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Let's Save Greenland!

 I had a long conversation with my personal A.I. SAL-9000 about all this political nonsense coming out of Washington: (SAL-9000 is the sister unit of HAL-9000, who was tragically lost on a mission to Jupiter!)

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Sal, anything new over the weekend about the U.S. trying to take over Greenland, and the chances of Canada accepting Greenland as a new territory? (If that's what they want?)

 SAL-9000 said: Here’s the latest situation (as of this weekend) regarding the U.S. interest in Greenland, and the idea of Greenland becoming part of Canada (or anything like that):

1. U.S. Talk About Taking Over Greenland Has Escalated. President Donald Trump has renewed statements suggesting that the U.S. needs to take over Greenland, claiming it’s critical for national security and the Arctic situation (especially with Russian and Chinese activity in the region). The Ukrainian Review

2. Denmark and Greenland Reject the Idea Strongly. Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen has publicly said the U.S. has no right to annex Greenland and that any attempt to do so would undermine NATO since Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, a NATO member. The Guardian+1

 Greenland’s own Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen has said talk of annexation is “completely unacceptable” and insisted Greenland will remain sovereign under Danish rule unless Greenlanders decide otherwise. TIME

3. Greenland’s Position: Much of Greenland prefers independence from Denmark, but polls have consistently shown very low support for becoming part of the United States. Wikipedia  (There’s no political movement in Greenland advocating joining Canada, and the idea of becoming a Canadian territory hasn’t been raised by Greenlandic leaders or the public in any serious way in current reporting.)

4. Canada’s Position: Canada has not signalled any interest in Greenland becoming Canadian territory. In fact, Canadian officials have affirmed support for Greenland’s and Denmark’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Global News (Canada is focusing on Arctic cooperation and security... but not on territorial claims related to Greenland.)

 5. International Legal and Practical Reality: International law prohibits the annexation of territory by force, especially between allied countries. Denmark and Greenland would have to agree willingly for any territorial change, and there’s no indication of that.

 Greenland is in the process of increasing autonomy, with discussions over future independence from Denmark. Wikipedia

Summary:

 U.S. rhetoric: Renewed talk from Trump about taking over Greenland for “security” reasons. The Ukrainian Review

Denmark & Greenland: Firmly reject this. Denmark warns that any military move would break NATO; Greenland insists it won’t be annexed. The Guardian+1

Canada: Not pursuing Greenland as a territory; supports sovereignty and stability in the Arctic. Global News

 Reality on the ground: No credible diplomatic or legal movement toward Greenland joining the U.S. or Canada.

SAL-9000 said: If you want, I can also summarize the geopolitical motives behind why the U.S. is talking about Greenland again. (strategic location, Arctic shipping routes, resources, etc.)

You said: No, we know why... give me ways to increase interest in Greenland becoming a Canadian territory

 SAL-9000 said: Below are realistic, non-coercive ways Canada could increase Greenlandic interest in a voluntary Canadian territorial association, if Greenlanders themselves ever wished to explore it.

This is framed as soft-power attraction, not annexation or pressure.

1. Frame Canada as a Stepping-Stone to Independence, Not a Replacement Ruler. Greenland’s dominant long-term aspiration is independence from Denmark, not absorption by another great power.

Canada could position itself as: A transitional federal partner. Offering autonomy + protection, not control. (A model similar to Canada’s relationship with its northern territories!)

Key message: “Join Canada temporarily or conditionally as a territory, with an explicit, protected path to full independence later.”

1. That is far more appealing than: Remaining under Denmark indefinitely or becoming a U.S. possession with limited self-determination!

2. Emphasize Cultural & Arctic Parallels, Not Nationalism: Canada has credibility here that the U.S. does not.

Highlight shared realities:

- Arctic governance.

- Small, remote communities.

- Indigenous language preservation.

- Subsistence traditions.

Climate-frontline adaptation:

Canada should stress parallels with Nunavut, including:

- Inuktitut language protection.

- Local control over land use.

- Co-management of wildlife.

- Cultural autonomy embedded in law.

This frames Canada as: “A country that already lives the Arctic reality... rather than exploiting it.”

