Trump discussing how to acquire Greenland, US military always an option, White House says

I want to thank Ten Bears for the link to this story.  Hugs https://homelessonthehighdesert.com/2026/01/06/page-tue-and-a-big-fu-to-you-too/


https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-advisers-discussing-options-acquiring-greenland-us-military-is-always-an-2026-01-06/

An aerial view shows a fjord in western Greenland
An aerial view shows a fjord in western Greenland, September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
  • U.S. purchase of Greenland also an option being discussed
  • Invasion would send shock waves through NATO
  • Trump’s drive to acquire Greenland ‘not going away’, official says
  • Some U.S. Republicans and Democrats push back against Greenland comments
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) – The White House said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump is discussing options for acquiring Greenland, including potential use of the U.S. military, in a revival of his ambition to control the strategic island despite European objections.
Trump sees acquiring Greenland as a U.S. national security priority necessary to “deter our adversaries in the Arctic region,” the White House said in a statement.
“The president and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the U.S. military is always an option at the commander-in-chief’s disposal,” the White House said.
Greenland has repeatedly said it does not want to be part of the United States. Leaders from major European powers and Canada rallied behind the Arctic territory on Tuesday, saying it belongs to its people.
A U.S. military seizure of Greenland from a longtime ally, Denmark, would send shock waves through the NATO alliance and deepen the divide between Trump and European leaders.
The strong opposition has not deterred Trump from reviewing how to make Greenland a U.S. hub in an area where there is growing interest from Russia and China. Trump’s interest, initially voiced in 2019 during his first term in office, has been rekindled in recent days in the wake of the U.S. arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Emboldened by Maduro’s capture last weekend, Trump has voiced his belief that “American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again,” and has put pressure on both Colombia and Cuba.
He has also started talking about Greenland again after putting it on the back burner for months.
A senior U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said Trump and his advisers are discussing a variety of ways to acquire Greenland.

IS GREENLAND FOR SALE?

Those options include the outright U.S. purchase of Greenland or forming a Compact of Free Association with the territory, the official said. A COFA agreement would stop short of Trump’s ambition to make the island of 57,000 people a part of the United States.
The official did not provide a potential purchase price.
“Diplomacy is always the president’s first option with anything, and deal making. He loves deals. So if a good deal can be struck to acquire Greenland, that would definitely be his first instinct,” the official said.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers that recent administration threats against Greenland did not signal an imminent invasion and that the goal is to buy the island from Denmark during a classified briefing late on Monday for congressional leaders, two sources familiar with the briefing said.
The Wall Street Journal first reported Rubio’s comment.
Members of Congress, including some of Trump’s fellow Republicans, pushed back against the administration’s comments on Greenland, noting that NATO member Denmark has been a loyal U.S. ally.
“When Denmark and Greenland make it clear that Greenland is not for sale, the United States must honor its treaty obligations and respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark,” Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, the co-chairs of the Senate NATO Observer Group, said in a statement.
Administration officials say the island is crucial to the U.S. due to its deposits of minerals important for high-tech and military applications. These resources remain untapped due to labor shortages, scarce infrastructure and other challenges.
“It’s not going away,” the official said about the president’s drive to acquire Greenland during his remaining three years in office.

Reporting by Steve Holland, Jeff Mason and Bo Erickson; Additional reporting by Patricia Zengerle and Humeyra Pamuk; Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Lisa Shumaker

US nearly triples list of countries whose citizens must post bonds up to $15,000 to apply for visas

Thanks to https://personnelente.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/krasnov-really-doesnt-want-world-cup/ for the link.  What a weird world when tRump’s hateful racist white supremacist keep making it harder for non-white people to get into the US when it is white men with guns killing people, Oh ya their called ICE.  Hugs


https://apnews.com/article/trump-visas-bond-8346bf4fa49791010dc3116aac2a5f89

Secretary Marco Rubio meets with Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot at the State Department, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026 in Washington. (AP Phoro/Kevin Wolf)

Secretary Marco Rubio meets with Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot at the State Department, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026 in Washington. (AP Phoro/Kevin Wolf)

Updated 3:54 PM EST, January 6, 2026

 The Trump administration is nearly tripling the number of countries whose passport holders will be required to post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United States.

Less than a week after adding seven countries to the list of nations subject to visa bonds, bringing the total to 13, the State Department on Tuesday added 25 more. The bond requirement for the latest additions will take effect Jan. 21, according to a notice posted on the travel.state.gov website.

The move means that 38 countries, most of them in Africa but some in Latin America and Asia, are now on the list, which makes the process of obtaining a U.S. visa unaffordable for many.

It’s the latest effort by the Trump administration to tighten requirements for entry to the U.S., including requiring citizens from all countries that require visas to sit for in-person interviews and disclose years of social media histories as well as detailed accounts of their and their families’ previous travel and living arrangements.

U.S. officials have defended the bonds, which can range from $5,000 up to $15,000, maintaining they are effective in ensuring that citizens of targeted countries do not overstay their visas.

Payment of the bond does not guarantee a visa will be granted, but the amount will be refunded if the visa is denied or when a visa holder demonstrates they have complied with the terms of visa.

The new countries covered by the visa bond requirement as of Jan. 21 are Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Benin, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Fiji, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Nigeria, Senegal, Tajikistan, Togo, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.

