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"The time has come, to talk of many things: Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax—of cabbages—and kings—and why the sea is boiling hot—and whether pigs have wings."  

By Rich Kozlovich 

The line above was from Alice in Wonderland about "futile arguments over trivial matters, and the absurdity of human behavior, hypocrisy, false sympathy, exploitation of the young, foolish and innocent", and it's appropriate for what passes for reality today.  Some of what I'm presenting here is from subscription sites and I won't be able to link those articles for you, so, you'll just have to take my word for what I'm offering... or not... as it pleases you.  

There's been a lot of talk about Trump's desire to acquire Greenland.  During WWII Denmark no longer existed as it was conquered by Nazi Germany and FDR seized  it.  Truman returned it to Denmark after the war.  That was a mistake.  Why is Greenland so important?  Greenland is a mineral rich landmass holding  "25 of the EU's 34 critical raw materials, enough to break China's near-total monopoly on the minerals inside every EV, wind turbine, and precision weapon."  That would impact China's intention to crush the American hegemony and become the world's leading power. 

Greenlanders don't really want to be a part of Denmark, and truthfully, I don't think they see themselves as Danes, and mostly because they're not.  But they also don't want to be part of the U.S. either.  However, since they only have a population of less than 60,000 people inhabiting a small portion of a land mass three times the size of Texas, and the U.S. is by agreement already committed to defending them, which allows military bases there, I wonder what it is they really want?  What is it do they think they can achieve?  At this point they're interested in independence, and certainly most Americas really get that, but it's an independence they can't defend, and they know it.  

So, ya just gotta see the humor in all of this.  Greenland doesn't want to become part of the U.S. and most Americans have no desire to turn Greenland into a state.  Certainly not any more than they want Puerto Rico or Washington D.C. to become states.  That's a mentality that includes talk about Alberta, Canada becoming independent and then an American state, and for the same reason.  The likelihood and fear of the Senate becoming a permanent leftist/Democrat/Marxist enclave.  

It appears ABC wants to double down on their lack of viewership by bringing back Rosie O’Donnell, who left America for Ireland because she hates Trump, but she just can't keep quiet over the outrages occurring here.  Outrages I tell you, and they're all because of Trump of course.  The deadly Texas flood.....Trump's fault.  She had a meltdown over Colbert's cancellation, and Molly Ringwald is thrilled.  He can run for President now, and she's all in on that. 

And now Rosie claims the man who killed those children in the Catholic church was ..... watch out now... here it comes.... a Republican MAGA person.  Claiming he was "a white guy, Republican, MAGA person… whaddya’ know… white supremacist.”  Well, he was white, and I'm shocked, apparently she knows the difference between a man and a woman, which shows even a blind coconut can find a monkey once in a while, but other than that, she didn't get a thing right including her diatribe against Trump.  

She claimed in the past Trump is fixated on her so much he lives rent free in her head....really?  Yet a week hardly goes by without some kind of ludicrous rant by Rosie regarding Trump.  He says she suffers from a “massive case of TDS", and there's not a sane person who would disagree.  What's the cause of TDS?  It's caused by the Sieve Brain Infection, where the brain hold facts like a sieve holds water. 

Here's something that I find interesting.  It appears mental disorders are infectious!  Really!  Take TDS, it's infected just about everyone in the Hollywood/entertainment industry.  Take this dipstick who plays Jack Reacher, the big tough guy wearing diamond ear rings while telling the world, in foul language, that Trump is guilty of raping a 13 year old girl.  Something Carville also tries to push, but as Larry Elder notes;

The problem isn't that Alan Ritchson and James Carville dislike Trump. The problem is that they treat the allegation against him as unquestionably true, but the allegations against Joe Biden and Bill Clinton as either unworthy of discussion or unquestionably false.

Well both Carville and Ritchson need to be sued by Trump over that, and the Sullivan decision won't protect them.   Also, as a result of the Jack Reacher movies and TV series there was a lot of talk about the difference about the portrayals of Reacher between Tom Cruise and Alan Ritchson because Ritchson's size reflects the image of Jack Reacher in the books.  I've seen both, and Cruise's Reacher is by far superior to Ritchson's, neither size or class withstanding

This kind of madness is ubiquitous and it isn't just about Trump; it's about Jews also.  Take for example Dune’ star Javier Bardem who blames Israel for the illegal migration from Morocco into Spanish Ceuta.  Yep, it was the Jews who did it alright, and that darned Trump most likely helped.  Is there a cure for that? Nah, it's my view he also suffers from one writer called the Sieve Brain Infection, with the brain holds facts like a sieve holds water.     

Democrat Socialist John Leguizamo whined European colonizers stole 500,000 tons of gold out of Latin America, "which is mathematically and historically impossible, as it represents more than double the total amount of gold ever mined in all of human history."  He's also bragged the money he earned by voicing a character in "Ice Age" bought him three homes.  Yep, I can see why he's a Democrat Socialist. Always sure, never right, and unendingly self serving, another example of the Sieve Brain Infection. 

Does Conan O'Brien have mental issues?  I have to believe he does since he found Leslie Jones calling Trump a piece of s..t healing.   He found that healing?  Really?  Whatever's wrong with him...., I have unreserved doubt that cured it. 

"The consensus in Hollywood is that AI will put a lot of actors, writers and other Hollywood professionals out of work.   The national consensus is that AI will also do some bad things."

As for the opinions of celebrities; they're going to go the way of their jobs:  Into oblivion.  As Jeff Bridges says: Soon I’ll be out of a gig, that's to AI, and will have to lease out his likeness.   I liked Lloyd Bridges, and both the Bridges boys, but once AI becomes the dominant force in entertainment, they'll create artificial stars that will become popular, and whatever leases modern "stars" may sign; overall, they're going to follow their careers into oblivion also.   

Not to mention I have no doubt they're going to resurrect likenesses, speech and characteristics of some of the great old Hollywood legends like Clark Gable, Spenser Tracy, Error Flynn and others provided there are no legal restrictions, and since so much time has gone by, I doubt there will be many.   I could even see John Wayne's family being willing participants in a very controlled licensing of his voice, image and traits. 

Finally, I come to the Warner Brothers/Paramount buyout merger.  Leftists of every ilk are infected with this mental disorder that permeates heir social bubble, and they're against it. Why?  Because that merger will end the Democrat control of the nation's news business.  If or when that ends I have to wonder: How often are we going to see Rosie interviewed afterward?  