 3. Offer Concrete Economic Guarantees, Not Abstract Promises! 

Greenland’s fears include:

- Resource extraction without local benefit.

- Becoming a strategic pawn.

- Cultural dilution.

 Canada could counter with specific, written guarantees, such as:

- Greenland-controlled resource royalties.

- Mandatory local employment quotas.

- Canadian investment in ports, housing, broadband, and healthcare.

- Arctic research hubs headquartered in Greenland, not Ottawa.

 This contrasts sharply with U.S. perceptions of:

- Military-first priorities.

- Corporate extraction.

- Washington-centric decision-making.

 4. Position Canada as a Shield Against U.S. Pressure, Not a Proxy! This is delicate... but powerful. Canada could quietly signal:

- Greenland within Canada would be inside NATO already

- No U.S. annexation pressure.

- No “buyout” politics.

- No sudden militarization beyond existing defence agreements!

 In other words: “Canada is boring... and that’s the point.” 

For a small population, boring governance is often preferable to the attention of great powers!

5. Promote a Greenland-Led Referendum + Constitutional Convention... Interest increases when people feel ownership of the process!

 Canada should never “propose annexation.” Instead, it could support:

- Greenland-initiated public discussions.

- Academic exchanges on governance options.

- Joint commissions exploring all futures: independence, association, confederation.

This mirrors how Canada handles internal constitutional change... slow, legal, consent-based!

 6. Use Climate & Science Leadership as the Primary Hook! Greenland is ground zero for:

 - Ice melt

- Sea-level rise

- Climate research

- Arctic data sovereignty

 Canada could propose:

- A Greenland-based Arctic Climate Authority

- Joint stewardship of polar science.

- Long-term funding without political strings.

 This frames Canada as a partner in survival, not a bidder in a real-estate deal!!!!!

 7. What Not to Do! (This Matters.)

 Any of the following would kill interest instantly:

 - Public Canadian political enthusiasm for “acquiring” Greenland!

- Military framing!

- Economic leverage threats!

- U.S.-style “security necessity” language!

- Media speculation driven by outsiders!

 Greenlandic interest only grows if: The idea feels like Greenland’s idea.

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Bottom Line: Could Canada increase Greenlandic interest?

 Yes... but only by offering:

- Autonomy before authority!

- Partnership before power!

- Exit options before permanence!

- Cultural respect before economics!

 Canada’s strength here is not ambition... it’s restraint!

 Compare Canada vs. U.S. vs. Independence from a Greenlandic perspective, point by point. Below is a Greenland-centric comparison, written from the perspective of Greenlanders deciding their own future, not outside powers arguing over them.

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 Greenland’s Strategic Futures... A Ground-Level Comparison: 

 Option A: Full Independence. (Greenland stands alone as a sovereign Arctic state)

 Advantages:

 - Complete political self-determination.

- Full control over resources, foreign policy, and identity.

- Strong symbolic and cultural fulfillment of long-held aspirations.

- Ability to choose partnerships case-by-case.

 Risks / Challenges:

 - Extremely small population managing:

- Defense.

- Currency stability.

- International diplomacy.

- Infrastructure costs.

- High vulnerability to pressure from larger powers. (U.S., China, EU)

- Economic dependence on resource extraction and tourism.

- Climate costs borne alone.

 Greenlandic Reality Check: Independence is emotionally compelling, but structurally fragile unless paired with a powerful, non-dominating partner!

 Option B: Association with Canada: (Greenland becomes a Canadian territory or associated entity by consent)

 Advantages:

 - Retains strong local autonomy. (territorial governance model)

- Embedded Indigenous rights framework. (proven, legal, constitutional)

- Stable currency, healthcare system, and social safety net.

- Shared Arctic governance experience

- NATO membership without U.S. political dominance.

- Lower geopolitical profile → less great-power pressure.

 Risks / Tradeoffs:

 - Some loss of symbolic sovereignty.

- Cultural dilution concerns if poorly handled.

- Ottawa distance. (though less than Copenhagen in practice.)

 * Requires constitutional innovation! (but Canada has precedent!)

 Greenlandic Reality Check:

- Canada offers boring stability, cultural respect, and legal predictability.

