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"Some of Donald Trump’s biggest campaign donors and investors, who collectively
have hundreds of millions of dollars in financial ties to the US president, are
positioned to potentially profit from any American takeover of Greenland,
raising even more ethical questions around Trump’s controversial pursuit of the
Arctic territory.
The administration is in part aiming to secure rare minerals that are essential
for the US tech industry and national security, and to potentially reopen oil
and gas exploration: “This is about critical minerals, this is about natural
resources,” Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, recently said.
A
Guardian analysis of campaign finance records and corporate filings show US
tech moguls who invested in mining companies operating in Greenland, fossil
fuel executives and crypto tycoons with their own set of plans for the country
collectively gave at least $243m to the president’s 2024 campaign.
Meanwhile institutional investors bankrolling Greenland mining interests also
amassed $314m worth of shares in Trump Media, most just ahead of the election.
“There’s a closed loop among these investors, billionaires, Trump and the
crypto projects,” said Emily DiVito, a senior adviser for economic policy with
the Groundwork Collaborative economic thinktank. Greenland is an example of
that in action, she added.
“These donations are investments, and they were made with particular outcomes
in mind, and even if they weren’t stated at the time, the money changed hands,”
DiVito said.
Vice-President JD Vance recently visited Greenland, which is an autonomous
territory of Denmark, in the latest installment of the unfolding dispute
between the countries. Trump has vowed to acquire Greenland “one way or
another”."
Via Mark McCaughrean and Susan ****
Cheers,
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
