Looks like Trump got the deal he wanted. Everyone is happy :).
Rory
On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 7:11 AM MVTVWISPA
<[email protected]> wrote:
David-
I too read that exact information from Facebook posts word
for word.
*From:*AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *David
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*Subject:* [AFMUG] OT - Greenland
So many think Trump is a bully on Greenland . . . If you
think he's so terrible, you absolutely don’t know history.
1) 1867 – Andrew Johnson: explored buying Greenland &
Iceland (right after Alaska).
2) WWII – FDR: U.S. took over Greenland’s defense while
Denmark was occupied.
3) 1946 – Truman: offered $100M in gold to buy it.
4) Cold War – Eisenhower → Kennedy: nonstop negotiations
for bases, radar, missiles.
5) Post–Cold War – Clinton/Bush/Obama: expanded Arctic
security & missile defense.
6) 2019 – Trump: said publicly what presidents discussed
privately for 150+ years.
The U.S. didn’t “suddenly” want Greenland.
It’s been defending it, negotiating it, and embedding there
since the 1800s.
Greenland = Arctic power, shipping lanes, missiles, minerals.
Trump didn’t invent it. His crime is he said the quiet part
out loud.
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Jan. 21 at the
World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that Trump is
spot on about the importance of Greenland to security. He
said, "When it comes to the Arctic, I think President Trump
is right. Other leaders in NATO are right. We need to
defend the Arctic. There are eight countries bordering on
the Arctic. Seven are members of NATO. That’s Finland,
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Canada, and the U.S.,”
Rutte said.
"And there’s only one country bordering on the Arctic
outside NATO, and that’s Russia. And I would argue there is
a ninth country, which is China, which is increasingly
active in the Arctic region. So, President Trump and other
leaders are right, we have to do more there; we have to
protect the Arctic."
Dave Hannum
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