Update, 8/13/26:  

1. Loony Rosie O’Donnell Says She Got “They” Tattooed on Her Wrist So She Could Remember Her Daughter’s Pronouns - When they first told me that their pronouns were they/them I tried my best, but I kept saying 'she,' and so they wrote on a cardboard sign, 'they,' and then they would hold it up above their head every time I said 'she' ... And so I took her to my cousin's tattoo shop with the 'they' in her handwriting and I had it tattooed on my wrist so that I would never forget.......

Update, 8/17/26:   

1. Not One Disney+ Original Series Ranks in Year-to-Date Top 20 - The creative and financial failures at the Disney Grooming Syndicate march on in both its theatrical releases and, especially, a massive pile of Disney+ original (and very expensive) streaming series no one watches.........
2. Actor Daniel Baldwin: Barack Obama a ‘Criminal,’ Fauci ‘Should Go to Prison’ - Actor Daniel Baldwin has done an about face on his past support of Barack Obama and Dr. Anthony Fauci and is now calling them both criminals who should be in jail. Appearing on Bill O’Reilly’s We’ll Do It Live! podcast, the Hawaii Five-0 actor has now come to believe that his past political heroes are less than ideal.....

Update, 8/18/26: 

1. Rosie O’Donnell Spends ‘Kimmel Live’ Debut Obsessing Over ‘Mango Mussolini’ Trump - Rosie O’Donnell’s much-hyped appearance as fill-in host on Jimmy Kimmel Live saw The View alum obsessing over President Donald Trump, the country of Ireland, which she self-deported to over Trump’s election, and her autistic 11-year-old daughter whose pronounces are “they/them.”

Update, 8/19/26:   

1. Rosie O’Donnell Says David Ellison Taking Over CNN Would Be ‘Tragic,’ Calls Jewish Bari Weiss a ‘Nazi’ - Like most business-hating, Hollywood lefties, former ABC The View talk show host Rosie O’Donnell is opposed to the Paramount merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, a plan O’Donnell calls “tragic.”.....
2. ABC News Is a Bubble, Not a Free-Speech Paragon   - The folks at Disney and ABC News are parading around, suing the Federal Communications Commission and boasting about how they are the paragons of freedom of speech and courageous reporting that President Donald Trump can't stand. What they're really celebrating is putting out a product that resides solidly inside a liberal bubble. They are the ones who cannot stand an opposing point of view....
3. All Three Major Theater Chains Back Paramount-Warner Merger - Cinemark, one of the three largest theater chains in the country, has publicly supported the Warner Bros. Discovery merger.  Cinemark endorsed the deal in a lengthy statement released on Tuesday, saying that the merger would contribute to the survival of the theatrical ecosystem.....

Update, 8/20/26 

1. Rosie O’Donnell Joins Crude Natalie Harp Mania in Latest Trump-Obsessed ‘Kimmel Live!’ Monologue-  - It took Rosie O’Donnell less than 30 second into her Wednesday night Jimmy Kimmel Live! monologue to cram in a dig aimed at President Donald Trump’s White House aide, Natalie Harp.  “A special hello to those of you watching from home and from the White House,” O’Donnell began. “But I do have some bad news for President Petty Roosevelt. That’s all I’m going to say about you tonight, sweetheart.” But that wasn’t all O’Donnell was willing to say about President Trump.  “You got to realize it’s time to hang up your wig and let Natalie tuck you in,” she said, prompting a big laugh from the studio audience. “Time to go nighty night.”...

(My Take - And just think of this.... they pay Jimmy Kimmel between 15 and 16 million dollars a year.  Imagine that!  As for Rosie's rendition of reality, the audience just thinks her irrational rants are really great, which bodes well this question: Where do they get their audience? "Jimmy Kimmel Live is sourced directly from the public through free online ticket reservations on an entertainment ticketing platform. Fans can sign up on the , though tickets are limited, released in batches, and filled on a first-come, first-served basis."  And just how many sane people do you think are lined up to apply for these tickers?  As in M. Walter's article Plucking Natalie Harp he states:  "The institutional left is the most misogynistic blob of humans ever to walk the earth."  RK)

 

Update, 9/2/26:

1. Rosie Compares U.S. to Fascist Germany… ‘We’re Raping Children’ In ICE Detention Facilities - Rosie O’Donnell compared the United States to fascist Germany and accused the U.S. of “raping children” in ICE detention facilities in a bizarre new video rant posted to social media. 

What Do Greenlanders Think is Best For Their Future?

By Rich Kozlovich, Tags: Greenland and Donald Trump, Greenland: Did You Know?

Ever since Trump declared America needs to take over Greenland in some fashion the pundits have been having a good time at Trump's expense:

"the chattering classes nearly herniated themselves from laughter. Late-night comedians, blue-check Twitter “experts,” and self-appointed geopolitical geniuses on cable panels all united in synchronized mockery. “Greenland? Is he starting a collection?” they joked, smug in their ignorance. But the laughter only exposed how unserious these voices are when it comes to actual statecraft."

Well, let's explore this.  Today this article, About that spying-on-Denmark hysteria, by Stephen Helgesen appeared at American Thinker saying:

The acting U.S. Ambassador to Denmark was recently summoned to the Danish Foreign Ministry's woodshed over the kerfuffle over the Trump administration's new directive to step up surveillance or information-gathering as intelligence agencies prefer to call it on Greenland.  Reactionary journalists and some politicians here are portraying the directive as a slap in their collective face, something akin to a declaration of a soft war.

As far as I'm concerned, it really doesn’t matter to leftists, anti-American Americans, Democrats, and Europeans who been leeching off America since WWI, what America does, since they will always find some justification to find fault.

After WWII ended Europe was filled with starving people, and one of the most humanitarian efforts the world had ever seen was the Marshall Plan.  Millions of lives were either saved or made much better by that plan, the cost of which would be the equivalent of 133 billion dollars today.  The French resented the Marshall Plan and fought against it since it was their view it enhanced America's position in the world, and diminished their position in the world.  Ego versus starvation, what a vile mentality.

An attitude which has been a foundational social paradigm throughout French history. Even during the war De Gaulle, who was being financed by the allies, said he really didn’t care what happened to the allies as long as France came out ok.

Instead of giving them a seat on the UN Security Council, they should have been treated like the collaborator nation they were, and the same is true of Denmark.

While there were resistance movements in each country, the fact remains, they collaborated.  The French leadership surrendered and accepted what was called Vichy France, a collaborationist government led by Marshall Petain.   Once Denmark surrendered and was occupied by Nazi Germany, Denmark was a conquered nation, and was now nothing more than a geographical designation, no longer existing as an independent nation.  Since they had no “government in exile”, Denmark no longer owned anything, including Greenland. Which FDR or Truman should have simply taken possession of since it was now free from Denmark’s ownership, and a strategically important land mass.

