00:00Shoot first, ask questions later. That's the directive from the Danish Defense Ministry
00:05when it comes to any potential invasion of Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark.
00:10The Defense Ministry confirming that the Cold War era orders remain in place as the Trump
00:15administration renews its interest in taking control of the island, including leaving a
00:20military option on the table. Now, this directive was put in place in 1952, ordering troops in
00:26Greenland to fight without waiting for commands from the motherland all the way across the Northern
00:30Atlantic. Denmark and the European Union have voiced their displeasure with Trump's repeated
00:35desire to take over. But there are certainly strategic interests for the United States.
00:42There's the defense argument that a Russian missile attack on the U.S. would likely be launched over
00:47the North Pole and Greenland. In fact, according to the president, Greenland is, quote, covered with
00:53Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. So taking control might keep those ships a little
00:58further from our mainland. There's also a tech bro argument. One Trump official says Greenland's the
01:05best place in the world for data centers which need a lot of cooling nearby. And what better place than
01:11an island of ice? Not to mention, under that ice are rare earth minerals, which have a ton of tech
01:17and defense applications and which the U.S. is short on.
