HotTake: Trump Wants Greenland Because He Knows Climate Doom Is Real

I remember a story way back during the Bush43 admin, where someone with Bush Derangement Syndrome woke up, grabbed a cigarette and non-alcoholic beer, and sat around thinking of what type of Hate Bush story she should write. That’s what this looks like, a climate cultist with TDS looking to RageWrite

Trump knows climate change is real — that’s why he wants to mine Greenland

Thawing permafrost in Greenland creates access to critical minerals that were previously difficult to extract or were otherwise inaccessible. Within the last month, rumblings about a major U.K. mining deal in Greenland were matched with chatter about an impending agreement between the U.S. government and Critical Minerals Corp., causing shares of that company to surge.

The latter partnership would provide the U.S. with a stake in a valuable, heavy rare-earth elements mining operation in Southern Greenland. These elements are essential in the energy transition including for clean energy battery storage and components for electric vehicles. They are also necessary for defense applications ranging from unmanned aerial systems to submarines. (snip)

“Greenland is often considered ‘ground zero’ for the climate crisis because even small shifts in temperature can have outsize impacts across the entire Arctic region,” writes the auditor of an independent technical assessment on Critical Minerals Corp.’s Tanbreez Rare Earth Project. “Scientists have estimated that if the Greenland ice sheet were to melt completely, it could raise global sea levels by more than seven metres. This will be a matter for infrastructure planning in the future as it is proposed to position the plant at the edge of the Fjord.” (snip)

When President Trump stated at the United Nations General Assembly that climate change is “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world,” what he really meant is that he intends to propel fossil fuel extraction and use in the U.S. to benefit the industries that spent hundreds of millions of dollars to get him and the 119th Congress elected. But he will also attempt to gain a stronger toehold in a region that has been destabilized because of climate change, even capitalizing on that destabilization. National security is at risk, and there is money to be made.

Not only does Trump know climate change is real, he’s banking on it.

The lengths the cultists will go to prop up their cult and hate on Trump is astounding.