Why Trump’s Greenland Obsession Is Fueled by Oil, Minerals and Geopolitical Power Play
January 16, 2026
GREENLAND IS THE NEXT VENEZUELA.
TRUMP’S GREENLAND OBSESSION EXPOSED.
What’s behind the renewed U.S. fixation on Greenland isn’t just “national security.”
It’s access to critical minerals, strategic positioning, and global power leverage, the same hunger that drove the scramble for Venezuelan oil.
From rare earths essential for AI, tech and green energy, to control of Arctic military routes and geopolitical chokepoints, Greenland sits at the new intersection of resource extraction and geopolitical dominance.
STOP THIS NOW!
@perfectunion
#Greenland #Trump #Geopolitics #freepalestine #fyp
English Script:
Trevor Hayes: Take a look at this map of Greenland if you want to understand why Trump wants to take it over so badly. Trump says that it’s all about national security.
Trump: We need Greenland from a national security situation. It’s so strategic.
Trevor Hayes: But that’s not the full story. The U.S. doesn’t need to take over Greenland for national security at all. The US already has military installations in Greenland, and Greenland is governed by Denmark, a NATO ally. Greenland, like Venezuela, has significant oil and mineral wealth that Trump wants. Greenland has massive deposits of rare earth minerals that the United States currently has to depend on China for. Resources that US tech and energy companies would love to get their hands on, as they seek to massively expand and profit off of artificial intelligence. And the US government thinks that Greenland likely has large oil and gas deposits off its coastline. But the government of Greenland has stopped giving out licenses for oil and gas exploration. And recently they stopped a lot of mining exploration, too, due to environmental concerns. So if Greenland was in US hands, these roadblocks to US companies would disappear. Companies working in Greenland are already seeing a boost at the suggestion of US control. Critical metals and energy transition minerals stock both jumped over 25% just this week. Big tech billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are already invested in companies like KoBold Metals, which holds mining rights in western Greenland and secured half a billion in new funding right when Trump got back into office. And weirdly, a lot of this push to take Greenland seems to be coming from Estee Lauder heir Ronald Lauder, a longtime Trump ally and a billionaire who apparently first introduced Trump to the idea of buying Greenland at all. Lauder is, of course, quietly making investments in Greenland, like funding the Delaware based Greenland Development Partners, a company looking to invest in hydropower projects that would power aluminum smelters in the area. Effectively, they’re setting up shop for a big American push into Greenlandic minerals. Even weirder, Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen and Ken Howery, the current US ambassador to Denmark, are pushing the Trump administration to take Greenland so they can create a deregulated tech “Freedom City” in Greenland, which, of course, would never happen if the Danish government kept control. Maybe, needless to say at this point, but none of this has anything to do with improving the lives of Americans or even the lives of Greenlanders. It’s all about servicing the needs of corporations, and Trump’s desire for global power.
