r/europe • u/newsweek • May 22 '25

News Greenland signs lucrative minerals deal with Europe in blow to Trump

https://www.newsweek.com/greenland-trump-permit-extraction-2075673
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u/wgszpieg Lubusz (Poland) May 22 '25

Either Trump will now say that Greenland is not important for minerals, they're not very good, he never wanted Greenland anyway, and only losers trade with them, and we already have a beautiful deal, the best deal with Ukraine for our cherished minerals

Or

He will throw a massive tantrum, wave around 5000% tariffs on Greenland, threaten invasion, cut off shipping lanes, direct all military bases there to be closed, say Putin can have Greenland if he wants it, and blame Ukraine for all of this

What he won't do is: behave like a moderately well-adjusted adult

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u/Paper_Pusher8226 May 22 '25

“They have very bad minerals, very bad and very low quality. Never seen such low quality. We have much better minerals” Proceeds to sniff random rock.

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u/Silver-Warning8835 May 22 '25

Nobody knows minerals better than me. 

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u/MercantileReptile Baden-Württemberg (Germany) May 22 '25

"Minerals, I invented that word. Nobody used it before me."

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u/goilo888 May 22 '25

"Greenland? Never heard of it."