Why Trump wants Greenland and what's standing in his way

[Dulcinea]

(Washington Post) -snip- Why is Greenland so appealing for Trump?

Rich in untapped natural resources, sparsely populated and strategically located in the Arctic, Greenland has been a recurring fixation of Trump’s since his first term in office - when he floated the possibility that the U.S. purchase the island from Denmark, of which it is an autonomous territory. Denmark flatly rejected the prospect.

The island has deposits of diamonds, graphite, lithium, copper, nickel and gallium. It also has oil and rare earth minerals, such as neodymium and dysprosium, of which China and Russia are the top global producers, according to the Royal Society of Chemistry. Rare earth minerals can be used in smartphones, powerful magnets and defense technologies.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/why-trump-wants-greenland-standing-190606442.html

[BeyondGeography]

1. Of course WaPo wouldn't dare to suggest the main reason

The dark insatiable void that is his ego.

[Abstractartist]

2. It's not trump

It’s not trump who is doing all of this…. Think of it this way…. A 3 year old sees a big cake on the table. He wants to eat it. Mom and dad just watch, not saying a word to him. He grabs the cake and pops pieces in his mouth, on him face, the table, the floor, the walls, and so on, all the while mom and dad just look and do nothing…… that’s trump and congress, staff, advisors, Republican Party….. Greenland… mom and dad just look, ICE murders innocent people, mom and dad just look, Venezuela invasion, mommy and daddy smiles…..