Donald Trump and US expansionism in North America

[NSOE]

Inuit culture was somewhat similar to that of the Tuareg or other desert tribes, molded in extremely harsh conditions.

I'm not a history expert, I suspect the Vikings, who admittedly lived in a milder climate, valued their children and were able to create dwellings and settlements to give everybody a chance. I don't know what life was like during the ice age. The Eskimos didn't even think about heading down south to look for a better place to live.

Today the Innu have the highest rates of alcoholism in Canada, even higher than that of southern native tribes.

I've heard about that, reservations prohibit alcohol and smuggling is big.

 

[RedLagoon]

I'm not a history expert, I suspect the Vikings, who admittedly lived in a milder climate, valued their children and were able to create dwellings and settlements to give everybody a chance. I don't know what life was like during the ice age. The Eskimos didn't even think about heading down south to look for a better place to live.


I've heard about that, reservations prohibit alcohol and smuggling is big.

I think the huge distances over ice and rugged terrain and the sea ice were contributing factors for the Inuits not travelling south. Also the reason why they have such a huge problem with alcohol is that they could never ferment fruit IMO so it's all relatively new to them.

 

[Cooper]

I'm not a history expert, I suspect the Vikings, who admittedly lived in a milder climate, valued their children and were able to create dwellings and settlements to give everybody a chance. I don't know what life was like during the ice age. The Eskimos didn't even think about heading down south to look for a better place to live.

The places further south from the Inuit aka Eskimos already were inhabited. The Inuit only lived in very small dwellings and were also nomadic because there wasn't enough food to sustain larger, permanent villages. The Indians further south, called Innu, subsisted in less hostile regions hunting caribous and moose and had access to greater resources as hunter-gatherers. Further south you had red Indian tribes, which were even more populous.

I think the huge distances over ice and rugged terrain and the sea ice were contributing factors for the Inuits not travelling south. Also the reason why they have such a huge problem with alcohol is that they could never ferment fruit IMO so it's all relatively new to them.

The Inuit travelled south in the Summers to follow whales and trade with Indian tribes. They could cover long distances travelling along the coast and across inland waterways on canoes, a very efficient way to travel. The Indians did ferment corn and berries into mild brews but never had anything like hard liquor before their contact with civilization.

 

[Caduceus]

So is the US buying small pieces of Greenland or not ??
The topic has totally disappeared from the media.

 

[Thomas More]

So is the US buying small pieces of Greenland or not ??
The topic has totally disappeared from the media.

I did a search and there are still discussions going on. Greenland is saying they aren't willing to allow the US to have sovereignty over US bases, and the leader of Denmark is saying the European security arrangement that have held for 80 years have now been broken.

Seems like Trump doesn't have a deal on this currently. I expect he'll keep pushing.

 

[Wutang]

Hong Kong company’s concession to operate Panama Canal ports is ruled unconstitutional

Panama’s Supreme Court has ruled that the concession held by a subsidiary of Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings to operate ports at either end of the Panama Canal was unconstitutional, an outcome that advances a U.S. aim to block any influence by China ...

abcnews.go.com

Panama’s Supreme Court ruled late Thursday that the concession held by a subsidiary of Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings to operate ports at either end of the Panama Canal was unconstitutional, an outcome that advances a U.S. aim to block any influence by China over the strategic waterway.

The court’s ruling followed an audit by Panama’s comptroller, which alleged irregularities in the 25-year extension of the concession granted in 2021.

The Trump administration made blocking China’s influence over the Panama Canal one of its priorities in the hemisphere. Panama was U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s first overseas stop as the United States’ top diplomat.

 

[magoo]

Hong Kong company’s concession to operate Panama Canal ports is ruled unconstitutional​

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/30/world/hong-kong-panama-canal-ports-intl-hnk

 

[TruckDriver9]

Hong Kong company’s concession to operate Panama Canal ports is ruled unconstitutional

Panama’s Supreme Court has ruled that the concession held by a subsidiary of Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings to operate ports at either end of the Panama Canal was unconstitutional, an outcome that advances a U.S. aim to block any influence by China ...

abcnews.go.com

Looks like the Chinese outsmarted themselves.
There was a US-backed sales deal on the table since last year, but the Chinese government blocked it.

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Mar 28, 2025

China halts the sale.

Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison, led by tycoon Li Ka-shing, will not sign a deal next week to sell its two strategic ports at the Panama Canal to a BlackRock-led group, the South China Morning Post reported on Friday.
The deal was expected to be signed on April 2, according to the sale announcement made on March 4. It is understood the situation does not mean the deal has been called off, the South China Morning Post added, citing the source.
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Pro-Beijing Hong Kong newspaper Ta Kung Pao said in an editorial piece on...

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