Over fifty years ago I grew tired of hearing - "America's allies abroad" don't like this or don't like that - and I really got sick of hearing these nitwits saying, “when will America learn” this or “when will America learn” that. Learn from who? These European failures?  I could care less what they think, and could care less what happens to them since these nations have already chosen multiple paths to national suicide.

One month ago Helgesen posted a piece describing the fundamental differences between Denmark and the U.S., which are vast. 

What he described is the unjustified arrogant thinking of the European elite, which has been going on since America was founded. Constantly looking down their noses at America, and I got sick of hearing these nitwits saying: “when will America learn” this or “when will America learn” that. Learn from who? European failures?

All of them money grubbing, ungrateful, incompetent failures that only exist because America spent thousands of gallons of blood and trillions of dollars saving them - militarily and economically - and that economic number goes into multiple trillions of dollars as a result of the Bretton Woods thinking.   Yet, with their idiotic globalist economic policies, compounded with their multiculturalist, green, and immigration policies, they’ve thrown that away.

Many Americans have recognized who and what European leadership is really all about, and have been tired of their arrogant stupidity for decades, and really don’t care what Denmark, a nation with a population of 5.947 million thinks. In Ohio we have 11.88 million.

Europe is doomed, and good riddance, they’ve been leech on America for over 100 years, and that ends now, but Greenland is an issue that can’t and won’t go away. 

Greenland is not for sale according the Danish government, and I think it wise to ask why?  When America entered WWI they asked Denmark to sell them the Virgin Islands in order to protect the newly opened Panama Canal and fight off Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare policies, and they agreed, their only warm water possession. 

During WWII the allies put military installations in Greenland, Iceland, and the Faeroes Islands again to counter German submarine warfare, and American's defense of Greenland has been going on ever since.  Denmark's contribution to Greenland's defense?  As far as I can tell it amounts to "a few Danish small warships (that also defend the Faeroes) and a 12 or 16 person sled patrol."  

Iceland declared it's independence in 1944 since Denmark as a conquered nation no longer existed, yet still relies on US protection, as neither Greenland or Iceland are capable of defending themselves.  One reader commented:

Greenland is of strategic importance for America’s national security. For Denmark it’s a point of national pride. In a world with hostile actors like Russia and China, the Danes need to swallow their pride and look at the bigger picture. Once they get past their hurt feelings, they will see that Trump is a benevolent leader who welcomes Danes to visit Greenland as tourists.

So, why is Greenland become such a big deal?  Both Russia and China are attempting to take advantage of their lack of defensive capabilities, and in this piece, David Victor Hanson explains why Greenland so vital to American interests?

I've been saving articled dealing with this issue for some time, and I think this is a good time to post the rest of the links.   

1. Make Greenland tradeable?  How about making Greenland a free trade zone?
2. Is Denmark Poisoning Its Cattle For The Bogus Climate Change Myth? Climate change is part of the plot for the planned obsolescence of the human race, and those pulling the strings don't give a damn what the temperature is outside 
3. What can we give Denmark for Greenland? - Greenland’s destiny away from “Denmarkification” and toward Americanization seems to be unfolding inexorably.

One commenter noted, "I don’t think Denmark can hold on to Greenland. Explorers claiming land for their country and flag is ancient history now. With Chinese and Russian “sharks” circling Greenland, the island residents won’t look to Denmark to save them, they’ll look to the United States for rescue. Greenland natives are probably already considering what would be in their best interests - financially and futuristically for their children and grandchildren - and the answer to that is pretty clear. China? Russia? Or the US?" 

 

Finally, at one point in order "scare" America,  France said they were going to send troops to Greenland, which is interesting since the French keep throwing out their governments on a monthly basis, and they've just been kicked out of all their former African colonies. So, now they're going to declare war on the United States? And Denmark is going to defend against America with dog sleds.  Ya just gotta see the humor in that, so, would someone post a laughing rolling on the ground emoji here.

 

 

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By Rich Kozlovich

I consider Victor Davis Hanson to be the premiere historian in America. There are a lot of really excellent historians in the nation, but history is a story, he has a quality so many of the rest lack. He tells a great story.    He asks if you wanted to destroy American, how would you go about it?  Then he gives you the answer by describing the disastrous polices of Joe Biden and the Democrats for the last four years, but he also lays the blame on Republicans, and rightly so.   This didn't just start in 2020, but the last four years was like comparing a runny nose with terminal cancer.   Make sure to watch his video. 

You Gotta Admit That Trump Is Packing Some Major Cajones  - Literally. Remember, if a Republican doesn’t win in 2028, the lawfare is back on and squared. His enemies tried to bankrupt him with lawsuits that would’ve been laughed out of the courts had the defendant not been Donald J. Trump. His enemies tried to frame him and throw him in jail for the rest of his life. When that didn’t work, they tried to kill him. Twice. 

His enemies managed to blow his ear lobe off and murder an innocent man who got in the way. Then the next one tried to do it with a rifle only because he couldn’t come up with the Stinger missile he wanted to get from his Ukrainian buddies.  Talk about high stakes. But Trump doesn’t care. Move over, honey badger. President 47 is in the house, and no Schiffs are given..........

But we need to appreciate the risk our President is taking to Make America Great Again. Trump is risking everything. We know because they’ve already tried to kill him, twice, and about half of them think killing him would be a great idea. That means that for President Trump, this is literally a matter of life and death, and the most awesome and inspiring thing is that he just doesn’t care..........

Last week, Senator Corey Booker "set a new record by delivering the longest speech ever in the history of the Senate", and the accolades poured in from the left.   The fact is, they can throw all the accolades at him they please, but the reality is the man talked for 25 hours and said nothing. How do I know that? Show me one quote the media, or his misfit colleagues keep repeating? Not one. 

 

Winston Churchill’s “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat” speech lasted minutes, and that phrase has been quoted for over eighty years.   Standing in front of the Brandenburg Gate in 1987 Ronald Reagan said, ”Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”, and it's been quoted ever since.   In 2018 Cory Booker said, “I am Spartacus”, and everyone laughed!   It's only quoted as proof he's an egomaniacal dolt, for which he’s now presented unquestioned confirmation. 

One commenter at American thinker said:

Quick! Someone post at least five things he said in those 25 hours’ worth repeating or that will go into a “Great quotes of politicians” book. His 25 hours was like camping out in the pasture with the jackass’s and cattle, a lot of noise that amounts to nothing. 

