The Truth About Trump’s Greenland Campaign | When the president talks about security in the Arctic, he’s talking about climate change.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/03/climate-change-arctic-greenland-trump-military/682225/?gift=Uokv_DPJ1IjQITJ3XVgww5yAnCbDoUe3s8ixIFULaHY
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hotelbravo722@slrpnk.net · 13 pts · 1y
That’s always been the big lie, that the right doesn’t believe in climate change. They believe in it, and they plan on making a whole lot of money off of it.
jonne@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 1y
Yeah, strategically having a whole new sea route to China is great. And they think that the downsides of climate change are going to be manageable (in that, they'll be fine. The rest of us won't be tho).
hotelbravo722@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 1y
And for that one brief moment in time they will have maximized all value for their shareholders.
MantisToboggon@lazysoci.al · 8 pts · 1y
He is not that smart.
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 1y
Yeah, but the Heritage Foundation cats are
Mearuu@kbin.melroy.org · 1 pts · 1y
Drusas@fedia.io · 7 pts · 1y
He doesn't give a shit about climate change; he's going to be dead. He cares about their mineral resources and their strategic location in the event of a war which involves the Arctic. Which he's likely to be the one to start.
futatorius@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y