President Donald Trump said that taking full 'ownership' over Greenland, rather than just upping the United States' military presence there, is 'psychologically important' to him during a lengthy sit-down interview with 'The New York Times'

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Trump also told the Times that he isn’t opposed to using nuclear force if he “needed it” to take over the Arctic island but that “it might upset NATO," since the island is a self-governing territory of NATO member country Denmark.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      38·
      20 hours ago

      Uhhh…the coverup worked. I’m 42, and this is the first I’ve ever heard that we nuked Greenland. I feel like that SHOULD be common knowledge, but I’m willing to bet if I ask 100 random people, 0 will think I’m telling the truth if I told them we’ve nuked Greenland before.

      • pillowtags@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        341·
        19 hours ago

        I mean, it’s not accurate to say we nuked them, as no nuclear detonation occurred. We did contaminate the area with radiation and likely harmed the Danish workers assisting in the cleanup.

        • cosmicrookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          19 hours ago

          The cleanup was performed by people who didn’t know that these were nuclear weapons though.

          Also:

          Although they did not work at Camp Hunziker, the Danes worked at the Tank Farm where the contaminated ice was collected, in the port from which the contaminated debris was shipped, and also serviced the vehicles used in the clean-up.

          The report also confirmed that the United States stockpiled nuclear weapons in Greenland until 1965, contradicting assurances by Danish foreign minister Niels Helveg Petersen that the weapons were in Greenland’s airspace, but never on the ground

      • hector@lemmy.todayEnglish
        4·
        17 hours ago

        I had no idea and am fairly well read. I knew we(understandably,) tried to nuke north carolins with two hydrogen bombs. They did not go off so they declared an oopsie but may have never found one.

        Then portugal there was an accident, sent armed forces to clean it up with no warning or gear and they all got cancer.