Yes, Booker is Democrat presidential timber for sure, right along with the rest of the Democrat bench.  Gavin Newsom, AOC, Buttigieg, Tampon Timmy Walz, Rahm Emanuel, Kamala Harris, and now it appears Jasmine Crockett is being thrown into the mix.   Senator John Kennedy says he thinks AOC is the leader of the Democrat party now, and he also thinks she's the reason why they put directions on shampoo bottles.  It gets better.  In spite of the influence AOC now has in the party, it's felt it will be Kamala in 2028.  Ya just gotta see the humor in that.  But nonetheless, it's being reported the machinery is already in the works, "but the moment she’s challenged she’ll fall apart again and primary voters will be reminded of what a lousy candidate she is and not want to take the risk."

This Rust Belt Revival piece was a good article, wisely outlining what society really wants: 

‘They want good jobs. They want their kids to do better than they do. They want to own a home. They want to pay down their debt. This isn’t hard.”  

And you’re right, it isn’t that hard to understand, if one wants to understand. Machiavelli noted almost 500 years ago the one foundational truth these elites keep ignoring.   Everything is the basics, the masses just want security. Why do they ignore it? Because the elites want “more”, and don’t care what the masses want or need.   Just like Henry Kissinger and his acolyte Klaus Schwab, who thinks there should be a world government that’s run like China, and in his case, run by China.  Their delusional ideology caused them to make decisions that are so destructive, it will take decades to overcome, and some may never entirely be overcome.

What about Greenland and Denmark?  This was an interesting article which described the unjustified arrogant thinking of the European elite, which has been going on since America was founded. Constantly looking down their noses at America, and entirely too many American leaders seeking their approval.  was a Anglophile, and like Teddy Roosevelt believed in two concepts:  "l'etat se moi", I am the state, and the Constitution is an impediment to human progress.

While publicly proclaiming he was not going to get America involved in WWI, in the background he was doing everything he could to make that happen.  America's involvement turned the tide against Germany because all of Europe was running out of young men to throw up against machine gun emplacements, and the added American demographic, rightly or wrongly, doomed Germany.   That laid the foundation for WWII, and the cold war.  

As the years went by I got sick of hearing "America's allies abroad" don't like this or don't like that.  And I really got sick of hearing these nitwits saying: “when will America learn” this or “when will America learn” that. Learn from who? These European failures?   

America's allies abroad are now and have always been leaky vessels, money grubbing, ungrateful, incompetent failures that only exist because America spent thousands of gallons of blood and trillions of dollars saving them - militarily and economically - and that economic number goes into multiple trillions of dollars as a result of the Bretton Woods thinking. Yet, with their idiotic globalist economic policies, compounded with their multiculturalism, green, and immigration policies, they’ve thrown that away.

Many Americans have recognized who and what European leadership is really all about, and have been tired of their arrogant stupidity for decades.  Make no mistake, I really don’t care what Denmark, a nation with a population of 5.947 million thinks. In Ohio we have 11.88 million, and we think much better than Denmark, or Europe as a whole for that matter.  Europe is doomed, and good riddance, they’ve been leech on America for over 100 years, and that ends now, but Greenland is an issue that can’t and won’t go away. 

 

Truman should have taken it over during WWII, since Germany conquered Denmark, thus it longer existed as an independent nation, and had no say in anything.  They surrendered and had no government in exile.  In spite of the fact Truman was an avid history buff, he was always over his head when it came to geopolitics.

A third Trump term? This is all deliberate Trump hyperbole, and it just ain’t gonna happen. He does love to stir up the pot though. What’s strange is the more he does it the better he look. This could be an edition of Ripley’s Believe it or Not. 

More information is being rolled out about the corruption of the Deep State, especially the FBI.  The conspiracy theorists were right, federal agents were most likely involved in January 6 "Riots:", and the official version of events seriously need to be answered, and the fact is there needs to be a serious investigation nationally as to why the police stand and do nothing while Antifa thugs violently attack conservative students at UC Davis.  Who's responsible for this?  There needs to be lawsuits filed, right along with criminal charges, and officials need to be fired.  

The number of rulings from SCOTUS and these rogue district court justices has been coming fast and furious, and this one, The Supreme Court affirms Justice Boasberg lacked jurisdiction over Trump's deportation decision under the Alien Enemies act.  This ruling is a mixed bag, and it’s time to fix this by Congress passing a law stating the judiciary has exceeded it’s Constitution authority and has no jurisdiction in this matter, and are now in the process of doing so.  They also need to state this law cannot be reviewed by the courts, which the Congress has the right to do, and has done so in the past.    

All this clabber by the federal judiciary is blatant nonsense.  There’s only one thing that needs to be determined about these migrants, and that is if they’re here illegally or not. If they're here illegally then they’re alien criminals and they have no rights under the Constitution, and deportation should be automatic with absolutely no redress from the courts. 

I find this decision by SCOTUS most baffling.   Supreme Court Orders US to Facilitate Return of Alleged El Salvadoran MS-13 Gang Member Kilmar Abrego Garcia.   The man was here illegally, which in itself should be enough to justify his deportation.  His M13 cohorts identified him as a high ranking gang member and yet SCOTUS ruled unanimously..... unanimously mind you......  he has to be returned!  What am I missing here?  First, these judges have absolutely no jurisdiction over the foreign nations to where these criminals have been deported. Secondly, just exactly how does SCOTUS think they can force the government to enact their decision? 

All of which becomes even more convoluted since now Mahmoud Khalil, who was a leading figure in antisemitic pro Hamas campus riots, and who adamantly hates America can be deported, and he's outraged at this "injustice".  Imagine that!   He lost even though he was defended by high priced lawyers who tried to shop this case to a friendly judge, but SCOTUS has ruled that can't be done now.  To quote Dan Rather:  "Questions remain".  Such as who funded those lawyers? 

For decades the judiciary has been taking more power than the founding fathers ever intended, or the Constitution allows, but now they’ve become out of control revolutionaries, and that has to be stopped, and stopped now. This is a window of opportunity, and it’s not taken advantage of that window may close and may never open again, along with ending all this vile lawfare activity, in which it seems abundantly clear, these judges are complicit in this corruption of the rule of law.  All of which is right out of the leftists playbook for the imposition of tyranny, and the goal of destroying individual rights in favor of absolute control of society practiced by Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and every tyrant that ever lived.   

