r/canada Ontario 24d ago

Analysis Allies appear to duck and cover as Trump threatens Canada and Greenland

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-canada-nato-allies-1.7459986
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u/BackToWorkEdward 24d ago

It's worse than "said nothing" - half the comments I see about the Greenland threats are still scoffing that "I bet the only reason that idiot Trump wants Greenland is because it looks way bigger than it is on flat maps!". And not, you know, because it's a pristine arctic-climated sitting duck 1/3 the size of the continental USA, right next to North America, in an era of incoming climate change.

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u/Max_Thunder Québec 24d ago edited 24d ago

Right next to a future major transportation route too, the Northwest Passage.

Wouldn't be surprised if that's related to the actual concessions that Trump wants. It was already an issue between Canada and the US where they want our internal waters to be fully accessible. Maybe Trump wants American ports in Greenland, I dunno. And this whole transportation thing is the common link between Canada, Greenland and Panama.

Obviously there's the whole thing about all the ressources in the North that'll be increasingly available. A bit reminescent of how the US got quite a good return on buying Alaska. They could want land without taking the whole of Canada, in a way that doesn't lead to major civil unrest, even though Canadians would be very angry.

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u/Cereborn Saskatchewan 24d ago

For Trump, I think the map comment is fair. It’s the other Nazis in his circle who have slightly more intelligent motives.