Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Yeah yeah yeah, Trump wants the oil, he wants the military bases, he’s a tantrum-prone despot. We know all that.
But what does he *really* want with Greenland..?
Contents
00:00 - Intro
00:49 - Greenland who
01:33 - Climate Control
03:07 - Running AMOC
05:36 - Greenland Science
07:27 - Anti-Science Agenda
10:39 - Support the channel
11:23 - Extractivism
12:19 - Cold War II
13:18 - War of the Worlds
#Greenland #Climate #Trump
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Thank you SO MUCH to all my fabulous patrons, I really appreciate your support. Special thanks to my Patreon Saints: Steven Cowling, Eliot Bryant, Baerbel Winkler, Patrick Hillberg, Michael Unterweger, James Harley Gorrell, Gary Stark, Charles Vane & Sarah Den ♥️
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References and resources
Check out this brilliant doc, Arming the Arctic, about Arctic geopolitics that I featured in: tvfinternational.com/programme/31154/arming-the-arctic?trailer=1
It’s well worth a watch (and you’ll see why I decided to cut my hair short!)
Fab article by Martin Siegert: theconversation.com/us-action-against-greenland-would-undermine-nato-but-now-is-not-the-time-to-panic-272911
zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration
https://www.met.ie/the-evolution-of-the-atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation-amoc
noc.ac.uk/under-the-surface/atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation
bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31604953
Piecuch et al. (2019) doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083073
Goddard et al. (2015) doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7346
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/29/trump-climate-claims-environment
envirodatagov.org/publication/burning-down-the-epa-documenting-the-second-trump-administrations-historic-assault
nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/congress-passes-bill-fund-us-science-agencies-rebuffing-trumps-request-rcna254291
carbonbrief.org/qa-what-trumps-us-exit-from-unfccc-and-ipcc-could-mean-for-climate-action
carbonbrief.org/prof-ben-santer-trump-administration-is-embracing-ignorance-on-climate-science
spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/latest-news/metals/012126-extreme-climate-limits-extractive-projects-in-greenland-to-a-handful
Yeah yeah yeah, Trump wants the oil, he wants the military bases, he’s a tantrum-prone despot. We know all that.
But what does he *really* want with Greenland..?
Contents
00:00 - Intro
00:49 - Greenland who
01:33 - Climate Control
03:07 - Running AMOC
05:36 - Greenland Science
07:27 - Anti-Science Agenda
10:39 - Support the channel
11:23 - Extractivism
12:19 - Cold War II
13:18 - War of the Worlds
#Greenland #Climate #Trump
##################################################
Thank you SO MUCH to all my fabulous patrons, I really appreciate your support. Special thanks to my Patreon Saints: Steven Cowling, Eliot Bryant, Baerbel Winkler, Patrick Hillberg, Michael Unterweger, James Harley Gorrell, Gary Stark, Charles Vane & Sarah Den ♥️
##################################################
References and resources
Check out this brilliant doc, Arming the Arctic, about Arctic geopolitics that I featured in: tvfinternational.com/programme/31154/arming-the-arctic?trailer=1
It’s well worth a watch (and you’ll see why I decided to cut my hair short!)
Fab article by Martin Siegert: theconversation.com/us-action-against-greenland-would-undermine-nato-but-now-is-not-the-time-to-panic-272911
zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration
https://www.met.ie/the-evolution-of-the-atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation-amoc
noc.ac.uk/under-the-surface/atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation
bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31604953
Piecuch et al. (2019) doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083073
Goddard et al. (2015) doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7346
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/29/trump-climate-claims-environment
envirodatagov.org/publication/burning-down-the-epa-documenting-the-second-trump-administrations-historic-assault
nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/congress-passes-bill-fund-us-science-agencies-rebuffing-trumps-request-rcna254291
carbonbrief.org/qa-what-trumps-us-exit-from-unfccc-and-ipcc-could-mean-for-climate-action
carbonbrief.org/prof-ben-santer-trump-administration-is-embracing-ignorance-on-climate-science
spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/latest-news/metals/012126-extreme-climate-limits-extractive-projects-in-greenland-to-a-handful
