It’s always about the money isn’t it? It may also be under the guise of white supremacy as well… when will be see it’s not under some Gold Dome, or whatever cracker-jack excuses made…
Key Billionaires interested in Greenland
1. Ronald Lauder: The Estée Lauder heir offered to help Trump acquire Greenland and invested in local ventures, aiming to gain influence and facilitate U.S. interest.
2. Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg: Invested in Cobalt Metals, a company exploring Greenland for rare earth minerals crucial for electronics, following Trump's initial push for acquisition.
3. Peter Thiel & Sam Altman: Thiel funded PRAIS, a startup for a high-tech city, while OpenAI CEO Altman also invested in Cobalt Metals, signaling interest in strategic resource access, notes YouTube
It’s for Mineral Wealth. The island holds significant deposits of rare earth elements, vital for technology, which drives much of the billionaires' investments. And as the ice melts (from the same people who deny climate change) opens up new opportunities.
Where to start?!? If Musk et al want to set up a racially pure community, Greenland has a large Indigenous population. What will happen to them? They are protectors of the natural resources, because they don't believe in extracting absolutely everything they can get their hands on. There will be consequences for unrestricted extraction, even if they don't happen tomorrow. I wonder what trump will get out of helping Putin. As far as I can tell it will be the usual nothing, nada, zilch. I find myself wishing again that we had a parliamentary system so we could have election whenever they were needed - as they are now.
Trump has already compromised the military when they obeyed unlawful orders to murder Venezuelan go-fast boat operators and others on the high seas including the shameful killing of survivors clinging to the wreckage of their boat. Then he escalated their culpability when they unlawfully attacked Venezuela in the operation to capture Nicolas Maduro. The U.S. is a signatory to the United Nations charter that as a treaty becomes U.S. law. The charter prohibits a signatory from initiating a military attack on another country except in limited circumstances. Now that Trump has compromised senior officers, they will be much more easily induced to obey future and more flagrantly unlawful orders such as using military force against peaceful protesters on U.S. streets. Senior officers know, that having obeyed unlawful orders, the only way to avoid accountability is to ensure the current regime or their successors remain in power.
All excellent points. But Mad King still applies in my opinion. Trump is uniquely positioned to start world war 3. His “strategy” of flooding the zone, threatening maximum force at every opportunity, insulting and bullying allies, and acting as unpredictably as possible, could easily lead to an incident which quickly escalates to nuclear annihilation.
I don’t see how this is sustainable. Impeachment or the 25th amendment need to be on the table.
“When Members of Congress take office, they swear an oath not to a party, a president, or a political movement, but to the Constitution of the United States.”
“A few days ago, we published a court-ready constitutional complaint on our website. It’s written for filing by a sitting Member of Congress and asks a federal court to answer a very old, very inconvenient question: whether Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment still means what it says when a President gives aid or comfort to insurrectionists. You can’t file this lawsuit yourself, but your U.S. Representative can.”
(click link below for full article w/cover letter)
What follows is a short cover letter you can use to send the draft complaint to their office and politely remind them that defending the Constitution is not a vibe, a talking point, or a press release. It’s literally their job.”
“And still, I am incredibly proud of our community for refusing to accept authoritarianism quietly.”
“People here are organizing, protecting one another, and stepping into leadership roles that history will remember. We are not lying down. We are showing what resistance looks like in real time.”
“Black and Indigenous peoples have lived inside a violent police state since the very beginning of this country. This is not new to us. What feels new is that more people across the United States are choosing to side with humanity instead of the Trump agenda.”
Shall we witness a holocaust here in the US because we're afraid, or will we decide that risking everything, pain and death, to stand in the way of our military to stop this "1984", is worth suffering and dying for our posterity?
The brilliance of the Greenland play is how it legitimizes extraction as governance philosophy. When Pompeo frames melting glaciers as "opportunity and abundance," he's not just denying climate change, he's establishing a moral framework where revealed resources aren't theft, they're destiny.
The same linguistic move that transformed "sick people" into "healthcare consumers."
Your point about "breaking" the military is chilling because it mirrors corporate medicine's trajectory: take an institution built on ethical foundations (Hippocratic oath/Constitutional oath), corrupt it through moral injury (deny care for profit/commit atrocities for power), then harvest the institutional shell for extraction.
A broken military becomes private security for oligarchs.
Greenland is the stress test for whether we still have language to call theft "theft" when wrapped in national security rhetoric.
- A week before we bombed Caracas, extracted Nicolás Maduro, and claimed Venezuelan oil as our own, the administration told Congress that we would not send troops into Venezuela.
- When Trump said at Davos that we would not send troops into Greenland, I took that as confirmation that the 11th Airborne Division, troops specially trained for Arctic warfare (and already on alert), was as good as on its way to Greenland.
- When Trump seemed to conflate Greenland and Iceland, some regarded it as proof of his diminishing mental capacity. I took it as a hint of the future. Why stop at Greenland when Iceland is so close?