• Anti-Trump lawfare: yes, it's a conspiracy - It seems certain federal district judges have no such powers.  Federal judges across the country are being cherry picked in a jurisdiction shopping scheme in furtherance of Democrat’s lawfare campaign against President Trump. Its goal is to use Democrat judges who can be relied upon to ignore the Constitution and the law in favor of imposing Democrat policy, subverting Trump’s legitimate Article II powers. In essence, district court judges are imposing their Democrat political preferences, appointing themselves president. In so doing, they’re preventing President Trump from exercising his Constitutional powers and enacting the will of the voters.

Read "Into the Whirlwind", chapter six of Tony Judt’s Postwar, A History of Europe since 1945, if you want to see just how vile and monstrous these lunatics can twist and warp the law, the prosecutors, and the courts. 

This week I have seven articles of my own, and twenty three other commentaries, and I've added a fifth permanent link regarding the national debt, and a sixth for wisdom's sake.  Last week my computer was in the shop so there was no P&D and The Week That Was.  I still wished to highlight the articles for that week and went back and posted an updated P&D for that week, with five articles of my own and seventeen by others, enjoy!

Have a great weekend, and best wishes to all persons of good will and honest heart. 

Rich 

My Commentaries

1. If It's Green, It's Not Gold
2. An Anchor in an Un-anchored World
3. America's “Fifth Column”
4. It's Time to Smell the Horsepucky
5. Truth Will Very Patiently Wait For Us
6. What Does It Mean To Be a Leftist?
7. Pathways and Stepping Stones

Commentaries

1. An Explosion of Green Lies By Alan Caruba
2. The Brumation of Barack Obama - Part 2 By Susan Daniels
3. The Big Reveal: Biden Was Even More Addled Than We Thought By Tim Donner
4. Critically Thinking about Stealing US Elections By John Droz, Jr.
5. My Way or the Highway: How Trump Makes World Leaders Play Ball By James Fite
6. My Way or the Highway: How Trump Makes World Leaders Play Ball By James Fite
7. Democrats and Republicans Were For Tariffs Before They Were Against Them. Or Vice Versa.  Daniel Greenfield
8. Sixth Wave Feminism Daniel Greenfield
9. Thirty Years Ago Israel Deported Hamas. The World Made Israel Take It Back Daniel Greenfield
10. Thousands of Scientists Contest the Climate Scare, Part II, By Tom Harris
11. Debunking the Climate Change Consensus – Part 1 By Tom Harris
12. Thought For the Week By Robin Itzler
13. Events From Around the Nation and the World By Robin Itzler
14. Rep. Luna Forgets She's on the GOP Team! By Robin Itzler
15. Lawfare, the Judiciary, and the Constitution By Robin Itzler
16. Political Extremism and the Brain By James Klar
17. Trump Hits the Pause Button on Reciprocal Tariffs By Andrew Maron
18. Will Tariffs Rekindle the Inflation Flame? By Andrew Maron
19. The 20th Theorem of Government and the Consequences of Fiscal Foolishness in the State of Washington Dan Mitchell
20. Brazil’s Reckless Fiscal Trajectory Dan Mitchell
21. Political Violence, Trump Assassination, Very Popular on the Left Graham J. Noble
22. Hegseth Making a Play for Panama Partnership By James Patterson
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The Arctic of the Deal: Greenland Redux

How badly does Trump want the world's largest island?

by Corey Smith | Mar 30, 2025 @ Liberty Nation News, Tags: Articles, Opinion, Politics

Despite the objections of Danish and Greenlandic officials, Vice President JD Vance flew to Greenland Friday morning with his wife and a few delegates to Pituffik Space Base. He was the first sitting VP to visit the base, giving the trip a historic undertone while displaying how serious the Trump administration is about bolstering America’s presence in the Arctic. Though Vance’s speech seemed to carry a message slightly different from the president’s remarks about the island over the last few months, the goal was the same: national and international security. Sounds great, but is Trump serious about using force to take control of an ally’s territory?

The Race to Take Greenland

The day the VP went to the frigid north, the president told the press, “We have to have Greenland. It’s not a question of, ‘Do you think we can do without it?’ We can’t.” Vance’s speech to US soldiers in the Arctic, however, focused more on developing a stronger security alliance. “[W]hen the president says, ‘We’ve got to have Greenland,’ he’s saying this island is not safe.” The territory, said Vance, would fare “better coming under the United States security umbrella.” Is he wrong?

Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, has an estimated 1.5 million tons of rare-earth element reserves, according to the US Geological Survey. The US Energy Information Administration estimates the region has more than a tenth of the world’s undiscovered oil and nearly a third of undiscovered natural gas. Melting ice in the region is making mining for rare earth deposits possible and creating usable shipping routes that can decrease travel time between Asia and Europe and reduce costs for transport. The island is in a prime location for access to Arctic shipping routes, especially the Northeast Sea Route, which runs along Russia’s Arctic coast, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

“[W]e are closely monitoring the development of the situation,” said Putin at a forum on March 27, “building an adequate response line, increasing the combat capabilities of the armed forces and modernizing military infrastructure facilities.”

“If you look at Greenland right now,” said Trump, speaking from the Oval Office on Friday, “if you look at the waterways, you have Chinese and Russian ships all over the place.” He’s not kidding. For years, Russia has “prioritized an expanded presence in the Arctic through airfield renovation, the addition of bases, troop training, and the development of a network of military defense systems on the northern border,” explains The National Interest, an online publication focusing on foreign policy and national security. Meanwhile, “Beijing has boosted its economic presence in the area, including investment in mining operations in Greenland.” Much of the territory’s untapped resources include rare earth minerals vital to technology like smartphones.

All this to say, “The geopolitical dynamics involving Greenland, Russia, China, and the United States will influence the future of global trade and international relations not just in the High North but in the larger play for global advantage among the three great powers,” explains The National Interest.

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The Art Isn’t Always in the Deal

On Thursday, the day before the VP went to Pituffik Space Base and warned US soldiers about China and Russia’s “extraordinary interest in Arctic passageways,” Russian President Vladimir Putin called Trump’s plans to take control of the territory “serious” and having “long-standing historical roots.” He said it would be a mistake to “believe that this is some kind of extravagant talk of the new American administration.”

Trump is not only serious, it seems, but he is also not the first chief executive to show such an interest. President Andrew Jackson suggested buying it in 1832. During the tail end of the Second World War, the Truman administration offered to buy it for a hundred million dollars in gold. Still, Greenlandic and Danish officials are not interested. Trump insists America will “go as far as we have to go” to acquire the world’s largest island. Maybe he’s just toying with the Danes and Greenlanders, seeing how far he can push them and what they might be willing to do to avoid “by any means necessary.”

