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Let's talk about Trump’s claim that we need Greenland to counter Russia....

Belle of the Ranch

Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Let's talk about Trump’s claim that we need Greenland to counter Russia....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there, internet people it spell again.

0:06.0

So today, we're going to talk about Trump's claim that we need Greenland to counter Russia.

0:13.0

Trump has pushed the idea that the U.S. needs to control Greenland to counter Russia.

0:19.0

And now this idea is showing up in messages and the

0:23.0

comments section. First, as a periodic reminder, the U.S. has military access to Greenland.

0:31.3

We don't have to own the territory to use it. But let's skip over that for a second. Just forget the glaring issue. Let's just do a quick

0:40.9

comparison of some numbers. Stick with me on this one. When comparing two countries, Russia loses

0:48.2

on the number of active duty troops, reservists, tanks, armor, helicopters, fighters, bombers, carriers, paramilitary forces,

0:59.0

ships, IFVs. This list goes on and on without end. Russia does have more military satellites,

1:07.0

though. So here's the twist. I'm not comparing Russia in the U.S. That's ridiculous.

1:14.7

Russia can't even manage Ukraine. I'm comparing Russia versus the Soviet Union. Russia is not the Soviet

1:22.7

Union militarily. Stop pretending like it is. They're a competitor, but they're not a peer.

1:31.1

Besides that, during the Cold War, the Soviet Union had the entire Warsaw Pact with them,

1:37.0

and now many of those countries are part of NATO. Please explain to me how Trump is so weak

1:43.8

he can't counter opposition that is drastically weaker than one the U.S. and NATO has already successfully countered.

1:52.0

Look, I'm sorry your post-apocalyptic dreams of playing in the woods and screaming Wolverines didn't happen.

2:01.6

I'm sure you thought it looked cool in the movies.

2:04.6

But Russia isn't the opposition the Soviets were.

2:08.6

And even they weren't up to it.

2:11.6

As long as the US is with NATO, there's not a risk.

2:15.6

Now if the US were to surrender their superpower status by separating

2:19.8

from NATO, that would change things because we would be weaker, alone, and more ripe for the

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