- We need to stop quibbling over what type of government this is and run them of Washington as soon as possible. IMHO we need a multi-faceted plan that won't rely on the Supreme Court to ensure the mid-term elections are free and fair. That's real resistance work, and I hope all leaders of our resistance, from community organizers to national politicians, are hard at work together drafting these plans. We may not have a better opportunity to keep the Trumpists from destroying what's left of our democracy.
Herr Regime Leader Trump has stooges and business leaders who have helped him replicate the NAZI take over of Germany in the thirties. The American version landed on race as the keystone. And why not, it has been an issue in this country since white Europeans encountered the first Nations and imported the first enslaved Africans. The surprise to me is that so many Americans have welcomed this. Even if the rest of us can manage to overturn this, a big if, what do you do with Trump-MAGA supporters? How successful was the reintegration of former NAZI supporters after WW II?
And just a little aside. For the Tech Broligarchs to pursue their wet dreams in Greenland the melt water necessary to expose the mineral wealth will come at the expense of vast submerged coastlines around the world. Even Mar-O-Lardo will be under water, along with much of Florida among many other places.
I had thought that maybe his musings about Greenland were meant to build up military bases there and make Denmark pay for it. But after hearing on NPR that Russia was cheering for him and talking about how he would create such a wonderful legacy for himself, I realized that such an action would benefit Russia more than anyone by weakening NATO. Thankfully, at this point he has backtracked. . . but I suspect Russia is already back in his ear with their next scheme.
The larger question about Trump has always been about the public silence of the US power elite. He’s well-funded but publicly treated like an eccentric uncle. He and his cronies have seized the US political system with nary a peep from the power elite. He’s their tool!
My guess is that the unsustainable concentration of wealth has panicked them to seek out a “new frontier” that will grow the pie by expansion, so they can keep on accumulating while handing out a few crumbs to a restive population that keeps losing ground.
Spot on.
It’s always about the money isn’t it? It may also be under the guise of white supremacy as well… when will be see it’s not under some Gold Dome, or whatever cracker-jack excuses made…
Key Billionaires interested in Greenland
1. Ronald Lauder: The Estée Lauder heir offered to help Trump acquire Greenland and invested in local ventures, aiming to gain influence and facilitate U.S. interest.
2. Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg: Invested in Cobalt Metals, a company exploring Greenland for rare earth minerals crucial for electronics, following Trump's initial push for acquisition.
3. Peter Thiel & Sam Altman: Thiel funded PRAIS, a startup for a high-tech city, while OpenAI CEO Altman also invested in Cobalt Metals, signaling interest in strategic resource access, notes YouTube
It’s for Mineral Wealth. The island holds significant deposits of rare earth elements, vital for technology, which drives much of the billionaires' investments. And as the ice melts (from the same people who deny climate change) opens up new opportunities.
I wish far more would consider this instead of a simply an 19th century land grab to rename it "Red, White & Blueland".
Where to start?!? If Musk et al want to set up a racially pure community, Greenland has a large Indigenous population. What will happen to them? They are protectors of the natural resources, because they don't believe in extracting absolutely everything they can get their hands on. There will be consequences for unrestricted extraction, even if they don't happen tomorrow. I wonder what trump will get out of helping Putin. As far as I can tell it will be the usual nothing, nada, zilch. I find myself wishing again that we had a parliamentary system so we could have election whenever they were needed - as they are now.
Trump has already compromised the military when they obeyed unlawful orders to murder Venezuelan go-fast boat operators and others on the high seas including the shameful killing of survivors clinging to the wreckage of their boat. Then he escalated their culpability when they unlawfully attacked Venezuela in the operation to capture Nicolas Maduro. The U.S. is a signatory to the United Nations charter that as a treaty becomes U.S. law. The charter prohibits a signatory from initiating a military attack on another country except in limited circumstances. Now that Trump has compromised senior officers, they will be much more easily induced to obey future and more flagrantly unlawful orders such as using military force against peaceful protesters on U.S. streets. Senior officers know, that having obeyed unlawful orders, the only way to avoid accountability is to ensure the current regime or their successors remain in power.
All excellent points. But Mad King still applies in my opinion. Trump is uniquely positioned to start world war 3. His “strategy” of flooding the zone, threatening maximum force at every opportunity, insulting and bullying allies, and acting as unpredictably as possible, could easily lead to an incident which quickly escalates to nuclear annihilation.
I don’t see how this is sustainable. Impeachment or the 25th amendment need to be on the table.
“When Members of Congress take office, they swear an oath not to a party, a president, or a political movement, but to the Constitution of the United States.”
“A few days ago, we published a court-ready constitutional complaint on our website. It’s written for filing by a sitting Member of Congress and asks a federal court to answer a very old, very inconvenient question: whether Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment still means what it says when a President gives aid or comfort to insurrectionists. You can’t file this lawsuit yourself, but your U.S. Representative can.”