Ditch the Diatribe – Try This!

A  recent poll commissioned by the Danish newspaper Berlingske and Greenlandic daily Sermitsiaq showed that 85% of Greenlanders oppose joining the US, and 45% see Trump’s interest as a threat. At the same time, “the Danish government faces increasing discontent from the Greenlandic people over what islanders view as neglect and underinvestment from Copenhagen, which has resulted in the decay of what limited infrastructure does exist across the island,” explains RealClear Politics. “So it follows that the Danes may be on edge as President Trump calls for Greenlanders’ right to self-determination.”

However, “Greenlanders want to detach from Denmark,” said Liberty Nation News Editor-in-Chief Mark Angelides, “but only if their standard of living can be assured. And that’s where dealmaking becomes the only viable obstacle to Trump’s plans.” Hear him out:

“Consider this potential deal. Currently, Greenland gets from Denmark its defense and a yearly grant of just over three billion Danish kroner (about $400 million) – that’s about half of the local government revenue. If the US were to offer a stronger defense, a significant increase in spending, and maintain the independent status in return for unfettered access to defense facilities and preferential access to rare earth mineral mining … would the people go for it?”

Maybe Trump is bluffing about not ruling out the use of force, or maybe not. World leaders seem to believe him, though, and that might be the point. The art isn’t always in the deal. Sometimes, it’s in the methods used to get to the deal.

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Greenland and Donald Trump

By Rich Kozlovich

It wasn't all that long ago when Donald Trump declared he wanted to take over Greenland, the Panama Canal, make Canada a state, and take over Gaza and turn it into a paradise.

Well, the Canada and Gaza things were nuts, but there are solid national security reasons involving Greenland, and certainly the Panama Canal which Jimmy Carter gave away, and given how China has bought a lot of control there, it's a smart move.

Did you ever wonder why Carter did that?  Here's the list of the 45 Communist Goals to Destroy America as Listed in the 1963 Congressional Record, and guess what goal number 44 was?  Internationalize the Panama Canal.  Based on his record, the kindest thing one can say about Jimmy Carter is he was a communist sympathizer.  The worst you can say is he was a traitor.

Well, the leadership in Denmark and Greenland were just a little bit upset about that, and a lot of critical rhetoric spewed out, both nationally and internationally, declaring this was outrageous.  And the Russians, bullies and thugs they are, warned... warned mind you, that  Donald Trump should stay away from Greenland, as it impacted their “strategic interests” in the Arctic region.  Well, if there was anything that would push Trump to work harder at acquiring Greenland, that would be it.

The leadership in Denmark and Greenland were clearly not going to go along with that, and it was claimed both the Danes and the Greenlanders were opposed.  It's funny how mistaken leaders can be about what their citizens want or believe.  

Greenland just had an election, and:

 

.....the ruling party was forced out of power. The new winner is a party that is leaning towards self-governance and got 29.9% of the votes, together with the very pro-separatist party that will probably form a coalition together with them.  The new government will use its newfound voter support to pressure the Danish government for more money and more self-determination, something that that they can thank Donald Trump for, because before he started showing interest in Greenland the Greenlanders felt they were riding in the back of the Danish realm's bus.

 

They didn't vote to become an American state, or territory, but they just put better terms on the table for good relations with Trump and America, and the GOP is pushing legislation to give Trump the authority to negotiate the purchase of Greenland, and there are those who think it's time the U.S. should claim territory in Antarctica.   

This isn't over yet, and it will be worth watching, but have you noticed the pattern playing out in so many scenarios.  Trump speaks and everyone gets outraged, and then things start to go his way, and all the outraged turn silent, except for our very own American Smeagol, James Carville, who insists Trump has put the very existence of America in jeopardy, and believes the Trump administration will ‘collapse’ within 30 days, and they're in total melt down.  Then there's Mad Maxine who claims what Trump really wants is civil war, in spite of the fact it's the left that just about has a monopoly on political violence.  And as time has gone by with DOGE exposure of who is getting funding, we now are seeing so much of these riots and destruction is a vast left-wing online coordinated conspiracy.

Just like so many leftists, like John Cusack, and Raoul Peck, who just can't keep from saying stupid things, really are gifts that keeps on giving. 

Greenland: Did You Know?

By Robin Itzler

Editor's Note:  This is one of the commentaries selected from Robin's weekly newsletter Patriot Neighbors. Any cartoons appearing will have been added by me.  If you wish to get the full edition, E-mail her at PatriotNeighbors@yahoo.com to get on her list, it's free. RK

Until President Trump started discussing the island’s strategic importance to protecting the United States, few people knew much about Greenland beyond that it is a huge island. During World War II, Greenland offered the most efficient flight path between North America and Europe. This is why the island’s two active airports (plus one no longer in use) were built and once owned by the United States to support our World War II efforts. And ...

• More than 80% of the island is covered in ice
• The approximate 56,000 residents live in the 15 towns along its coastline. The majority live in Greenland’s capital, Nuuk. The town of Kangerlussuaq, whose name means “big fjord,” is the only one located inland. It has the most stable weather of all the towns.
• The main international airport is located in Kangerlussuaq, not Nuuk.
•  It is a self-governing territory of Denmark, but for years residents have been discussing declaring the island’s sovereignty.
• The national language is Greenlandic, similar to the Inuit language. However, many residents also speak Danish and know some English.
• There are roads within the towns but NO roads connecting the towns. In the winter, they use dogsleds and in the summer boats to visit different towns. There are more boats than cars in Greenland.
• The southern portion of Greenland lies below the Artic Circle. Therefore, it is very green. The primary occupation is farming: sheep, Caribou and root vegetables.
• Thus exiled Viking, Eric the Red, was not lying when he named the island “Greenland” to encourage people to follow him to his new home. Most of the Viking remains are in the south, primarily in Qaqortoq, Qassiarsuk and Igaliku.
• Almost no trees on Greenland, but a great place to see the Northern Lights.
• If you visit Greenland, you will enjoy outstanding air and water quality. However, you will have to tell this to your family and friends when you get home. Greenland has cell service and the internet, but it’s quite slow and expensive. Plus, it can only be accessed in the towns.
• Artic wildlife thrives on the island. In 1974, the entire north-east of Greenland was established as a national park.

James Horn, retired diplomat (ten years’ experience in world of Islam):

Denmark and the USA are NATO members. America carried increasingly Moslem and presently hostile Denmark for years. Greenland was not an important priority for the Danish government until Trump wanted to integrate this North American island under American jurisdiction before the Danes surrender Greenland to America’s enemies, Russia, China, Turkey, Syria or North Korea. Denmark needs to cede Greenland to America.

