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Frasier Balzov

(4,886 posts) Wed Jan 7, 2026, 05:34 AM Wednesday

So who is the Trump whisperer on Greenland?

I'm pretty sure that an uneducated numbskull like Trump didn't think of Greenland on his own as a territory which ought to be coveted.

Has such an imperialistic idea been traced back to any other identifiable source with influential access at the top of our government?

Whose neck needs to be wrung here?

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So who is the Trump whisperer on Greenland? (Original Post) Frasier Balzov Wednesday OP

Could be Stephen Miller. no_hypocrisy Wednesday #1

I think Stephen Miller is big on the idea. Buns_of_Fire Wednesday #2

I saw this yesterday: Dorian Gray Wednesday #3

Thank you. Also mentioned in this Mother Jones article. Frasier Balzov Wednesday #4

Greenland itself were welcoming prospectors..... (not new owners) IcyPeas Wednesday #5

What I fear is T ignorance AnnaLee Wednesday #6

I think the CryptoOligarchs/AI bros are probably in the mix as well jmbar2 Wednesday #7

no_hypocrisy

(54,323 posts)

1. Could be Stephen Miller.

Reply to Frasier Balzov (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 05:41 AM

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A "golfing buddy".

A donor.

Don, Jr.

Buns_of_Fire

(19,013 posts)

2. I think Stephen Miller is big on the idea.

Reply to Frasier Balzov (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 05:44 AM

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I don't know if he was the first to impregnate rump's brainworm with the idea, but I do like the idea of wringing his neck, regardless.

Dorian Gray

(13,846 posts)

3. I saw this yesterday:

Reply to Frasier Balzov (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 05:52 AM

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https://america2.news/meet-the-bros-behind-trumps-greenland-bluster/]

Tech bros riling up the idea. Something that Putin floated earlier, and Ron Lauder was a big proponent of the idea, as well.

Frasier Balzov

(4,886 posts)

4. Thank you. Also mentioned in this Mother Jones article.

Reply to Dorian Gray (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 06:05 AM

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/why-buy-greenland-trump-annex-ronald-lauder-manifest-destiny/

Uncovered by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser in their book The Divider about Trump's first term.

Reason for wanting Greenland appears to be mainly its size and underuse.

Not nearly or in any respect good enough reasons.

IcyPeas

(24,890 posts)

5. Greenland itself were welcoming prospectors..... (not new owners)

Reply to Frasier Balzov (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 07:54 AM

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[Bolding mine]

Seems Bezos, Gates and Lutnick already have their foot in the door. Read the Wikipedia section on Mining, that is an interesting section.

...and rare earths – are known to exist, but as of 2011 not yet in commercially viable deposits, while Greenland's Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum was working to promote Greenland as an attractive destination for prospectors.

Greenland's economy is hampered by lack of infrastructure with less than 100 miles of paved roads. However as of 2012, partly due to the retreating ice sheet due to climate change, Greenland was starting to emerge as a territory rich with untapped mining resources.
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As of 2025, Lumina was digging for anorthosite, and KoBold, financed by Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and other billionaires for nickel.[30] Critical Metals Corporation has been operating a mine in southern Greenland, backed by Cantor Fitzgerald of which Howard Lutnick has been the firm’s chief executive prior to becoming commerce secretary in 2025.[30]

Economy of Greenland - Wikipedia https://share.google/mkOUff9Tlr245r9Mb

AnnaLee

(1,353 posts)

6. What I fear is T ignorance

Reply to Frasier Balzov (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 08:01 AM

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I can see him inviting a bunch of oil executives and asking them a question like - What would you have changed in the past that would have made you a bigger world leader than OPEC. And, as casual conversation, someone mentioned that not losing the Venezuela oil would have helped. So, T casually quips that, when he is president, he will get them back. No one realizes he is too ignorant of present reality to understand it was just a reference to a long past possibility. The same with Greenland when chip makers think they are having a casual conversation and jokingly mention Greenland. Done!

It always should be realized that T might be serious, especially if he thinks he can use such things to create the chaos needed to kill bad press.

jmbar2

(7,660 posts)

7. I think the CryptoOligarchs/AI bros are probably in the mix as well

Reply to Frasier Balzov (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 08:01 AM

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President Trump has offered a variety of reasons for his intense, pugilistic ambitions in Venezuela, Greenland and other hemispheric players.

But one tie binds them all: They hold many of the critical minerals essential to AI and defense technology — and therefore future global dominance.

https://www.axios.com/2026/01/06/donroe-doctrine-the-war-for-minerals-oil-and-ai

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