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The North Pole soon to be a bone of contention
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen Greenland once again, because it's so bizarre: what kind of fool has Trump made of the glacier island?
The USA actually has a chance of gaining the island - in a roundabout way, just as it once gradually seceded Texas from Mexico: Pressure on Denmark for an independence referendum. This will go in Trump's favor because he is offering higher subsidies than those from Copenhagen, with which the 60,000 inhabitants are highly dissatisfied. After a period of shame in independence, the island will become part of America, where Greenland is also geographically located.
Trump's (and his hardline strategists') obsession with Canada actually has a security component: The melting of the North Pole means that the "Northern Passage" may soon become a year-round shipping route. This will bring enormous economic and strategic advantages for Russia and China.
The territorial claims to the North Pole region harbor great potential for conflict. The Kremlin claims that the Russian continental shelf extends underwater to the North Pole, and Russia has already sunk a flag symbol to the bottom of the sea there - for purely scientific reasons, of course.
When it comes to strategic issues, such as the Panama Canal, the USA only knows one nightmare: China, China, China. Beijing has accelerated its armament enormously - especially at sea...
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