They join Bhutan, Botswana, the Central African Republic, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania, Turkmenistan and Zambia on the list.

‘Dictator’ Trump Floats Idea of Canceling Midterm Elections

OK this is a yellow journalism site and make their money on sensationalism and trying to get the most click as soon as possible, but often I have found them to be really spot on when it comes to the tRump admin.   So read with a grain of salt or the entire shaker but remember tRump keeps hinting at this all the time.   He clearly doesn’t want to leave office.  So he once did a riot insurrection to try to stay in power, what will he do now in his demented state of mind?  Hugs


https://www.thedailybeast.com/dictator-trump-floats-idea-of-canceling-midterm-elections/

The president said he risked being accused of being an autocrat if he suggested the Dems weren’t worth running against.

The Social Psychology Behind the Trans Terrorism Panic

Randy in a post asked the question I think many ask here.  Why do I champion the trans community so forcefully?  Nan asked me a few years ago if I was feeling like I was trans, and no I am a cis gay male and happy in it.  Although if not for my past I would have liked to be free to explore a more feminine side of myself.  Ron and I do have trans people in our family but I have never met them.  The truth is in the page why I do this.  I want to give a voice to those that have no voice and right now the most targeted unfairly groups are trans people / kids and brown skinned people ICE is going after.   Why do I put so much effort in to giving them a voice?  Because as an abused little boy people in my town knew I was being abuse but no one gave me a voice, no one spoke up for me.  Hugs.  


How Americans are manipulated by online misinformation and political rhetoric.

Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 1-8-2026

 

Image from Assigned Male

Image from Assigned Male

#transisbeautiful from Assigned Male

Hey I never post my face here. Here’s an exception because I’m so bored since Facebook banned me for saying “suck my dick” in a comic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike Luckovich for 1/7/2026

 

Lee Judge for 1/6/2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two panels show two people reacting to the Capitol riots of 2021 and their state in 2026.

Chris Britt for 1/6/2026

 

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#patriarchy from Liberals Are Cool

 

 

#politics from Cartoon Politics

 

Kirk Walters for 1/6/2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike Smith for 1/6/2026

 

Lee Judge for 1/5/2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bart van Leeuwen PoliticalCartoons.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ICE shooting in Minneapolis

The ICE truck could easily have gone around the womans car as another vhicail did 

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IHIP News: 🚨 ICE Shoots Woman IN COLD BLOOD and Trump Gives HORRID Response!

 

 

Sen. Mark Kelly and former Rep. Gabby Giffords speak out

I am not sure if I need to say this but this is a total fraud attack on a real US hero.   This is fascism up close and clear.  tRump and his people are scared of the truth and a drunken Christian Nazi nationalist is trying to demote a real US hero military man because he told the truth.  The truth every military person learns in what ever basic training they went through and often during their time in service.  Remember the Mỹ Lai massacre in Vietnam and the shit that followed?  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_massacre .  Hugs

 

Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly is firing back after the Pentagon moved to censure him over last year’s video urging service members to refuse illegal orders.

 

Mar-a-Lago Spa Would Send Teen Workers on House Calls to Jeffrey Epstein’s Mansion: Report

Full disclosure.  Ron was working for tRump at Mar-a-largo as his nighttime butler and nighttime house supervisor.  He knew all about this and told me of it.   Sadly he couldn’t do anything about it other than give the doctor and staff comfort and support. 


https://people.com/mar-a-lago-spa-would-send-teen-workers-to-jeffrey-epstein-s-house-report-11877952

A new report from the ‘Wall Street Journal’ reveals new ties between Epstein and President Donald Trump

How does Denmark own Greenland, Stephen Miller? By the same treaty the US owns the US Virgin Islands

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/1/7/2361877/-How-does-Denmark-own-Greenland-Stephen-Miller-By-the-same-treaty-the-US-owns-the-US-Virgin-Islands?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web

 at 2:15:25p EST
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The US officially acknowledged Denmark’s rights 

On 4 August 1916, Denmark’s rights to Greenland were confirmed by the United States, as part of a deal that facilitated the American purchase of the Danish West Indies. That deal, the Treaty of the Danish West Indies was signed at the Biltmore Hotel in New York City. The US got the Danish West Indies, now known as the US Virgin Islands. Denmark got US$25,000,000 in gold and the United States’ recognition of Denmark’s rights over Greenland. [Those rights had been in some dispute with Norway because Greenland had been a colony of  the monarchy of Denmark and Norway which broke apart in 1814.]

Some later history from Mikkel Runge Olesen:

“After the Second World War, the United Nations pushed for decolonization in Greenland. In 1953, the former colony was incorporated into Denmark and granted two seats in the Danish Parliament. In 1979, Greenland achieved Home Rule, which included the formation of the Greenlandic Parliament, and it gained self-rule in 2009 through the passage of a law that included a ‘blueprint’ for seeking independence. The 2009 law firmly established that the decision to go for independence from Denmark would now rest with the Greenlandic people.”

from: Why is Greenland part of the Kingdom of Denmark? A Short History
From the Vikings to Trump: Greenland’s historic development negates recent White House territorial demands.

Trump’s Dangerous Jan6 History Rewrite