{"id":421235,"date":"2026-01-14T12:29:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T11:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=421235"},"modified":"2026-01-14T19:32:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:32:55","slug":"claim-trump-providing-free-military-support-to-greenland-will-alleviate-climate-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=421235","title":{"rendered":"Claim: Trump Providing Free Military Support to Greenland will Alleviate Climate Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by<\/strong> Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activists seem keen for the USA to go back to subsidising Europe\u2019s defence budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trump calls climate change a \u2018con job\u2019 but it could drive his bid to seize Greenland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 13, 2026 \u2014 5.00am
David Crowe<\/a>
Europe correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At a time when temperatures are soaring in Australia and bushfires are destroying homes and lives, the conditions in Greenland seem like the opposite extreme. The common factor, however, is the concern about the warming planet.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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This is another worry for the people of Greenland when US President Donald Trump is making them nervous by talking about taking control<\/a> of their territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One young woman in Nuuk screws up her face when asked about Trump. \u201cHe treats us as objects, not as human beings,\u201d she says.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the Americans worry about Russian and Chinese ships in these northern waters, the climate is part of their calculations. \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US response, however, has been to leave its military operations in Greenland largely unchanged. \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One Nuuk local<\/strong>, Julia Pars, a business consultant, tells me some people say they can\u2019t sleep at night because they think about the US invading their territory<\/strong>. Pars shares the concerns, but she separates the anxiety about Trump from the security pact with America.<\/strong> \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is not an unusual response when I speak to people in Nuuk, and it is also the view of the major political leaders here. They seem to believe in the US alliance, and the unity of Western democracies, more than the US president. I do not hear objections to hosting more US forces in Greenland.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/world\/europe\/trump-calls-climate-change-a-con-job-but-it-could-drive-his-bid-to-seize-greenland-20260112-p5nt8v.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s see if I\u2019ve got this right. Greenlanders are terrified of climate change and the USA \u201ctaking over\u201d, and presumably taking a slice of Greenland\u2019s mineral wealth \u2013 but the USA sending lots of soldiers to Greenland for nothing in return would help alleviate their concerns?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t blame the Europeans for trying. The Biden administration was wide open to European leaders mooching billions of US taxpayer dollars for Ukraine and any cause with the word \u201cclimate\u201d in its name. Shaking the Russia rattle or the climate rattle has consistently worked on many previous US administrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps European influencers and leaders think if they shake the climate rattle and the Russia rattle at the same time, the Trump administration will cave and give them lots of free stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why would Climate Activists want the USA to subsidise Europe\u2019s defence budget?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t know David Crowe\u2019s personal motivation, but back in 2023 George Soros complained the tension with Russia is distracting Europe from its climate crusade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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European Green Ambitions Depend on the USA Funding Ukraine<\/a><\/blockquote>