“the weaponization of tariffs i

China owns a relatively small but growing amount of U.S. agricultural land (around 380,000 acres, less than 1% of foreign holdings) and significant stakes in U.S. companies like Smithfield Foods and AMC Theatres, while also holding substantial U.S. Treasury securities, though concerns persist about strategic acquisitions near sensitive sites. Key Chinese-owned assets include food/tech firms, significant farmland primarily in Texas and North Carolina, and substantial holdings in U.S. stocks and debt.


The Kvanefjeld project is majority-owned by Australian company Greenland Minerals, but China’s Shenghe Resources is its largest shareholder and strategic partner.The Kvanefjeld project’s appeal and controversy
Kvanefjeld is one of the largest known rare earth deposits globally, with millions of tonnes of minerals, including heavy rare earths prized for specialised applications. However, the project’s development has stalled due to environmental and public health concerns, particularly the presence of uranium in the ore, which triggered legislation banning uranium mining and effectively blocked exploitation. This political obstacle underscores the complexity of Arctic mining in environmentally sensitive regions.According to the Centre for Strategic & International Studies, for more than a decade, China has sought to gain a foothold in Greenland through airports, an abandoned naval station, and a satellite ground station, but its ambitions have been largely stalled and curtailed by US and Danish stakeholders. While Beijing has yet to establish a Polar Silk Road of strategic significance, its dominance in rare earth separation and processing still gives China leverage, allowing potential access to Greenland’s resources through processing and offtake agreements rather than direct ownership.


Experts cited by the Associated Press have pushed back strongly against these assertions. Security analysts say there is no evidence of Chinese or Russian warships or submarines operating near Greenland’s coastline. Russia’s primary naval activity in the Arctic is concentrated in the Barents Sea, off the Scandinavian coast, where its Northern Fleet is based. China and Russia do maintain a presence in the Bering Sea, south of Alaska, but analysts note that this is geographically and strategically distinct from Greenland.


Strategic and Military Context
Lack of Assets: Vessel tracking data and intelligence reports as of January 2026 show no Russian military or economic assets currently established on Greenlandic soil.
Arctic Presence: While Russia owns roughly half of the landmass in the broader Arctic Circle, its military infrastructure (including over 30 modernised bases) is located on its own mainland and islands, not in Greenland.

Denmark is a critical supplier, especially for insulin, making the U.S. healthcare system heavily reliant on these Danish exports for managing diabetes and obesity. The most significant of its pharmaceutical exports is insulin. Reported trade figures suggest that around 74% of US insulin imports (by value) “If Donald Trump decides it’s going to cost 50% more, Novo Nordisk can say, ‘Fine, we’ll just charge American consumers that much more.’”

Each package of Ozempic costs nearly $1,000, prior to discounts or insurance, according to Novo Nordisk. Wegovy is listed above $1,300 per package.

Already, the American price is many times higher than the drugs’ prices in other countries. A key focus of Trump’s first term was to close that gap. These tariffs could widen it.Most of the active ingredient for Ozempic and Wegovy, called semaglutide, is made in Denmark, according to investment bank BMO Capital Markets.Even just the threat of tariffs can cause stockpiling and increase prices, according to McDaniel, the Mercatus Center fellow.

“It definitely won’t decrease prices,” McDaniel said.

Kirkegaard, the Peterson Institute senior fellow, said that the entire European Union would be “compelled to respond” to the tariffs with levies of its own on products made by Americans at US facilities.

So is that 9 wars Trump has ended now? 😂😂😂

and the taco Nobel price goes to 🤣🦒
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trump just wants kickbacks. Give him cash or a golden gee-gaw and he'll change his feeble mind.