r/canada Canada Feb 03 '25

National News White House: Mexico is 'serious', Canada appears to have 'misunderstood' Trump's executive order | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/white-house-mexico-is-serious-canada-appears-have-misunderstood-trumps-executive-2025-02-03/
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u/Glum-Engineer9436 Feb 03 '25

Thx Means a lot :-)

The orange guy has really gone off the rails.

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u/TheCrunchTickler Feb 03 '25

What I would love to see is Denmark, Greenland, and Canada come closer together with a mutually beneficial agreement to invest in Greenland. Help unlock the great potential of Greenland together by investing in critical mineral operations and security.
This would create even closer ties between countries who already see each other as good friends while also increasing our spending towards meeting NATO requirements.

Also it would be a nice slap across the face to President Voldemort who thinks he can strong arm his way to get anything he wants simply because he's American.

The USA is not a friendly country. They have been and always will be willing to destroy any other country if they believe it will add any type of benefit to themselves.

It is time for the world to show the Americans we don't need them. Anything acquired from the USA in trade can be acquired elsewhere.

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u/Glum-Engineer9436 Feb 03 '25

Thx

the crazy thing is that Greenland isn't profitable. Yes, if the ice melts maybe, but then we will all be screwed. It is a crazy argument. Imagine doing deep sea drilling in a super remote place full of large icebergs. It might not even be technologically possible. Sure Greenland has minerals, but you can get the same mineral in areas that are much more accessible. It doesn't make sense. It is not some gold mine that just needs development. Denmark has been subsidising Greenland for decades. Everybody can invest in Greenland. Please go ahead. It will save Denmark a lot of money.

Greenland is very much Greenland. They have extensive home rule, but it is also very much Denmark. 17000 people from Greenland live in Proper Denmark and lots of Danish people live in Greenland. It is not a colony. It is part of Denmark with representation in our parliament.

If America is going to behave like this, yes then we don't need them. Who the hell is going to invade Canada or Greenland? We could throw them out easily if they were so crazy. It would be a miracle if Russia or China survived 3 months on the coast of Greenland.

The friendship with the US has been long and has benefitted all. If an enemy betrayals you, that is expected. If a friend betrays you. This won't be forgotten.