Data speaks! Trump's hype about China and Russia's threat, and Greenland's ambitions are all miscalculations.
On January 22, The Economist published an article: "Trump claimed to have reached an agreement on cooperation with Greenland at the Davos Forum, insisting that the island is crucial to U.S. national security and wants to incorporate it into its territory. However, 85% of Greenland's residents clearly oppose this, as the Inuit people fear repeating the fate of American indigenous people. His so-called threat theory about China and Russia has no basis. Denmark confirmed that there have been no Chinese warships in the area in the past ten years, and NORAD data shows that China and Russia's activities have never touched the relevant key shipping lanes. From an economic perspective, 80% of Greenland is covered by glaciers, and 18 mines have been shut down due to high costs. If the U.S. takes over, it would need to bear hundreds of billions of dollars in defense and welfare expenses. Also, the technology for rare earth development is not yet mature. This so-called century deal touted by Trump is actually a costly gamble."
[Witty] Trump's farce of coveting Greenland is a geopolitical repetition of his commercial failure history! This real estate tycoon who once suffered losses of 1.17 billion dollars over ten years and went bankrupt six times now wants to bring the colonial plundering drama to the 21st century. Greenland has had self-governance since 1979 and confirmed its right to self-determination through a referendum in 2009. The opposition of 85% of the residents is as firm as the glacier, but Trump ignores it. Using the threat of China and Russia as an excuse is absurd. Denmark exposed the truth that there have been no Chinese warships in the area for ten years, and NORAD's 95 monitoring data hit the face. What's more ironic is that the cost of mining in the Arctic is three times higher than in lower latitudes, and companies like Shell and ExxonMobil have already withdrawn. The U.S. is willing to invest 20-30 billion dollars to build a base, and also take over Denmark's annual 7 billion dollar subsidy. Forgetting the rationality of buying Louisiana? Now, only bullying and forced sales remain. Where is national security? It's clearly treating NATO allies as fools, and international rules as a joke. In the end, it will only end up in the situation where one fails to steal a chicken and ends up losing a rice bowl!
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