Trump’s imperial tantrum

Donald Trump’s latest attempt to seize Greenland shows that the president is willing to use US force to determine international borders, even at the expense of sovereignty.

Western allies – NATO countries included –  publicly formed a united front, but private messages have revealed a more deferential approach to dealing with Trump.

Greenland prime minister joins protests over Trump threats

People took to the streets of Greenland and Denmark on Saturday as part of the "Hands off Greenland" rallies that have been organised in protest of Donald Trump's insistence that the US should control the self-governing island

US discussing options to acquire Greenland, including use of military, says White House

 US President Donald Trump has been discussing "a range of options" to acquire Greenland, including use of the military, the White House said.

In a statement, the White House told the BBC that acquiring Greenland was a "national security priority".

It comes after Trump repeated over the weekend that the US "needed" Greenland – a semi-autonomous region of fellow Nato member Denmark – for security reasons.

The 19th century has returned in the guise of Donald Trump as during that time empire building and stealing a country's natural resources was seen as a projection of political, military and economic strength.  In every case the affected countries and territories citizenry paid the real price though loss of rights under the rule of their colonizers. Even today mismanagement by the invading powers continues to have negatives effects. Additionally if America were to use its military power to take Greenland they'd be at war with NATO. Which was founded by America following World War II.  

Vikings, mining, Elvis: The story of Greenland’s melting ice cap

 

Our team travels to the remote edge of the ice sheet to discover the effect of the climate crisis on this stunning Arctic environment.

On this edition of Planet SOS, we explore how the melting ice cap is in danger of exposing nuclear waste from the Cold War and report on the growing controversy over the mining of rare earth minerals in this pristine landscape.

We also see how the old Inuit ways are disappearing and show how sheep farming thrives in the area the Vikings once settled.

Greenlanders On The Climate Crises

A glimpse into the lives of three Greenlanders: a hunter, a ship’s captain and a fisherman, individuals whose very existence and heritage is intertwined with the Arctic Ocean. Like many who live in the polar north, their fortunes straddle the extremes of summer and winter. Faced with a drastically changing environment, these seafarers reflect on their past, their present and uncertain future with a complex mix of emotions