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Trump’s quest to ‘conquer’ Greenland closer to reality — thanks to Dr. Phil

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President Donald Trump has long craved Greenland, a large island in the North Atlantic controlled by Denmark. He has played a game of chicken by threatening to conquer the island and even vowed at a July NATO summit in Ankara to take Greenland for the United States. He has repeatedly posted a meme of his face acquisitively looming over a Greenlandic village with the slogan “Hello Greenland!” Now Greenland Energy, a company created by Trump supporter Larry Swets of Texas last year in the midst of Trump’s imperialist rhetoric toward the island, has started moving drilling equipment to East Greenland’s Arctic basin. They claim they will mine $1 trillion in crude oil beneath the Jameson Land region. Both Denmark and Greenland are protesting. And, as one prominent TV news anchor pointed out, America may have in effect begun to invade Greenland. “The minister in charge of mineral resources in the Greenland government did a local interview in Greenland in which he said he was absolutely sure

First report: Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill — theguardian.com, 3d