(click link below for full article w/cover letter)
What follows is a short cover letter you can use to send the draft complaint to their office and politely remind them that defending the Constitution is not a vibe, a talking point, or a press release. It’s literally their job.”
Dear Representative | Defend the Constitution
by CLOSER TO THE EDGE
DEC 18 2025 | Substack
https://open.substack.com/pub/closertotheedge/p/dear-representative?r=kxzps&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
What kind of TACOs do they make in Davos?
Bright Orange American ones.
A total embarrassment to our nation.
“Things are not good here in Minnesota.”
< See link for video in article >
https://open.substack.com/pub/siouxchef/p/updates-from-the-frozen-frontlines?r=kxzps&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
“And still, I am incredibly proud of our community for refusing to accept authoritarianism quietly.”
“People here are organizing, protecting one another, and stepping into leadership roles that history will remember. We are not lying down. We are showing what resistance looks like in real time.”
“Black and Indigenous peoples have lived inside a violent police state since the very beginning of this country. This is not new to us. What feels new is that more people across the United States are choosing to side with humanity instead of the Trump agenda.”
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‘Updates from the Frozen Frontlines’
THE SIOUX CHEF BY SEAN SHERMAN
JAN 21 2026 | Substack
https://open.substack.com/pub/siouxchef/p/updates-from-the-frozen-frontlines?r=kxzps&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
Thank you, Ms. Ben-Ghiat.
Shall we witness a holocaust here in the US because we're afraid, or will we decide that risking everything, pain and death, to stand in the way of our military to stop this "1984", is worth suffering and dying for our posterity?
Ruth,
The brilliance of the Greenland play is how it legitimizes extraction as governance philosophy. When Pompeo frames melting glaciers as "opportunity and abundance," he's not just denying climate change, he's establishing a moral framework where revealed resources aren't theft, they're destiny.
The same linguistic move that transformed "sick people" into "healthcare consumers."
Your point about "breaking" the military is chilling because it mirrors corporate medicine's trajectory: take an institution built on ethical foundations (Hippocratic oath/Constitutional oath), corrupt it through moral injury (deny care for profit/commit atrocities for power), then harvest the institutional shell for extraction.
A broken military becomes private security for oligarchs.
Greenland is the stress test for whether we still have language to call theft "theft" when wrapped in national security rhetoric.
Mika-
A few things . . .
- A week before we bombed Caracas, extracted Nicolás Maduro, and claimed Venezuelan oil as our own, the administration told Congress that we would not send troops into Venezuela.
- When Trump said at Davos that we would not send troops into Greenland, I took that as confirmation that the 11th Airborne Division, troops specially trained for Arctic warfare (and already on alert), was as good as on its way to Greenland.
- When Trump seemed to conflate Greenland and Iceland, some regarded it as proof of his diminishing mental capacity. I took it as a hint of the future. Why stop at Greenland when Iceland is so close?
- We need to stop quibbling over what type of government this is and run them of Washington as soon as possible. IMHO we need a multi-faceted plan that won't rely on the Supreme Court to ensure the mid-term elections are free and fair. That's real resistance work, and I hope all leaders of our resistance, from community organizers to national politicians, are hard at work together drafting these plans. We may not have a better opportunity to keep the Trumpists from destroying what's left of our democracy.
Ruth Ben ghiat bringing the truth and teaching us what to watch for.
He also has his eye on the Canadian Arctic. That AI map was not a fluke.
Herr Regime Leader Trump has stooges and business leaders who have helped him replicate the NAZI take over of Germany in the thirties. The American version landed on race as the keystone. And why not, it has been an issue in this country since white Europeans encountered the first Nations and imported the first enslaved Africans. The surprise to me is that so many Americans have welcomed this. Even if the rest of us can manage to overturn this, a big if, what do you do with Trump-MAGA supporters? How successful was the reintegration of former NAZI supporters after WW II?
And just a little aside. For the Tech Broligarchs to pursue their wet dreams in Greenland the melt water necessary to expose the mineral wealth will come at the expense of vast submerged coastlines around the world. Even Mar-O-Lardo will be under water, along with much of Florida among many other places.
I had thought that maybe his musings about Greenland were meant to build up military bases there and make Denmark pay for it. But after hearing on NPR that Russia was cheering for him and talking about how he would create such a wonderful legacy for himself, I realized that such an action would benefit Russia more than anyone by weakening NATO. Thankfully, at this point he has backtracked. . . but I suspect Russia is already back in his ear with their next scheme.
The larger question about Trump has always been about the public silence of the US power elite. He’s well-funded but publicly treated like an eccentric uncle. He and his cronies have seized the US political system with nary a peep from the power elite. He’s their tool!
My guess is that the unsustainable concentration of wealth has panicked them to seek out a “new frontier” that will grow the pie by expansion, so they can keep on accumulating while handing out a few crumbs to a restive population that keeps losing ground.