Climate Change IS Affecting Greenland, Say Trump Minions When It's Politically Expedient

The Trump tribe will admit that climate
change is affecting Greenland, but only
when it helps their cause. 

It turns out Trump, or at least his minions, think climate change is a thing after all.

At least when it comes to some of the things they want. 

Like Greenland. things they want. Including ridiculous things.

It has at least temporarily faded from the news a bit, but Donald Trump, being inaugurated as president once again today, wants to purchase Greenland. 

Or invade it. Or something.  

Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark. The giant island's prime minister, Mute Egede advocates full independence from Denmark. Both Denmark and Greenland officials adamantly oppose any takeover of Greenland by Trump. 

That's not deterring anybody in Trump world. 

Robert O'Brien, a former national security advisor for Trump, was recently on the Fox News show "Sunday Morning Futures."

O'Brien said: "Greenland is a highway from the Arctic all the way to North America, to the United States.... It's strategically very important to the Arctic which is going to be a critical battleground of the future because as the climate gets warmer, the Arctic is going to be a pathway that maybe cuts down on the usage of the Panama Canal."

Did you catch that?  "as the climate gets warmer."

Up until now, climate change was apparently a hoax, at least in the minds of the MAGA fan boys and girls. All that ice melting off of Greenland's big ice cap and raising sea levels is all in our imagination, I guess. 

Greenland is the world's largest island and 80 percent of it is still covered by an ice sheet. There is a large U.S. military base up there, but Trump wants more.  It appears he has his eyes on money as usual. Looks like there's oil under them thar ice caps. Plus profitable minerals. 

Trump paints it all as a national security issue. He recently wrote: "For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the world, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity."

Well, not everybody in the U.S. thinks that, but you get the idea. 

The interesting thing is, the Arctic in general really is becoming more accessible and more strategic with less and less ice up there due to climate change. 

Greenland itself is becoming more accessible, partly due to a slightly more temperate climate that has developed along its immediate seashores and mostly because of more economic interest concerning the island:

Per CNN

"The problem for travelers over the years has been getting to Greenland via time-consuming indirect flights. That's changing. Late in 2024, the capital Nuuk opened a long-delayed international airport. From June, 2025, United Airlines will be operating a twice-weekly direct service from Newark to Nuuk.

Two other international airports are due to open in 2026. Qaqortoq in South Greenland and more significantly in Illulissat, the island's only real tourism hotspot."

Trump and his band of unhappy warriors on some level know about how climate change is altering the Arctic and making it more desirable economically and militarily.  They'll admit to climate change when it suits their purpose. But to keep their most brainwashed followers happy, they'll just keep telling us climate change is a giant hoax.  

It plays well on Fox News, after all.