Did you know …

The US Virgin Islands (including St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix) were previously owned by Denmark. The islands, known as the "Danish West Indies," were purchased by the United States in 1917 for $25 million.

The World as I See It!

By Rich Kozlovich 

One thing is clear, no President has ever moved faster, more definitively, or more successfully in his first week than has Trump, and has the entire left on their heels clueless what to do, other than claim everything he's doing is illegal and suing him.  That's been tried before, and that got him the Presidency.  As Kurt Schlichter says, Trump’s Winning Streak Is Totally Discombobulating The Democrats, saying:

Donald Trump has not only gotten inside their OODA Loop – observe, orient, decide, and act – but he’s taking their loop and is running around with it like one of those old-timey kids rolling a hoop with a stick. This is amazing. This is glorious. Summon a surgeon – it’s been a little over a week and you’re supposed to call the doctor after just four hours.......

Carole Hornsby Haynes asks if Trump knows what he's doing by going to war with the gender identity crowd saying:

Trump’s ban has triggered a meltdown from liberals, proclaiming the end of “our democracy” (we have a constitutional republic, not a democracy).  The real reason for their hissy fits is that they know they have lost control and have no idea how to regain it. There is more to the liberal rage.  The ban on gender ideology will likely collapse the vast financial empire spawned by the transgender movement in Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), the pharmaceutical industry, and the medical “profession.”

Have you've ever wondered how this became such a big thing?  Well.... she follows the money making it clear these vermin are willing to destroy an untold number of children's lives for profit.   What's worse, they had the support of the Merritt Garland's Department of Justice  which was:

...... fiercely determined to support the surgical and chemical mutilation of children in the name of “gender affirming care.” Woe betide any who got in their way, like Dr. Eithan Haim, an honest man who had the misfortune to do part of his residency at Houston’s Texas Children’s Hospital.  ...............This enraged the DOJ, who immediately charged Haim with violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) by releasing information about children still being abused by the hospital. 

It’s legal to disclose protected information to stop serious medical misconduct, but that was of no concern to the DOJ. It was quickly discovered that the information Haim provided fully redacted the names and other identifying information of the children. There was no way to know who the children or their parents were. He didn’t violate HIPAA. That didn’t matter to the DOJ...............Sane Americans would consider exposing physicians and others doing permanent harm to mentally confused kids a good and necessary thing, but not the Garland DOJ. As Americans have come to expect, there were further irregularities in the DOJ’s lunatic pursuit of Dr. Haim........

I so often hear the left declare we have to embrace some scheme or other because "it's for the children".  Hogwash, mostly what they promote is "to the children", and it's destroying civilization, and that's their goal.  John M. Grondelski's article, Democrats for Infanticide,  

Big Abortion plays word games because it knows that if the unvarnished truth was spoken, Americans would be revulsed by the whole sordid business.  The U.S. Senate took up S.6, the “Born-Alive Survivors Protection Act.” The vote was 52-47, a majority but not the 60 votes needed to end a filibuster. So, the bill failed.

The Born-Alive Survivors Protection Act required that if a baby is born alive during a third-trimester abortion (i.e., in months 6-9 of pregnancy), that baby should be provided medical care and allowed to live. Every Senate Democrat said “no.”

Abortion, especially in states that have “codified” Roe, allow third trimester abortions for any reason. Don’t let the propagandists say they are “rare” and sought only in medical distress. They occur and often occur for the same reasons abortions are procured at other stages of pregnancy: because the child interferes with the mother’s social or economic condition, not her life or the result of criminal assault.

 If a child is born alive it's an American citizen with Constitutionally "guaranteed" protection for life, liberty, pursuit of happiness...unless these vile Democrats and murdering leftist abortionist don't like that idea.  When they murder these live births someone needs to make it a criminal case, and drive it all the way to SCOTUS. 

This is a war, and the backbone of the left has been the media, but that's changing, and conservative publishing is making a comeback, and while this deals with books, that's true over the broad range of published material, especially the media, which is going through a metamorphosis from the old myrmidons of the left to new champions of "truth, justice, and the American way", just like Superman, at least the Superman of the 50's.  

The White House is taking control of the Press Briefing Room making changes that will be detrimental to the Pravda media now having received more than 7000 applications for "new media" seats.  Things are going to change. 

Do you think lawfare is done?  Think again, and it will take a massive effort by Trump's new Department of Justice to bring these miscreants under control, and hopefully some of them to prison.   

 Mike McDaniel asks, Will California succeed in secession?   He goes on to say say California is so delusional they think they can go it alone.  He then goes on to show just how stupid these nitwits are.  Well, I have an idea, how about this?  Let them secede, and take Oregon and Washington with them.  Then declare war on them, conquer them, turn them into territories with no Congressional representation, or the right to vote, and a Territorial Governor appointed by the President enforcing martial law.  Sounds like a winner to me, waddayathink?

Amy Wax and her lawsuit against Penn is back in the news, and Mike McDaniel says Penn's antisemitism is going to cost them.  I've followed and posted pieces about this from the beginning, and it was clear from the beginning Amy Wax was not a person to the trifled with. She won't give up, and she won't compromise, and Penn is in my opinion, like most of the big name universities, filled with academic sewer trout.  Here's my article on this, Amy Wax Is the Rock in the Current!

Much of this antisemitism is the result of so many Muslim students causing problems at these universities, and the money being thrown at the universities by rich Muslim nations.  Trump isn't going to allow this as Dershowitz says, "it's good to see Trump acting on these antisemites abusing their visas....they're not "entitled" to be here", and they have no "right" to be here.  

As for the deportation of illegal aliens destroying our economy, because there'll be no one to pick the berries, I gotta ask....Do they really believe that?  Well, that's an old failed argument, after all, if slaves were freed who would pick the cotton? 

Finally, France is going to send troops to Greenland, which is interesting since the French keep throwing out their governments on a monthly basis, and they've just been kicked out of all their former African colonies, so now they're going to declare war on the United States? And Denmark is going to defend against America with dog sleds.  Laughing rolling on the ground emoji here.

