In an interview with MS NOW host Joe Scarborough Tuesday, Trump said the difference between the disaster in Iraq and the recent action in Venezuela was that former President George Bush "didn’t keep the oil". So if what comes out of the ground can be kept, illegal invasions are ok.
Re Greenland. What's not being mentioned is that they can put as much military there as they need under the existing agreement, and mine what's in the ground, so things can stay as they are to secure any security or rare earth concerns. It's about imperialism and control.
My shares in BlackRock World Mining Trust are doing well though.