you mean Greenland wasn't a joke?

A lot of what the press calls Trumpieboy's lies are just him blowing off steam (not to be taken seriously) or his use of exaggeration or satire to bring attention to something he wants people to notice.

So I laughed when I saw this


actually, that is a photo shop of Trump Tower in Las Vegas.

And this article mentions there has been some quiet buzz about buying Greenland.

Did you know the WashPost says that Harry Truman tried to buy it way back when?

It’s something that President Trump has repeatedly asked his staff to explore in recent weeks, bewildering top aides. But he’s not the first to ponder the question, which was first floated in the 1860s, when a report commissioned by the State Department under President Andrew Johnson concluded that the icebound island’s abundance of fish and mineral resources could make it a valuable investment. And in 1946, President Harry Truman’s administration went even further, offering to purchase Greenland from Denmark in exchange for $100 million in gold. “People have forgotten about how important places like Greenland were in the Cold War,” said Ronald E. Doel, an associate professor of history at Florida State University and a co-editor of “Exploring Greenland: Cold War Science and Technology on Ice.”

the SCMP notes that what might have inspired Trump bringing the issue to the attention of the MSM was because of China's Arctic push. 

They also have this article about China's interest in the Arctic.

and more HERE. about China's take over of the world's trade routes.

Summary: There's oil in them there hills oceans. The Artic ocean's petroleum resources are just beginning to be explored, and it would be handy to own an airbase there (or maybe even a port).

Transport hubs, such as the Greek port of Piraeus and the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, appear to be a preferred target for Chinese acquisition. Chinese firms now control roughly 10 percent of cargo port space in Europe, according to data from the International Transport Forum.....The CCCC bid for the airport contract would represent another major investment. The airport has an estimated cost of 3.6 billion Danish krone (U.S. $560 million). Such a massive infrastructure project for whatever company wins could potentially set Beijing up as a major economic driver for Greenland.
Like elsewhere in Europe, “the big fear is that even a small Chinese investment will amount to a large part of Greenland’s GDP, giving China an outsized influence that can be used for other purposes,” said Jon Rahbek-Clemmensen, an associate professor at the Royal Danish Defence College’s Institute for Strategy.

influence such as pressuring the government to close the huge US base in Thule. 

then there is China's interest in mining rare earth elements (which China is trying to get a controlling monopoly all over the world and a Chinese company has already invested in the Kvanefjeld project).

And then there are the military/missile/geopolitical aspects. The short route for missiles to hit the mainland US goes over the Arctic.

Actually, since Russia owns much of the Arctic, I see this more of a threat to Russia than to the USA. And China thinks long term: And since they once owned Siberia, and China has lots of their citizens moving to work in Vladivostok, one wonders what will happen in, say 50 years or so.

in summary: By a single tweet, Trumpieboy has brought up an important geopolitical issue that few people knew about.

Am I the only one who finds this very interesting?

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update: I removed a sentence about the nuclear torpedo and the recent Russian nuclear accident in the essay because it was vague and I have to do more research on this.

Vice has a summary of the accident here.


: BelmontClub article on Russia's nuclear powered drones in the artic. 
more HERE.
and Stratfor has an article on Russia's plan to take over the entire artic region, and that the trade routes are important to China.