Listen to Donald Trump and you would think Moscow and Beijing were lying in wait off the coast of Greenland, ready to pounce to boost their power in the Arctic.
“There are Russian destroyers, there are Chinese destroyers and, bigger, there are Russian submarines all over the place,” President Trump said recently.
That is why, according to America’s president, US control of Greenland is essential.
So how do you think Moscow has reacted to its alleged plot being uncovered and potentially thwarted by a US takeover of Greenland?
The Russians can’t be pleased. Right?
Wrong.
Putin is actually intelligent, regardless of his morality (I know the man has a lot of innocent blood on his hands, not to the extent of American presidents but still, he might see Hell), Trump can smell it and, since intelligence is capacity and capacity is power, Trump “admires” him. But he was doing all his amoral hedonistic and grifty stuff way before he ever had a relationship with Russia, Russia (and the rest of the world too, why do you think they call Trump “country builder” in China, lol) is just happy he’s in power now and definitely helped him get there (to a smaller degree than reactionary talking points make it seem) and he was elected because enough people in the country are hateful morons, that’s it. And Russia has financed Trump, it’s not friendship, it’s just convenient for both sides…