Russia’s Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev provocatively suggested that if U.S. President Donald Trump doesn’t act quickly to secure Greenland, the island’s roughly 55,000 residents could suddenly vote to join Russia — a remark widely seen as ironic or satirical aimed at mocking Trump’s renewed interest in acquiring the territory. Medvedev quipped that a sudden referendum could make Greenland Russia’s 90th federal subject, underscoring tensions over Arctic geopolitics as Trump and some U.S. lawmakers push for U.S. control of the strategically located Arctic island. While Russia has made no formal claim to Greenland, the comment highlights the broader global rivalry in the Arctic, where melting ice, new shipping routes and resources have drawn great‑power attention. Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark and a NATO member, has firmly resisted takeover proposals, insisting its future should be decided democratically by its own people.
00:00What if Greenland, the icy giant in the Arctic, didn't become American but ended
00:20up part of Russia instead? That's the provocative and tongue-in-chic warning
00:25from Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's Security Council Deputy Chairman, aimed at Donald Trump.
00:32In a strikingly sarcastic statement, Medvedev urged Trump to hurry up and capture Greenland
00:38or risk the island holding a referendum to join Russia. He joked that if Greenlanders
00:44vote to join Russia, it would become Russia's 90th region, a bold and absurd geopolitical
00:50jab. This unusual comment comes amid a flurry of global attention on Greenland's future.
00:57U.S. Republican lawmakers recently introduced a bill to potentially annex Greenland and make
01:03it the 51st U.S. state, reviving an old idea tied to Trump's foreign policy ambitions.
01:09Hi, I'm Congressman Randy Fine. For more than 200 years, the United States has operated under
01:14the premise of the Monroe Doctrine, that we are in charge of what happens in our hemisphere.
01:20Well, we live in a different world, where Russia and China present real strategic threats
01:24to our country, which is why I support President Trump in making Greenland part of the United
01:29States. We need it for the trade routes, we need it to put something between us and Russia,
01:34and we need it for the natural minerals that it has. So I support the President, and that's
01:37why I filed a bill to codify what President Trump is trying to do in Greenland, and I hope
01:42Congress will take it up and vote for it soon.
01:49Trump himself has repeatedly said Greenland is critically important for U.S. national
01:54security, even suggesting control might be necessary to counter Russian and Chinese influence,
02:00though these claims lack public evidence. Medvedev didn't mince words, he used irony and big
02:06picture humor to mock the whole idea. He claimed, sarcastically, that if Trump delays, Greenland's
02:13new title, acting president of Greenland, echoing a fabricated social media image Trump once shared
02:29about Venezuela. Medvedev's satire went further, riffing about Greenland's capital nuke, climate change, and a mythical hornet's nest of drug mafia,
02:35underlining the surreal nature of the U.S. claims. Though Medvedev's comments are meant to provoke, they highlight a real geopolitical rivalry in the Arctic. The Arctic is rapidly gaining strategic importance due to melting ice, new shipping routes, and access to untapped natural resources. Control over Greenland, positioned between North America, Europe, and the Arctic Ocean, presents huge military and economic
02:50leverage, sparking competition among global powers, including the U.S., Russia, and the U.S., including the U.S., Russia, and China.
03:11But here's the reality check. Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark and a part of NATO.
03:17Both Greenlandic and Danish officials have rejected any takeover, whether by the U.S. or anyone else, and insist on defending sovereignty under international law.
03:27So is Russia seriously trying to grab Greenland? Probably not. But Medvedev's ironic commentary underscores just how tense and unpredictable global Arctic politics have become, where even jokes make headlines, and geopolitics feels like satire.
03:44It feels like satire.
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