarIce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PolarIce</span></a> melts away, superpowers are vying for newly open <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ShippingRoutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShippingRoutes</span></a> in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ArcticOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArcticOcean</span></a> &amp; largely unexplored <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mineral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mineral</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> reserves.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> </p><p>When <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Talks About <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a>, He’s Talking About <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> </p><p>Trump has made his fixation on Greenland abundantly clear—enough so to unnerve many of the people who live there.…. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> is traveling there today…. As part of the trip, *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a>* Adviser <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeWaltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MikeWaltz</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signalgate</span></a>] &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChrisWright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisWright</span></a> were scheduled to visit a US military base; Greenland’s PM, Mute B. Egede, called the visit a “provocation.”…</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USExpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USExpansionism</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/03/climate-change-arctic-greenland-trump-military/682225/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxcTCijaCBUWvBFad8q8zBQ0&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/science/archiv</span><span class="invisible">e/2025/03/climate-change-arctic-greenland-trump-military/682225/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxcTCijaCBUWvBFad8q8zBQ0&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s latest comments come ahead of a Fri visit by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a>, &amp; his wife, to a US base on Greenland. 2nd lady Usha Vance had been set to to visit the Greenlandic capital, Nuuk, &amp; a dog sled race, but the plans were scrapped amid the pushback.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has warned that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> will "go as far as we have to go" to take control of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a>.</p><p>Trump has repeatedly said that America "needs" Greenland for its own <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a>, despite a strong backlash from the people of Greenland &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Denmark</span></a>….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-administration-tariffs-live-updates-2051335" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsweek.com/donald-trump-admi</span><span class="invisible">nistration-tariffs-live-updates-2051335</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> will announce a four-party <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coalition</span></a> government on Fri, broadcaster KNR reported on Thurs, not identifying its sources, following an election overshadowed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s interest in taking control of the island.</p><p>The expected announcement of a broad coalition would come on the day that US VP <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> is set to visit a US military base on the Arctic island, which is a semi-autonomous territory of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Denmark</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greenland-agrees-form-broad-government-shadow-trump-pressure-broadcaster-knr-2025-03-27/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/europe/green</span><span class="invisible">land-agrees-form-broad-government-shadow-trump-pressure-broadcaster-knr-2025-03-27/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A draft of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> designating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fentanyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fentanyl</span></a> as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WMD</span></a> was distributed likely sometime last week to US Departments of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a>. </p><p>Those agencies met on Friday, per a read out of the meeting Kabas reviewed, to discuss concerns.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insanity</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"We don't want to be part of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> for obvious reasons; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>," said Tuuta Lynge-Larsen, a bank employee &amp; Nuuk resident, adding that this election was especially important. "We don't like the attention, to put it short."</p><p>The island holds substantial natural resources, including critical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minerals</span></a> such as rare earths used in high-tech industries, ranging from EVs to missile systems.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“…I think the fear of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/imperialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imperialist</span></a> approach has lately become bigger than the anger towards Denmark," said Julie Rademacher, a consultant &amp; fmr adviser to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a>'s govt.</p><p>Reuters spoke to…Greenlanders in Nuuk, all of whom said they favored <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a>, although many expressed concern that a swift transition could damage the economy &amp; eliminate Nordic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>welfare</span></a> services like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UniversalHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalHealthcare</span></a> &amp; free <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/schooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schooling</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Demokraatit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Demokraatit</span></a>, which favours a slow approach to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Denmark</span></a>, secured 29.9% of the votes w/all ballots counted, up from 9.1% in 2021, ahead of the opposition Naleraq party, which favors rapid independence, at 24.5%.</p><p>Since taking office, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has vowed to make <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> - a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark - part of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>, saying it is vital to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> interests, an idea rejected by most Greenlanders.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a></p>