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BumRushDaShow

(158,588 posts) Mon Jul 28, 2025, 06:44 AM Jul 28

Trump's plan to bully Greenland for 'game-changing' minerals backfired: report

Source: Raw Story

July 27, 2025 8:55PM ET

President Donald Trump's plan to bully another country into giving up its rare earth minerals appears to have backfired, according to a new report.

The Washington Post reported on Sunday that Trump's previous statements about controlling Greenland for national security seem to have been part of a larger plot to get favored access to the country's rare earth minerals. Greenland has two-thirds of the minerals most crucial to the United States, which are used by technology companies to build their products, according to the report.

One mine is said to have enough minerals to operate for 1,000 years, according to the report. Tony Sage, who owns the professional soccer team in Perth, Australia, told The Post that the mine is a "game-changing rare earth mine for the West.”To that end, the Trump administration sent a "letter of interest" to another local mining company offering a $120 million loan to help expand their operations.

However, that plan appears to have backfired as Greenland officials say the country's mining industry doesn't need to grow that quickly. "We don’t need to be the greatest mining country in the world," Naaja Nathanielsen, Greenland's mining minister, told The Post. "To run a small country and a small economy like ours, we need a good stable income over time that benefits the people and protects the environment.”

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2673768935/

Link to WaPo article - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2025/greenland-minerals-mining-trump-difficulties/

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Trump's plan to bully Greenland for 'game-changing' minerals backfired: report (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jul 28 OP

He couldn't just ask nicely BoRaGard Jul 28 #1

A country brave enough to stop Trump from stealing all of its resources. Irish_Dem Jul 28 #2

Greenland has a forward-looking government PJMcK Jul 28 #3

Made possible, in part, by low population thought crime Jul 28 #14

Excellent point! PJMcK Jul 28 #15

"a good stable income over time that benefits the people and protects the environment" Martin Eden Jul 28 #4

No 'boom and bust' for Greenland pfitz59 Jul 28 #5

Post removed Post removed Jul 28 #6

I miss you already. Orrex Jul 28 #7

Don't worry BumRushDaShow Jul 28 #10

A mineral bonanza in Greenland is a mirage TomWilm Jul 28 #8

... littlemissmartypants Jul 28 #9

LOL....nice try Orange democratsruletheday Jul 29 #18

I'll bet that mining minister wears sensible shoes. eppur_se_muova Jul 28 #11

Is Greenland accepting U.S. political refugees? not fooled Jul 28 #12

Yeah, and green is my favorite color! FakeNoose Jul 28 #13

Judicial Watch ask for all records regarding the purchase of Greenland TomWilm Jul 29 #16

Can we have Greenland's mining minister for President? travelingthrulife Jul 29 #17

BoRaGard

(7,031 posts)

1. He couldn't just ask nicely

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 06:55 AM

Jul 28

No. He had to be a republicon bully beast a-hole. Now he wonders why he's a Greenland Incel.

Clueless. And arrogant. No way to go through life.

Irish_Dem

(73,298 posts)

2. A country brave enough to stop Trump from stealing all of its resources.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 06:59 AM

Jul 28

Unlike the US which hands over all of our assets to Trump willingly.

PJMcK

(24,140 posts)

3. Greenland has a forward-looking government

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 08:15 AM

Jul 28

They want to keep their economy stable for the long term. Trump’s offer of money and Greenland’s rejection of it should be a lesson to other country’s, universities and corporations.

I know, wishful thinking.

thought crime

(685 posts)

14. Made possible, in part, by low population

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 04:12 PM

Jul 28

One of the worst "Big Lies" is that population growth is always good. There are all sorts of qualifiers and I understand they benefit from Denmark's welfare state (a good thing), but Democracies seem to work better at a lower population size where people have common interests.

PJMcK

(24,140 posts)

15. Excellent point!

Reply to thought crime (Reply #14)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 04:25 PM

Jul 28

Thanks for your reply and welcome to DU!

Keep posting.

Martin Eden

(14,770 posts)

4. "a good stable income over time that benefits the people and protects the environment"

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 08:21 AM

Jul 28

Exactly!

The economic model of this world needs to evolve from the rapacious capitalism that accelerates the conversion of finite resources to pollution, leaving future generations with ravaged lands and catastrophic climate change.

Do we, or do we not, care about our grandchildren? Pro-Life begins not at conception, but with developing a sustainable economy which conserves the resources and environmental ecosystems which support life itself.

pfitz59

(11,762 posts)

5. No 'boom and bust' for Greenland

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 09:03 AM

Jul 28

Stability and shared prosperity sound good to me.

Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

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Orrex

(65,828 posts)

7. I miss you already.

Reply to Post removed (Reply #6)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 09:11 AM

Jul 28

BumRushDaShow

(158,588 posts)

10. Don't worry

Reply to Orrex (Reply #7)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 09:28 AM

Jul 28

It'll be back!

TomWilm

(1,921 posts)

8. A mineral bonanza in Greenland is a mirage

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 09:25 AM

Jul 28

Geologist Minik Rosing, a native Greenlander and professor at the University of Copenhagen, argues that the assumptions about getting rich quickly from untapped resources in Greenland are akin to planning to get wealthy by playing the lottery. The widespread lack of detailed knowledge about geology, mining, and minerals has resulted in, he says, an almost "mythological misunderstanding" of what rare earth elements truly are.

"In geology, we say what characterizes rare earths is that they are neither rare nor earth. They are a group of metals that are commonly occurring in many rock types, and there are large known deposits of them throughout the world," Rosing explained.

According to Rosing, nothing points to a special concentration of minerals and rare earths in Greenland, and there are many places in the world where minerals are easier and cheaper to obtain, such as in the USA. In the U.S. Geological Survey's overview of known rare earth reserves from 2024, Greenland sits eighth in the table, ranked just behind the US but far behind countries such as China, Vietnam, and Brazil.

littlemissmartypants

(29,089 posts)

9. ...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 09:26 AM

Jul 28

Last edited Tue Aug 5, 2025, 02:25 PM - Edit history (1)

Touché!

democratsruletheday

(1,472 posts)

18. LOL....nice try Orange

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #9)

Tue Jul 29, 2025, 06:58 PM

Jul 29

McFuckface

eppur_se_muova

(39,753 posts)

11. I'll bet that mining minister wears sensible shoes.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 10:27 AM

Jul 28

Quite unlike the "cruel stepmother" divas that Turnip prefers to appoint.

not fooled

(6,436 posts)

12. Is Greenland accepting U.S. political refugees?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 12:46 PM

Jul 28

Asking for 75 million friends.

FakeNoose

(38,322 posts)

13. Yeah, and green is my favorite color!

Reply to not fooled (Reply #12)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 12:51 PM

Jul 28

However I don't speak Danish so I'd be at a disadvantage.

TomWilm

(1,921 posts)

16. Judicial Watch ask for all records regarding the purchase of Greenland

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jul 29, 2025, 05:20 AM

Jul 29

Judicial Watch hereby requests that the Department of State provide the following records:
1. All records regarding the proposed purchase or acquisition of the Greenland territory by the United States.
2. All records regarding the visit of Donald Trump, Jr. to Greenland in January 2025.
3. All email messages sent or received by Consul Monica Bland containing the term "Trump".

... maybe even Judicial Watch could be helpful this time!

travelingthrulife

(3,037 posts)

17. Can we have Greenland's mining minister for President?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jul 29, 2025, 09:01 AM

Jul 29

"To run a small country and a small economy like ours, we need a good stable income over time that benefits the people and protects the environment.”

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