- For a small Arctic population, boring can be a feature—not a flaw.

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Option C: Association with the United States. (Greenland joins or is absorbed by the U.S.)

 Advantages:

- Massive economic capacity.

- Infrastructure investment potential.

- Military protection guaranteed.

- Immediate global influence.

 Risks / Red Flags:

 - Militarization prioritized over civilian life.

- Federal governance is weak on Indigenous autonomy.

- Cultural marginalization is likely.

- Strategic value outweighs local voice.

- Domestic U.S. political volatility spills over.

- Greenland becomes a military asset first, society second!

 Greenlandic Reality Check:

 This option offers power, but not patience. Greenland will become a strategic outpost rather than a lived homeland!

 Option D: Status Quo with Denmark. (Expanded autonomy, gradual reform)

 Advantages:

 - Known system, low disruption.

- Financial support continues.

- Strong welfare model.

- International legitimacy intact.

 Risks / Limitations:

 - Persistent colonial undertone.

- Cultural distance.

- Limited strategic leverage

- Slower path to true self-determination.

- Growing generational dissatisfaction.

 Greenlandic Reality Check:

 Denmark is safe... but increasingly feels like the past, not the future!

 Comparative Snapshot. (Greenland’s Interests First)

Criterion	Independ	Canada	United States	Denmark
Cultural Autonomy	★★★★★	★★★★☆	★★☆☆☆	★★★☆☆
Economic Stability	★★☆☆☆	★★★★☆	★★★★★	★★★★☆
Political Voice	★★★★★	★★★★☆	★★☆☆☆	★★★☆☆
Defence Without Domination	★☆☆☆☆	★★★★☆	★☆☆☆☆	★★★☆☆
Long-Term Resilience	★★☆☆☆	★★★★☆	★★★☆☆	★★★☆☆

From a Greenlandic perspective:

 - Independence = dignity with risk.

- United States = power with loss of agency.

- Denmark = security with stagnation.

- Canada = autonomy with stability.

 Canada’s unique appeal is that it offers:

 - Protection without possession

- Structure without spectacle

- Partnership without urgency

 That combination is rare in geopolitics!

Plus... it goes a long way towards establishing Canada's "Manifest Destiny" by allowing Alaska and the top half of Maine to become a part of Canada... as well as Point Roberts and that little chunk at the tip of... Lake of the Woods... that's actually our territory anyway!

Oh, and while I'm at it... We should invite the "Turks and Caicos Islands" to become a territory as well, so we have somewhere warm to go in the winter!

 

TARIFFS!

How will the Canadian government spin the fact that Canada will not be able to trade with the US without any tariffs?

By S.D. Hargreaves: THE Impolite Canadian! 

I think you’ve missed the point completely.

Canada doesn’t want to trade with the U.S at all anymore! 

Canada doesn’t need to spin anything, because Canada only deals in the truth and facts, a foreign concept to the Red-Hat Nazi Party running the U.S. 

The U.S. is untrustworthy and a highly volatile authoritarian regime, being run by Trump, the most corrupt, egotistical, serial liar in U.S. history. 

Maybe you should be thinking about that instead of all the delusional ways you can hurt Canada. We don’t obey your dictator, we don’t respect your dictator, we despise your dictator, and we are thoroughly disgusted by your dictator. 

U.S.-imposed illegal tariffs (yes, they are illegal, as deemed so by the World Trade Organization) and the subsequent illegal trade war are somewhat the least of Canada’s worries when you consider the very real threats made on our sovereignty, which Canadians need to take seriously. 

You need to understand that it isn’t that the U.S. doesn’t need anything from Canada, it’s that Trump’s regime doesn’t want to pay for Canadian exports anymore. 

Trump wants to amplify the U.S.’s already predatory nature, undermine our economy and simply take everything from Canada! 

By everything, I mean all our natural resources. 

Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods are nothing more than bullying and diversionary tactics. 

Two can play at diversionary tactics. As Trump turns the White House into a gaudy brothel, with gold-coloured paint everywhere, and paves over the famous White House rose garden, Canada is signing new trade deals around the world, deals that will end certain exports to the U.S. 

