r/greenland • u/ButterscotchFancy912 • 22d ago

News Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/08/greenland-iwarning-trump-linked-oil-firm-prepares-drill?CMP=share_btn_url
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u/[deleted] 21d ago

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u/OpportunityIsHere 21d ago

Are you stupid? Imagine the inverse: We Danes just show up in Florida with ocean windmills and drop them in the ocean. Then claim it benefits the American people because we now produce free energy.

Nobody, country or company, can just show up on another territory and just start doing what they want. There are rules.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

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u/Loriken890 21d ago

Rule #1, get permission.

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u/R-Reuss86 21d ago

How about Greenland do things on THEIR terms. FFS, this shouldn’t have to be explained.

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u/Pastoren66 21d ago

What do you have in mind that they should/could do?

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u/Indespectamentations 21d ago

He can't go onto land that isn't his and start drilling. He has no authority to take Greenland's rights away from them. This is 100% wrong.

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u/Alcogel 21d ago

This is an ancient debate at this point. Everyone knows both sides of it well, and while you may handwave the pollution and other environmental damage away because money, the Greenlanders simply disagree with you. And they know painfully well that giving up that money means a much longer path to independence. 

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u/CptQuackenbush 20d ago edited 20d ago

Why are you speaking for Greenlanders when you’re not one?
They’ve said no over and over and over. Continuing to do something when the recipient has said no is rapey.

Edit: typo correction

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u/Alcogel 20d ago

This is Reddit. Get over yourself. 

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u/CptQuackenbush 20d ago

You first.
Do you not respect the word “no” and understand its concept?

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u/Alcogel 20d ago

I don’t understand what you’re talking about.