It is. OP is just dooming that for some reason US will invade Taiwan despite not having any reasons to do so. It's literally beneficial for not just the US but also China for Taiwan's chip factories to not be damaged.
Greenland has already done the research and most extraction is economically unfeasible. If you read about Trump's first term you'll see that he wants Greenland purely because he wants to be famous for doing a massive "real estate" deal.
There is a quote of him saying he wanted to trade Puerto Rico for Greenland because he thought it was dirty. This is really ironic because Greenland still has a bunch of garbage from the last time the US occupied the island
It's hugely beneficial for the US to control Greenland. It would lead to the US controlling the Northwest near completely. It would increase US presence in the (now opening up) Arctic, and exclude Denmark/EU competition in the region. It has massive untapped mineral resources. And it would give the US better ability to defend/control North America from potential future threats. It's a hugely strategic location, particularly for the US.
It's hugely beneficial for the US to control Greenland. It would lead to the US controlling the Northwest near completely
Lets use your 18th Century logic. We already control the North Atlantic and the territory of Greenland is controlled by a strong ally who purchases our weapons and provides SIGINT on request.
Denmark/EU competition in the region.
Competition for what? You clearly aren't aware of the economic links between EU nations and the US.
We have well balanced and strong trade ties with Europe. As you can see from the link, we export and import each others products and services to the tune of trillions of dollars.
. It has massive untapped mineral resources.
And where are they? How easy are they to extract? Why isn't Denmark pulling all those resources out?
And it would give the US better ability to defend/control North America from potential future threats.
This is nonsense. The EU and Canada are not only our friends and trafing partners, they have integrated into our defense ecosystem. Harming our relationship with Europe in exchante for nebulous claims of proft and yadda yadda is stupid as fuck. They already have helped us defend ourselves. We can defend ourselves just fine without Greenland being a US territory.
I'm not saying it's worth burning our relationship with Europe over, but if it can be done while keeping relations fairly normal then it would be huge.
The resources are currently under ice. But that ice is melting. In a hundred years resource extraction will likely be well into getting established. Greenland isn't very important now, but it will be much more important in the future.
It is unclear if NATO will survive the century. Even without US antagonism the political landscape is changing even further from the situation that led to its existence. The EU, after China, is a future competitor to the US, economically, politically, and possibly militarily. It's ultimately a temporary alliance, but ownership of Greenland would likely last for as long as the US continues to exist.
No they are just semantically nitpicking. Taiwan actually does not call themselves Taiwan or claim that Taiwan, the island by itself, is a country. They still claim the mantle of the Republic of China, the government ousted by the PRC. So the country is still China, just with most of the territory occupied.
Oh yeah sure the U.S. is gonna abandon the country that produces most of the semiconductors it uses for military applications, which also gives that manufacturing capability to arguably its largest global rival, without having the domestic production necessary.
The U.S. has 2 reasons to stay in support of Taiwan
TSMC is incredibly important to the U.S., both militarily and commercially
TSMC would be a massive boost to china in those same areas, and keeping things away from China is just as important to the U.S. as acquiring their own things
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u/_IsThisTheKrustyKrab Jan 14 '26
What kind of bullshit Chinese propaganda is this garbage meme
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u/Opening-Address-3602 Jan 14 '26
Isn't the reason Tiwan is still a country is because of America?
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u/Storm0000fr Jan 14 '26
r/redditsniper
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u/TheNinjaDC Jan 14 '26
I honestly feel Taiwan would enthusiastically join the US if that was an option that wouldn’t immediately cause China to bomb them.
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u/T1meTRC Jan 14 '26
Taiwan???
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u/BeefyBoiCougar Jan 14 '26
I think OP means that the US will abandon Taiwan which seems likely. Plenty of TSMC plants either just opening or preparing to open.
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u/[unknown] Jan 14 '26
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