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Polybius

(22,105 posts)
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:38 AM Jan 2026

Sen. Fetterman: Greenland has 'massive strategic benefits' for U.S.

(WHTM) — U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) released a statement in response to the Trump administration’s calls to acquire Greenland.

"I believe Greenland has massive strategic benefits for the United States. I do not support taking it by force. America is not a bully. Ideally, we purchase it—similar to our purchases of Alaska or the Louisiana Purchase. Acquiring Greenland is a many decades old conversation."

The statement comes as the White House recently announced that the Trump administration is weighing “options” to take control of Greenland, an island rich in minerals and strategically well-located for U.S. interests. The White House even said Tuesday that the “U.S. military is always an option.”

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen issued a joint statement alongside multiple European leaders in response to the Trump administration’s remarks, saying, “Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.”


https://www.abc27.com/pennsylvania/sen-fetterman-greenland-has-massive-strategic-benefits-for-u-s/


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Sen. Fetterman: Greenland has 'massive strategic benefits' for U.S. (Original Post) Polybius Jan 2026 OP
Resign and Go Home, Fetterman. MineralMan Jan 2026 #1
He should learn Danes have been in Greenland since the 980s 31st Street Bridge Jan 2026 #33
JFC, john. Shut up and resign. And, in case you missed it, America IS, niyad Jan 2026 #2
He should move there. They have free healthcare leftstreet Jan 2026 #3
This orangecrush Jan 2026 #4
Yes! niyad Jan 2026 #7
Bye bye, Fetty NewHendoLib Jan 2026 #5
When he was running I said he's not what he pretends to be. I was right. Autumn Jan 2026 #6
He was a fraud from Day 1 31st Street Bridge Jan 2026 #32
That's all true. Autumn Jan 2026 #39
America is indeed a bully, has been since its founding displacedvermoter Jan 2026 #8
..sadly, some Dem had to step up.. thomski64 Jan 2026 #26
We already have a strategic relationship with Greenland BeyondGeography Jan 2026 #9
Who will pay for it, Senator? We keep being told the US is broke. Irish_Dem Jan 2026 #10
Or the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.......this one really pisses me off. a kennedy Jan 2026 #14
"But tons of money to invade or buy other countries." markodochartaigh Jan 2026 #21
How much will we pay to update Venezuela's oil infrastructure to make it profitable for Exxon? -nt CrispyQ Jan 2026 #29
Convinced he is bought and paid for mucifer Jan 2026 #11
There's no strategic benefit here. Turning the world, including all our allies against us, would be a strategic disaster Doodley Jan 2026 #12
I am so done with this loser. a kennedy Jan 2026 #13
That would work, if Greenland was for sale. It is not. End of discussion Raven123 Jan 2026 #15
Focus on solving our own problems not creating massive new ones. Don't be a moron Blues Heron Jan 2026 #16
I knew when this idiot was dressed up in his hoodie Henry203 Jan 2026 #17
Did he get permeant brain damage with his stroke. The guy is a big a fake as DJT doc03 Jan 2026 #18
Yes, acquiring Greenland has been discussed in the past - and it was rejected repeatedly. Ocelot II Jan 2026 #19
Our ally controls it Johonny Jan 2026 #20
We are already in debt to the hills.Why are we paying more money to other countries Tribetime Jan 2026 #22
;-{) Goonch Jan 2026 #23
It's obvious: He's been bought off. no_hypocrisy Jan 2026 #24
This guy needs to retire AND I want my donation back Ritabert Jan 2026 #25
maybe this should be a separate thread but...... Takket Jan 2026 #27
I find a personal strategic benefit if I own Fetterman's house. Sneederbunk Jan 2026 #28
Lol Luciferous Jan 2026 #31
It's not for sale. He's really done a 180 Luciferous Jan 2026 #30
Voting for him is kind of like buying raspberries..... marmar Jan 2026 #34
Well, Gee. South Aftica has diamond mines too Norbert Jan 2026 #35
And th USA has had a military presence since WW II TexLaProgressive Jan 2026 #36
Has the DINO spoken ? republianmushroom Jan 2026 #37
Where has Rebl2 Jan 2026 #38
As a Pennsylvanian who supported him, I have nothing left to say about this asshole. Borogove Jan 2026 #40
He's still wrong. rogue emissary Jan 2026 #41

niyad

(133,935 posts)
2. JFC, john. Shut up and resign. And, in case you missed it, America IS,
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:43 AM
Jan 2026

in fact, a bully.

