President Donald Trump did not rule out military force to acquire Greenland in an interview as the Danish territory continued to rebuff his advances.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/29/trump-greenland-military-force-denmark/82722287007/


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24 points

Does Trump want Greenland so bad because he thinks it’s huge due to a map projection?

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25 points

To be fair even without distortion it’s still huge.

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For a moment there I read estados stupidos on your map

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Si preguntás el mundo hispanohablante, estarán de acuerdo contigo.

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2 points

It sure is, but on google maps, it looks as big as northern America.

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An interesting take. Read somewhere that the reason Trump want’s Greenland and Canada is so the US is bigger geographical than Russia. Was said as a semi-joke. But at this point I’m not ruling anything out.

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No, it’s more to do with securing the arctic corridor as climate change opens up new areas for exploitation.

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