What Everyone Misses on Trump’s Greenland Gambit

It’s not quite the renegade move many think it is.

by Mark Angelides | Jan 10, 2025 @ Liberty Nation News, Tags:  Articles, Opinion, Politics

Donald Trump wants Greenland to be part of the United States of America. This statement has been met with equal measures of disdain and excitement among the political classes. From accusations of expansionism to absolute certainty that it is the only way to adequately defend the homeland, this is a divisive issue. The overarching sentiment, however, is that it is either just Trumpian bluster or an impossible task. But that ignores the very real defense implications and the history of American presidents expanding the area under their purview.

Making America Yuuger!

While naysayers pooh-pooh the idea of adding territory, this has often been the case. The current southern border is only where it is due to the Gadsden Treaty of 1854 between President Franklin Pierce and Mexican President Antonio de Santa Anna. That deal brought almost 30,000 square miles of territory into the US.

And what of Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase in 1803? This practically doubled the size of the nation – but the arrangement was not without its critics. At issue was whether the president had the authority under the Constitution. Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution states that the president:

“…shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur;”

Jefferson was desperate for the deal to go ahead but also doubted he had the authority to make it. On October 20, however, the Senate voted 24 to 7 to ratify the purchase and the rest is history. Notably, if there had been a legal challenge from the Federalists (who were against the whole thing), the case would have ended up in the Supreme Court, which, at the time, was headed by Jefferson’s cousin (and political rival), Chief Justice John Marshall.

Marshall gave an indication of which way he would have ruled in a later case (1823) where he wrote: “The Constitution confers absolutely on the government of the Union, the powers of making war, and of making treaties; consequently, that government possesses the power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty.”

But let’s get a little more specific.

In 1867, under President Andrew Johnson, Alaska became part of the United States after the Senate voted to confirm the purchase. Yet many doubted it was a good deal for America, calling it Seward’s Folly. The sale between Russia and the US was negotiated by Secretary of State William H. Seward for the princely sum of $7.2 million – about two cents an acre.

Also derisively termed “Seward’s Icebox,” the territory was essentially ignored for many years and governed only under military rules – until gold reserves were discovered. Its true value became apparent during World War II as a strategic base of operation, and Alaska eventually became the 49th state in 1959 – almost 100 years after its purchase.

It took decades for the strategic potential of Alaska to be realized by the federal government. Such a realization could well apply to Greenland, as well.

And let’s not ignore Hawaii, which was crucial to America’s military efforts during wars.

Just because the strategic significance of a territory is not immediately apparent does not mean that it might not prove decisive in the outcome of a future conflict. This goes double for Greenland, whose position is already considered vital.

What the Critics Say

On Wednesday, January 8, outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered his views on the notion. He said:

“The idea expressed about Greenland is obviously not a good one, but maybe more important it’s obviously one that’s not going to happen, so we probably shouldn’t waste a lot of time talking about it.

“I think one of the basic propositions we brought to our work over the last four years is that we’re stronger, we’re more effective, we get better results when we’re working closely with our allies, not saying or doing things that may alienate them.”

Wait … what? First, saying the idea of obtaining control over the largest island in the world – which is already considered a key strategic hub for America – is “not a good one” is almost beyond the realms of sanity. And then to suggest that people whose sole responsibility is to protect the US should not even be “thinking about it” is the very antithesis of what strategists should be doing.

 

But Blinken’s response also denies the current reality. Denmark and the US already have a treaty in place (since 1951) that granted the American military significant control in the defense of the region – a response to efforts during the Second World War. Thule Air Base (now called Pituffik Space Base) is the northernmost US military base and is located on the northwest coast of Greenland.

And what of Blinken’s suggestion that working with allies – presumably those in the EU – is better than going it alone? This is a disingenuous distraction at best. The US already provides military support to Europe, and not only through NATO. In fact, with the continuing encroachment of Russia and China in the region, a number of Western allies are looking to bolster defense – and where better to do that than Greenland?

Frank Sejersen, associate professor at the University of Copenhagen, told CBS News, “The Americans have a strong interest in overseeing the activities of foreign countries in Greenland because it’s such a big security asset for foreign states, and due to that, any investment or activity, from the American point of view, may be seen as a security threat.”

Let’s Talk Practicalities

Saber rattling aside, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said, “Greenland is not for sale.” While acknowledging the effort was legitimate, she explained:

“We need a very, very close co-operation with the US. On the other hand, I would like everyone to respect that Greenlanders are a people. It is their country that is at stake here.”

There is a missing piece of the puzzle, however. Greenland is, indeed, an autonomous part of the kingdom of Denmark, but as Frederiksen acknowledges, the choice ultimately rests with the 50,000-plus people who live on the island. Notably, when Trump first floated the idea back in 2019, she called the proposal “an absurd discussion.” That was five years ago, and the world is a lot more unstable now, especially with the war in Ukraine, the new Russo-Sino alliance, and, yes, America’s squandering of international capital during the four years of the Biden administration.

Such global events move discussions from the “absurd” to the potential.

So what will it take for the deal to happen? It’s actually not that hard. While the Danish PM declares Greenland is Danish, recent tensions between the autonomous zone and Denmark suggest the island natives are not happy with the status quo.

A Choice for Greenland

A 2008 law that passed with 75% support of Greenlanders brought more autonomy and self-governance to the region. With a 2009 self-rule law, the residents now have the right to declare complete independence with a referendum. Support for holding and implementing such a vote became apparent in a 2016 poll which showed 64% wanted full independence. However, a 2017 poll presented a caveat: 78% would refuse the total independence option if it meant a decrease in “living standards.”

Here’s the rub: Greenlanders want to detach from Denmark, but only if their standard of living can be assured. And that’s where dealmaking becomes the only viable obstacle to Trump’s plans.

Kick Back and Ditch the Matrix

Consider this potential deal. Currently, Greenland gets from Denmark its defense and a yearly grant of just over three billion Danish kroner (about $400 million) – that’s about half of the local government revenue. If the US were to offer a stronger defense, a significant increase in spending, and maintain the independent status in return for unfettered access to defense facilities and preferential access to rare earth mineral mining (of which Greenland has an abundant supply), would the people go for it?

Well, that’s ultimately their decision, but it would grant them their dream of independence without the loss of fortune. And for America’s part, it would be a key feather in the defense cap – one that could be paid for through the mining revenues. But would Congress approve such a treaty?

The Two-Thirds Consideration

If the Greenlanders were open to the negotiation – and that remains a big if – Donald Trump would need to shepherd it through the Senate to get a two-thirds vote. With a 53 to 47 majority at present, it would require all GOP lawmakers and seven Democrats to vote it through. Considering the defense implications in a world that is far more dangerous than the one when Trump first floated the idea, it’s not as much of a pipe dream as folks like Anthony Blinken would have us believe.

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