31st Street Bridge

(246 posts)
32. He was a fraud from Day 1
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:49 AM
Jan 2026

He's the scion of a central-Pa York County fortune who cosplayed as a blue collar dude and hid in a working-class western Pa. town. He was a right-wing plant from the start. Conor Lamb was the far better candidate in that primary, but somehow Zombie John fooled enough people to squeak by.

displacedvermoter

(4,970 posts)
8. America is indeed a bully, has been since its founding
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:46 AM
Jan 2026

All great nations go through a stage of growth that clearly laps over into being a bully, or even a mass murderer.

But nations evolve, develop a collective conscience, and do their best to learn from past bad conduct.

America is regressing under Trump and Miller and company, and John the Slug Fetterman is doing all he can to help.

What a joke this man is.

BeyondGeography

(41,196 posts)
9. We already have a strategic relationship with Greenland
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:47 AM
Jan 2026

This is all about Trump putting his name on a big spot on the map. Don’t be such a rube, John.

Irish_Dem

(82,235 posts)
10. Who will pay for it, Senator? We keep being told the US is broke.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:49 AM
Jan 2026

No money for vaccines, education, science, healthcare, etc.
No money to run the federal govt.

But tons of money to invade or buy other countries.

a kennedy

(36,313 posts)
14. Or the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.......this one really pisses me off.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:57 AM
Jan 2026

🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

markodochartaigh

(5,545 posts)
21. "But tons of money to invade or buy other countries."
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:17 AM
Jan 2026

Or to help Trump's friends win elections, like the $40 billion to Milei.

CrispyQ

(41,082 posts)
29. How much will we pay to update Venezuela's oil infrastructure to make it profitable for Exxon? -nt
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:43 AM
Jan 2026

Doodley

(12,078 posts)
12. There's no strategic benefit here. Turning the world, including all our allies against us, would be a strategic disaster
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:52 AM
Jan 2026

Henry203

(958 posts)
17. I knew when this idiot was dressed up in his hoodie
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:09 AM
Jan 2026

I knew he was a phony. By the way Sweden, Finland and Norway is important strategically.

doc03

(39,158 posts)
18. Did he get permeant brain damage with his stroke. The guy is a big a fake as DJT
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:11 AM
Jan 2026

I have seen him on TV apparently in his unfinished basement, people fall for that one of the people bullshit.

Ocelot II

(131,181 posts)
19. Yes, acquiring Greenland has been discussed in the past - and it was rejected repeatedly.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:13 AM
Jan 2026

The acquisitions of Alaska and the Louisiana territory are not useful or accurate analogies. Russia sold Alaska to the US because it desperately needed money. Denmark doesn't need money. France sold the Louisiana territory, which it had not settled outside New Orleans, because Napoleon was unable to control the territory and feared renewed war with Britain. What the US actually bought was the preemptive right to obtain Native lands by treaty or by conquest, to the exclusion of Spain or France. They were not purchases of a self-governing entity that was an integral part of an allied country. Denmark doesn't want to sell Greenland and Greenlanders don't want to become Americans. That should end the discussion right there.

Hey, Fetterman, lots of people of German descent live in Pennsylvania, so, what if Germany wanted to buy Pennsylvania? Would you be OK with that?

Tribetime

(7,145 posts)
22. We are already in debt to the hills.Why are we paying more money to other countries
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:17 AM
Jan 2026

What about the citizens of the United States that are starving?You j******

Takket

(23,788 posts)
27. maybe this should be a separate thread but......
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:36 AM
Jan 2026

our party has got to do some serious soul searching about how people like Sinema and Fetterman are slipping through the cracks into the Senate and undermining our own positions. We need to figure out how to ID and eliminate these people in the primary process.

Manchin, I mean, he drove us all insane, but that's the best you are getting past the voters in WV. But there is no reason senators like this should be slipping through in states like AZ and PA, and worse yet, if anyone like this ever got elected president then changed all their tunes once sworn in.

marmar

(80,030 posts)
34. Voting for him is kind of like buying raspberries.....
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:50 AM
Jan 2026

..... they go rotten soon after you get home.


Norbert

(7,850 posts)
35. Well, Gee. South Aftica has diamond mines too
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:28 PM
Jan 2026

Should we buy them? STFU Joe Manchin, I mean, Sen Fetterman.

rogue emissary

(3,373 posts)
41. He's still wrong.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 03:31 PM
Jan 2026

Paying for it would still be bullying. As a majority of it's inhabitants have no interest in being part of USA.

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