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Melting ice may raise Greenland's value. Trump's fight may be just the start.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/01/18/melting-arctic-greenland-trump-2/
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Trump has said he wants the territory because of its strategic location. Maps show how a melting Arctic is affecting geopolitics.
The Arctic is warming around four times faster than the rest of the globe, exposing natural resources, opening up potential shipping routes and prompting an increase in activity among military powers. The changing landscape has created a region ripe for opportunity — and potential conflict — factors that may play a role in President Donald Trump’s sudden quest to obtain Greenland.
Though he has called climate change a “hoax,” part of the value Trump has described in the Danish autonomous territory’s location is a result of the environmental shifts.
“It’s partly the melting of sea ice making it more attractive for the economic development that he’d pursue in Greenland,” said Sherri Goodman, a distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council and the former deputy undersecretary of defense for environmental security.
Trump has said he wants the territory because of its strategic location and untapped natural resources, including diamonds, lithium and copper.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=
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Trump has said he wants the territory because of its strategic location. Maps show how a melting Arctic is affecting geopolitics.
The Arctic is warming around four times faster than the rest of the globe, exposing natural resources, opening up potential shipping routes and prompting an increase in activity among military powers. The changing landscape has created a region ripe for opportunity — and potential conflict — factors that may play a role in President Donald Trump’s sudden quest to obtain Greenland.
Though he has called climate change a “hoax,” part of the value Trump has described in the Danish autonomous territory’s location is a result of the environmental shifts.
“It’s partly the melting of sea ice making it more attractive for the economic development that he’d pursue in Greenland,” said Sherri Goodman, a distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council and the former deputy undersecretary of defense for environmental security.
Trump has said he wants the territory because of its strategic location and untapped natural resources, including diamonds, lithium and copper.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=
Lots more images and info at link. It shows the tremendous amount of Arctic ice lost since 1980, opening up shipping routes and mining areas. In case anyone was wondering why MAGA wants more global warming so badly.