Trump wants territorial expansion
This is what happens when you elect someone whose model is known to be Putin. I'm afraid he'll settle for Antarctica, US and Russia are exempt from the "no more claims" clause of the UN treaty.
this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2025
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Why do they keep saying buy? He literally said he would invade, Trump doesn't pay his bills, what makes them think he talking abouy buying Greenland?
Also I'm sick of hearing about this nonsense. This is just a distraction so his cabinet picks can gst confirm while we seat in the dark about it. How about instead of paying attention to this bullshit which isn't happening, and focus on what they are really doing.
This is a prime example of capitalist brain rot. Capitalists think their money is ethereal and controls the world. Money is a means of conducting trade in a more efficient manner, it can't materialize anything out of nothing. You can't just value Greenland based on how exploitable the land/resources are. The only way you could buy Greenland is if the Danish government agreed to sell it, and this isn't the game of monopoly and the Danish are not looking to sell their territory.
That didn't save South America.
South America from what? Imperialism is different than taking the land outright. The United States has exploited far more than South America, but they never seized their land (except during the expansionary period in the past, the United States did steal land then but I'm talking modern times past stealing Hawaii, as bad as that was).
Edit: Replace "America" with "The United States" because saying America exploited South America is a bit confusing.
Imperialism is different than taking the land outright.
Agreed. But a threat can be the beginning of a negotiation. Historically, the US wants the appearance of sovereignty to remain - even democracy if possible - just keep the right people in power.
I completely agree. The only deviation from past policies is that the United States did not want to take land, just keep the country under their thumb as to gain the economic advantage without the cost of actually making the country a US territory. The fact the United States has territories that are a long way from being states while they are talking about sovereign countries becoming the "51st state" due to supposed economic value is ridiculous. This is only being said because the incoming leadership is a strongman moron who just wants to appear strong, and stealing is something strongmen do.