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'We do not want to be Americans' says Greenland's PM as Trump hints at land grab (www.euronews.com)

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Greenland's Prime Minister Múte B. Egede stated that Greenlanders want independence and neither want to be Danes nor Americans, following Donald Trump's comments about acquiring the territory for strategic reasons.

Trump suggested using force or economic pressure, alarming Denmark and Europe.

Danish PM Mette Frederiksen reaffirmed Greenland's sovereignty, stating "Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders."

The US sees Greenland as key in Arctic geopolitics, given its resources and location, but Egede stressed Greenland's identity as distinct from Denmark, the US, or NATO politics.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago

He acts to get more for himself constantly, sure, but that's not the end goal for him. He doesn't truly appreciate money, because he's always had it and he's always squandered it.

The prime motivator for Trump is ego. Money is simply a vehicle to that goal. Once he takes office, "Trump" and the political entity of "the United States" will be one and the same to him. He wants the world to see him as powerful and uncompromising, and he wants to be treated with that mix of adoration and fear that every violent despot in history has strived for. He sees the US's powerful military, and wonders why we aren't crushing the world underfoot, enemies and allies alike. He does not understand the value of mutual relationships where Trump has to make any compromise. He does not understand the value of global stability when there are gains to be made and none of the blowback will likely ever affect him personally. He is legitimately a psychopath, constrained only by the objective reality that he cannot bloviate away.

And the Trump Party (formerly the Republican Party) has decided that the path to ultimate power is to plow away every roadblock to Trump doing whatever he wants, and then they can manipulate and control him from there. The National Socialists thought the same of Hitler.