#usexpansionism — Public Fediverse posts
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#Denmark summons #US envoy over claims of interference in #Greenland
Denmark’s foreign minister summoned the top US diplomat in the country for talks after the main national broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least 3 people with connections to President Donald #Trump have been carrying out #covert #influence operations in Greenland.
#geopolitics #USexpansionism
https://apnews.com/article/denmark-greenland-us-trump-6c9544314792cf1e287e21af06111c1e -
#KingCharles III arrives in Ottawa on Monday to underscore #Canada’s #sovereignty to #Trump.
Trump’s repeated suggestion that the US #annex its northern neighbor prompted Prime Minister #MarkCarney to invite Charles to give the speech from the throne that will outline his government’s agenda for the new Parliament. The king is the head of state in Canada, which is a member of the British Commonwealth of former colonies.
#geopolitics #USexpansionism
https://apnews.com/article/king-charles-canada-carney-trump-parliament-speech-cfb17691de077f3a3677fe377666ace7 -
#Trump’s memo states that the #DOD should be provided jurisdiction over lands including the #RooseveltReservation – a 60-foot-wide swath of land along the #border – for #military purposes including border wall construction & installing detection & monitoring equipment. The memo excludes Federal Indian Reservations.
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#Trump’s memo, sent to #Interior Secy #DougBurgum, #DHS Secy #KristiNoem, Secy of #Defense #PeteHegseth & #Agricultural Secy #BrookeRollins, states that the #military must “take a more direct role” in efforts to secure the border & calls on the secretaries to act to provide the #DOD “use & jurisdiction” over certain #FederalLands “to enable military activities” on military installations.
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#Trump sent a memorandum to 4 federal department heads Friday night instructing them to allow the #military to use & take jurisdiction of #FederalLand along the #US – #Mexico #border.
#law #geopolitics #immigration #USexpansionism
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/politics/us-mexico-border-federal-land-military-control/index.html -
Their aim, #JDVance said in a video, is to check up on #Greenland’s security, because *unnamed other countries* could “use its territories & its waterways to threaten the United States.” And these are real concerns for the #UnitedStates, rooted in #ClimateChange: As #PolarIce melts away, superpowers are vying for newly open #ShippingRoutes in the #ArcticOcean & largely unexplored #mineral & #FossilFuel reserves.
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“…I think the fear of the #US #imperialist approach has lately become bigger than the anger towards Denmark," said Julie Rademacher, a consultant & fmr adviser to #Greenland's govt.
Reuters spoke to…Greenlanders in Nuuk, all of whom said they favored #independence, although many expressed concern that a swift transition could damage the economy & eliminate Nordic #welfare services like #UniversalHealthcare & free #schooling.