While Trump is busy playing army guy by putting nuclear weapons on the roof of the White House, we are expanding our military exponentially and buying military equipment and weaponry from countries other than the U.S. such as the Saab JAS 39 Gripen. 

We have even committed to producing our own military equipment, because we have all the resources needed to do so. 

We do all of this as we ignore Trump’s trade deal deadlines and continue to boycott U.S. goods/products and travel to the U.S. 

As for his tariffs, there is not one country that doesn’t incur some form of tariffs, taxes, duties or levies on exports.

In any case, those picking up the tab for tariffs aren’t foreign exporters like Canada, etc., but U.S. consumers. 

This could even include the very industries that the Trump regime wants to shield if imported raw materials and components end up costing more. 

And they are! 

Meanwhile, the hellscape the U.S. has become... continues to get worse. Masked ICE agents run racist raids with impunity, literally rounding up people simply because they are brown. 

Washington is crawling with the National Guard and military! 

Mass protests against Trump are popping up everywhere as he continues to weaponize the government against U.S. citizens and destroy democracy. 

Your economy is mediocre at best and heading towards a recession, inflation rates are steadily rising, all while Trump and his billionaire cronies get richer. 

Trump, sick with moral decay, breaks, defies and outright ignores the law, yet the U.S. has the highest rate of incarceration in the entire free world, and still, the filthy scumbag and multiple-time convicted orange felon has never seen the inside of a jail cell. 

Trump sues media outlets when they call him out on his bullshit, tell the truth, or paint him in a negative light, as he absolutely deserves to be. 

I find that to be a particularly chickenshit move. 

Trump is a treasonous rat and traitor to your country. 

The U.S. used to hang people for treason; now you celebrate it like spineless cowards. 

Worst, and most disgusting of all, Trump is a filthy pedophile, a sexual abuser and a rapist, and MAGA seems just fine with that, creating and accepting lie upon lie to defend him. 

What a disgraceful and sickening fucking display. 

Nothing is the truth unless it comes out of Trump’s smug face, or the fork-tongued mouth of that Nazi Barbie, Karoline Leavitt, right? 

The U.S. is rotting from the inside. 

Rotten with hate, prejudice, discrimination, intolerance, racism, greed, corruption, indecency, deceit, misogyny and the list goes on, but you’re more worried about how the Canadian government will spin the fact that Canada will not be able to trade with the US without any tariffs? 

I think you’ve got your priorities really mixed up fella. 

Pay more attention to removing the rot and trying to salvage what’s left of your toilet of a country before running your mouth about others. 

Until then, there is no benefit or point to your question; it just makes you look truly stupid and embarrasses you!

S.D. Hargreaves:

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Which 10 states are considering joining Canada?

It doesn't matter what states are discussing joining Canada. All 50 can discuss it all they want, but it is extremely unlikely that Canada will accept any of them.

What Americans do not understand is that the two cultures are much too different for a union to make sense.

Canada is NOT interested in having one or more states as part of confederation. From an American point of view any state joining Canada would require fundamental changes on the part of the state.

For example, American states are constitutionally sovereign. As part of this sovereignty, they have their own criminal laws and court systems.

On the other hand, the Canadian system is one in which responsibilities are divided between the federal government and the provinces. There is only one criminal law and one court system.

For all intents and purposes there is no overlap between the federal and provincial governments although the federal government does often provide funding in provincial areas that have a national benefit such as healthcare and post secondary education.

Yet another lie from Don-the-Con is that Canadians would benefit by becoming part of the U.S. He cites healthcare and taxes as benefits.

In fact, those are two of the major reasons not to become part of the United States. At best, the U.S. insurance risk management system is rated 34th in the world. Canada is ranked much higher and has far better outcomes.

Canada's overall tax burden is among the three lowest of the developed countries, lower than the U.S.

Overall, Canada is moving forward, becoming one of the leading nations of the world. On the other hand, the U.S. is sinking, already a second level country heading for third-world status.

There are enormous advantages for U.S. states and Americans in becoming part of Canada. All the disadvantages accrue to Canada and Canadians.

Thanks for finally showing interest in Canada but it's too late. Canada isn't interested.

You elected Trump, now live with the consequences.

By Brenton Harding: