Isn’t it ironic to think that President Trump got Greenland confused with Iceland during his rambling speech in Davos last month? Yes, Greenland is an icy land surrounded by icy water. The massive ice sheets on Greenland are melting rapidly. Scientists say they hold enough water to raise global sea levels more than 22 feet if climate change continues unchecked and they melt completely.
Climate change is a remarkably powerful hoax, as it turns out. The melting is making shipping routes and valuable natural resources more accessible. The cruel irony is that our president’s response to Greenland’s big thaw is not to acknowledge climate change and help slow it down. He continues to do the opposite. Instead, his response is to dust off the playbook of American imperialism and try to take the island.
Who would have thought? It figures.
Marybeth Richardson
Cape Elizabeth
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