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[–] No1@aussie.zone 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

He's looking at Greenland supposedly because of their rare earth minerals.

Australia has almost 4x the rare earth minerals of Greenland, and also has the mining infrastructure already in place.

It's best we keep our heads down.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 5 points 15 hours ago

We're also not a strategic point between the US and Russia, so that's another key point why the orange turd is not interested