I think its trade and military strategy. Ice caps are melting, arctic will become a major global shipping lane, he wants military bases and ports through which major commerce will flow. Its just something else for the US to control and extort.
They already control most of the Arctic, and they have unlimited ability to add bases in the Arctic, but they don’t. It’s almost like none of this is for strategy or resources but more for vanity because it looks good on a map in his addled mind.
I think its trade and military strategy. Ice caps are melting, arctic will become a major global shipping lane, he wants military bases and ports through which major commerce will flow. Its just something else for the US to control and extort.
They already control most of the Arctic, and they have unlimited ability to add bases in the Arctic, but they don’t. It’s almost like none of this is for strategy or resources but more for vanity because it looks good on a map in his addled mind.