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The Real reason behind Trumps pursuit of Greenland President Trump has emphatically pursued annexation and colonisation of Greenland in recent months which has caused major stirs both sides of the Atlantic. Trump’s main excuse provided and echoed by the White House faithful is that the Danish autonomous island is required for national security but as we all know that isn’t quite true. America already has full permission to build as many military bases as they see fit in Greenland as per the 1951 treaty with the Danish government, so becoming a 51st state is not required to protect the American homeland. As of now, the United States only have one permanent military base stationed in Greenland, Pituffik Space Base, currently home to about 150 American service men and women. So if national security was at real risk from a Russian or Chinese invasion of Greenland then why not simply ramp personnel hosted at the site back to Cold War levels of approximately 6000? The real reason for his persistent attempts to acquire Danish sovereign territory is a far more simple answer. Greenland is home to an abundance of rare natural minerals and vast oil reserves that are mostly untouched due to the Greenlanders policy of protecting their natural environment for future generations to enjoy, a policy they hold very close to their hearts. With current exploitation of Americas own proven oil reserves expected to dwindle in the next 11 years (according to the site woldometer) and a huge economy with about 25% based on the petrol-chemical industry this poses a huge threat to the American economy, one that Trump is trying to remedy by stealing the acquiring the resources of Greenland, Canada and Venezuela. It is no coincidence that those three countries have some of the largest known oil reserves anywhere on the planet. The alternative would be to find another of filling the black hole. A much more challenging concept than threatening long term allies with financial sanctions and military superiority. Trump previously faced backlash largely from the American hunting and outdoor community for attempting to sell of public land for new mineral and oil exploitation in a bid to find new untapped reserves at home. The threat of losing a large portion of his voting population with the sale of public land at home as lead him to pursue his long standing interest in American expansionism to resolve his natural resource crisis. If he is unable to acquire new oil and natural resources he will be looking at a severe hit to the American economy with the knock on effects being even more profound. If they were to exhaust their options in using their own oil America will be forced to buy more oil from the international market putting money directly into the hands of the other world superpowers, tipping the balance of power away from the United States and towards Russia and the Middle Eastern nations. With a significantly smaller economy the United States ability to project military power across the globe will dwindle as military budgets will begin to be cut thin. This coupled with the possibility that the world will begin to look elsewhere for a reserve currency would all but finish the American empires power overseas and at home things will become much tougher for the average American citizen. So the excuse of national security Trump is offering is not true in the sense that he portrays, a highly unlikely Chinese or Russian invasion on their doorstep but realistically the end of the USA as the major player across the globe. Trump is acutely aware without American expansionism to plunder new resources the 250 year old American empire will draw to a close and without the protection and huge economy states may even start to split from the union and begin the encore of the worlds most powerful nation. Donald isn’t fighting for national security but national survival. #Greenland #usa #venezuela #canada

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Paddy Pimblett, fair play to him went toe to toe against one of the hardest hitters in the division and went the distance. He may have under estimated Justin’s power but he definitely proved he’s got a chin on him, the real question is why didn’t he try more for the takedown and get the battle into his domain when his corner was begging him to do so? Think some hard lessons will be learnt from last night and the realisation that playing to your strengths is no weakness, as much as it takes heart to stand there and trade with someone who hits like a train it was never really going to work out for him. Paddy Needs to take some time off and work on his takedowns, he has elite Jiu Jitsu and needs to use that to his advantage like Oliveira has for the past 10/15 years. If he wants to be taken seriously and challenge for a title again he’s got no choice but to chase a fight with Arman now and needs to do it in the next 6 months or so. A fight with Hooker may boost confidence again, as I can only see that ending one way but won’t serve him well in becoming a challenger for the title again especially if he loses to Saint Denis next weekend. Feels like a big cross roads for Paddy ‘the Baddy’ judging from last nights performance he’s a long way of challenging Ilia, guard too low and a persistence to want to stand and bang won’t favour him there. But if he goes away critiques his performance and actually adjusts his style, plays to his strengths then he could end up better off for taking the loss from Gaethje, his first fight against one of the real contenders in the lightweight division. As I see it Gaethje, Holloway, Topuria, Oliveria and Arman all ahead of Paddy in the division the only fight that makes any sense to take would be Arman, a fight he could well lose if he doesn’t re-evaluate and adjust his style against these top fighters.With Gaethje vs Topuria likely to be the next title fight and Holloway vs Oliveria scheduled for March it would be his only real option of any real credit to put himself back in the mix. Big cross road now for Paddy.