Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling

Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling.

  • Major_Tsiom@fedia.io
    221·
    1 day ago

    I’d just let that shit sit there and keep telling them “we’re working on it” with the approval process. I would definitely keep stalling until November to see what happens.

    • Greyghoster@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      10 hours ago

      Just arrest and detail the mongrels! Don’t they have ICE there?

      You can’t be reasonable with the Demented ad that’s a sign of weakness.

      • N0t_5ure@lemmy.worldEnglish
        241·
        1 day ago

        You’re spot on. They’re going to do whatever they want, and if their exploratory wells prove reserves Trump will just declare Greenland part of the U.S. and that’s that. There is already a U.S. base on the island and it will be manned with sufficient troops to suppress dissent.

        • metermatic26@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          19·
          23 hours ago

          Except it won’t really be the end of it and therein lies the risk. Trump maybe thinking that since the US has a base on the island and the Greenlanders have no army of their own, that the island is technically already his. It’s exactly the kind of incompetence and stupidity that got him entrenched in a forever war with Iran.

          And just like Iran made a mistake by not posing a credible threat, Europe is far to lenient when it comes to threats like these. If Europe doesn’t respond with threats of their own, Dementia Donnie might actually start a second European war in Greenland.

          I say second, because there is no way Trump is going to end the Iran-war before the midterm elections, even though he seems to think so.

          • N0t_5ure@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            6 hours ago

            That’s the terrifying part, Trump has no capacity for strategic thinking, no regard for anyone else, and no respect for human life. There are only about 56K people on Greenland, and he would treat them like the Conquistadors treated the natives they encountered, or the settlers treated the Native Americans as they stole their lands. Of course there would be huge backlash from Europe, which would likely involve isolating the U.S. from trade, but I doubt there’d be a hot war against the U.S… I could be wrong though. In any event, Trump is a moron, a horrible person, and it will take the collapse of the U.S. to get rid of him.

        • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          24 hours ago

          I don’t think Trump is ready for the shitshow that will cause. Eu has decided to support Greenland, and the response was readied already last year. If USA does this it will be completely devastating to relations between USA and EU. Resulting in a trade war like never seen before. And it will utterly destroy NATO.

            • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              2·
              8 hours ago

              We will have to remind all of our active service members about the long and rich tradition of fracking.

              Putting troops in a shooting war for Greenland is going to be a hard sell and it seems as though the rank and file need to be reminded that they literally have a responsibility per the UCMJ to refuse illegal orders

            • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              13 hours ago

              That is absolutely possible too, and we know USA isn’t very good at arctic warfare.