I think it has already been established that Donald Trump wasn´t loco when he wanted to purchase Greenland from Denmark. But in case you missed it, part of the reason can be found in the article linked above.
The United States need rare earth metals. So does the rest of the world economy. REM´s are used in everything from military technology to Android phones. Most of the world´s REM production is controlled by the People´s Republic of China. It´s obvious that the Trump administration wants to reverse the long-standing American policy of catering to the Chinese. The next Cold War might take place between Washington and Beijing, rather than the more "logical" US-Russian confrontation.
This means that the US would have to secure its REM demand in other ways than purchasing it from China. This explains US interest in making a deal with North Korea, suspected of having the world´s largest REM deposists outside China. It also explains the sudden interest in Greenland.
China actually wanted to buy an abandoned port facility on Greenland, something that surprised me to no end until I did some reading on REMs. Yes, you´ve guessed it, there are enormous quantities of these trinkets on the god-forsaken island. So that´s why the Chinese were interested. That´s also why the United States want to control Greenland wholesale, rather than through their Danish NATO vassals. Who knows who will be in power in Denmark in 10 years or so?
The article linked above is about the projected mine at Kvanefjeld in southern Greenland. In addition to rare earth minerals, uranium will be mined there, too. In the event that the nuclear power industry will expand in the future, this will also prove significant.
Let´s be brutally honest here. In 2050, Greenland will be an Unincorporated US Territory sorting under the Department of Mineral Extraction and Resource War.
Let´s just hope they won´t hunt those magnificent whales...
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