Whitney Webb
@_whitneywebb
People should consider that arguably the main interest in Greenland (and also likely Canada as well) from the Trump camp and Musk is related to vast mineral deposits, particularly those necessary for the "energy transformation" and "EV revolution" that is directly tied to the business interests of Musk as well as other prominent Big Tech figures.
For example, aside from Musk, Jeff Bezos, who recently gave very very generously to Trump's inauguration fund, backs a firm called KoBold Metals along with Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman (who both backed Kamala) and Marc Andressen (currently advising Trump on tech policy) that is drilling in Greenland for EV related minerals. Northern Canada also possesses significant deposits of minerals essential to EV production.
The "digital transformation" that these Silicon Valley oligarchs are attempting to manifest would, admittedly, require all of the known deposits of lithium, nickel, cobalt and several other minerals across the planet. The US itself is not necessarily rich in these minerals (with some occasional exceptions) but some of its neighbors are.
If you are cheerleading for this, be aware that it 1. will help accelerate the "sustainable development" "digital transformation" that needs these minerals specifically 2. is not in the interest of the public of any of these countries, but instead in the interest mainly of American tech billionaires 3. will devastate the environment of Canada and Greenland (mining these things can permanently wreck the environment and water table) 4. boosting access to EV metals will also likely require existing incentives to purchase EV cars in the US to stay so these mining ventures have a high ROI - Trump has spoken about removing them but his ties to Musk and other Big tech billionaires suggests it is unlikely
