Greenland 'Bought': The Imperial Map-Drawing NATO Ignored for Years
📰 THE STORY: Fyodor Lukyanov, via RT, discusses the political fallout and strategic implications of Donald Trump's past overtures to 'buy' Greenland, arguing it exposed NATO's internal divisions and resource scrambles in the rapidly thawing Arctic, raising questions about European sovereignty and US imperial ambitions. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The idea of 'buying'
Greenland isn't new; the US attempted it as early as 1867 and again after World War II, seeing the island as a strategic military outpost. This narrative completely skirts the fact that Greenland's indigenous Inuit population makes up 90% of its inhabitants, and their self-determination, though nominally recognized, has been consistently undermined by Danish and US strategic interests since
colonization began in the 18th century. In 1941, during WWII, the US effectively took control of Greenland from occupied Denmark, building naval and air bases without real consent, a pattern that continued with the controversial Thule Air Base expansion in the 1950s, displacing indigenous communities. Double Standard: Western media and think tanks often decry 'resource grabbing' by nations like
China or Russia in other parts of the world, framing it as illegitimate expansionism. Yet, the persistent US desire to 'buy' Greenland – a land with a distinct indigenous population and self-governance aspirations – is framed as a strategic maneuver, an 'ultimatum,' or a peculiar Trumpian whim, rather than an ongoing manifestation of colonial entitlement and resource acquisition ignoring