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WELKER: Why is it necessary to do something 85% of Greenlanders oppose? BESSENT: Denmark has a terrible history w/ Greenlanders. There were forced sterilizations until the '90s. Now that the US has expressed an interest, there is this new interest. But the US needs to be in control to prevent a war

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Denmark does have a chequered past in Greenland. And despite that 85% of Greenlanders STILL don't want anything to do with Trump and the USA. What does that say?

He is either mind numbingly ignorant of history, lying to us, or simply so busy smelling his own farts that he just doesn't give a shit. Or all of the above.

So, I looked this up: this affected 350 Inuit women, from the 60s-70s, so not the 90s. However this is the same regime that won’t allow trans in sports, which is all of 10 people, in collegiate sports. www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-r... Do I agree with what the Danes did? No. But, how are we better?

aclu.orgWhat’s at Stake as the Supreme Court Takes Up Transgender Sports Bans | ACLUHow one West Virginia teenager could shape the future of Title IX and civil rights protections for transgender youth.

It’s about the natural resources and banking those into Trump’s wallet. This is repulsive. Americans do not want Greenland.

The US has a "terrible history" with indigenous people; should other countries take over the US for that reason? There is a far greater likelihood that the US with its mad president starts a war than prevents one.

No wonder Trump went bankrupt so many times with ideas like this. Buying Greenland would mean huge new debt or higher taxes on Americans—hundreds of billions upfront plus ongoing costs. Greenland isn’t for sale, Denmark says no, and the U.S. already has military access

We did that in the US, too, to Native Americans, slaves, all in the name of eugenics and white privilege. You are not helping yourself, except for your installed MAGA base of racists, who will always be the Deplorables.

This plastic piece of shit doesn't even need to be audible to be vile. I just read the captions; this xenophobic nationalist agenda is seeping through the cracks in our social system, paving the way for mass genocide.

Obvious follow up: “so Mr Secretary, what does it say that despite this terrible history the people of Greenland would overwhelmingly prefer to remain part of Denmark than become part of the USA under President Trump”

Oh please this has nothing to do with helping anyone but 47 and his rich buddies. This is all about the oil and minerals that can be found in Greenland. 47 isn’t looking to protect Greenlanders he is looking to rape the pristine land just like he did those little girls.

And the US has forced births for girls as young as 13. Forced birth for rape victims as recent as 2023. So Bessent what is your fucking point again?

Not defending Denmark with that, but the United States is hardly in a position to take the moral high ground with Denmark, considering the terrible record with Native Americans

This is all very tiresome. It's not about security. America could put as many troops as it wanted to in Greenland under the existing agreement with Denmark. Russia can't even invade it's fucking neighbour successfully nevermind take Greenland. China wants Taiwan over all else. Greenland? Nope. 1/2

In both cases it would result in war with NATO, which Greenland is a member of. It's about resources. Getting them on the cheap via extortion. And if the fascist Miller regime can fuck Europe and NATO at the same time, then great. Everything else is just noise.

Deciding who gets the award for the Trump administration official who says the dumbest things on the most consistent basis is very difficult. Today I am placing my vote on Bessent, understanding that I begrudgingly might place it on someone else — Noem perhaps — tomorrow.

Yeah, bc the health care system in the U.S. is so great. And no govt medical scandals here at all. Greenlanders don’t want to give up Danish and EI citizenship, which gives them free education, housing subsidies, labor and wage protections, paid family leave, and universal health care.

You want to improve ratings, Kristine? Say the following, "What? Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit. Seriously, go, get your ass off my set. We're done"

This is mob protection. If you don't let us take over your sovereign territory how can we stop someone else from taking it over? The case which nobody in Trump's Reich can effectively make is why despot America should have more territory and resources. Everyone understands a bully with power.

Something from 50 years ago....like our passing of the CIVIL RIGHTS ACT He is the epitome of a BUFFOON WORTH 500 MILLION, what has he done for society to be worth that??? Answer... nothing About as eloquent as a baboon

There is no logic with bessent or any of the trump team. It doesnt matter what anyone says or any question they ask. They just repeat the standard propaganda with no truth or basis. Why does anyone give them air time to talk shite.

Bessent defends Greenlanders against three-decades-old government abuses by Denmark as his boss, Trump, violates the Constitution daily. Bessent's concern for the Greenlanders doesn't seem genuine, does it?

When people talk about the sacrifices that Danish soldiers made in Afghanistan: "Let's not talk about the past" When talking about invading Greenland against the will of the local population: "Let's talk about the past".

Well that motherfucker doesn't want to play this game. The US did the same exact thing until the 1980s. But we did it to get rid of colored people.

any Danish record with native people in Greenland pales into insignificance compared to American treatment of native peoples both in the past and current, Bessent is just another carpetbagger

In 2020, it was revealed an ICE detention facility during Trump’s first term subjected women held there to hysterectomies without their consent and against their will. Those sadistic crimes should have landed everyone up to Trump in prison for life. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

brennancenter.orgForced Sterilization Accusations at ICE Facility Fit with Trump’s Poor Treatment of ImmigrantsForced sterilization is antithetical to human rights and has a racist history in the United States.