President-elect Donald Trump revealed Tuesday that he would not rule out using military force to annex Greenland, leaving many Americans asking: “But why?”
In fact, the ice-covered Danish territory, the largest island in the world, has long been a hot topic among strategists in Washington and elsewhere — despite Copenhagen’s insistence it is not for sale — due to its location along vital shipping routes and the presence of key raw materials that are rarely found anywhere else.
“Why? A few critical reasons,” a source close to the Trump transition efforts told The Post on Tuesday when asked about the president-elect’s goal. “Sending a strong, deliberate message to Beijing. Not just talk. Action. Making America Ambitious Again.
“And the president-elect is laying out the early framework of the ‘Trump Doctrine.'”
The US is currently locked in a three-cornered fight with China as well as Russia over the Arctic region’s natural resources — such as lithium, cobalt and graphite, according to the Wilson Center, a foreign policy-focused think tank in Washington.
“There are two main reasons [to annex Greenland]. The first is the large deposits of rare earth elements needed for critical defense and electronics manufacturing,” Atlantic Council nonresident fellow Alex Plitsas told The Post.
“Second, Greenland has a legitimately large claim to the Arctic and that would provide the US with a stronger position as competition there heats up for navigation and resources.”
As the 40th anniversary of Yitshaq Ben-Ami’s Yartzeit has just passed, the chasm between father and son reveals a painful and dramatic betrayal. Their differing approaches to Israel advocacy demonstrate how the once united cause of support for Eretz Yisroel has fractured across generations, culminating in Jeremy Ben-Ami’s stark break from the ideals his father so ardently upheld. The tale of the betrayal can be read in a newly released book entitled, “J Street UnMasked.”
Facebook is to scrap its fact-checking programme after founder Mark Zuckerberg pledged to “restore free expression” on the social network.
Mr Zuckerberg on Tuesday promised that parent company Meta would “get rid of fact-checkers” and replace them with a system of “community notes, similar to X”, echoing the approach of rival billionaire Elon Musk.
It follows the exit of Sir Nick Clegg, the former deputy prime minister and Liberal Democrat leader, as the tech giant’s head of global affairs, a role in which he led a crackdown on hate speech.
Sir Nick has been replaced by the former Republican Party operator Joel Kaplan, who will lead Facebook’s public policy operations.
In a further sign of the company’s shift towards the Right, Mr Zuckerberg this week appointed longstanding Donald Trump ally Dana White, the chief executive of Ultimate Fighting Championship, as a board member.
Mr Zuckerberg said: “Fact-checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they have created.”
He added that Facebook would “get rid of a bunch of restrictions” on topics including gender and immigration amid a wider corporate backlash against diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Mr Zuckerberg said: “What started as a movement to be more inclusive has increasingly been used to shut down opinions.”
The Facebook founder said the technology company had gone too far in tackling “disinformation” in the wake of Mr Trump’s election victory in 2016, amid fears over Russian meddling and fake news, adding that “we’ve reached a point where it’s just too many mistakes and too much censorship”.
He has previously accused Joe Biden’s White House of pressuring Facebook to censor content around coronavirus, saying: “I regret we were not more outspoken about it.”
The decision to ditch some of Facebook’s core moderation policies comes after the departure of Sir Nick, previously one of Mr Zuckerberg’s key lieutenants who was closely involved in the decision to suspend Mr Trump from Facebook in 2021.
Fact checking by experts will be replaced with something like the community notes system pioneered on X, where users can add their own checks to controversial statements.
Speaking to Fox on Tuesday, Mr Kaplan said: “Instead of going to some so-called expert, it instead relies on the community and the people on the platform to provide their own commentary to something that they’ve read.”
He added: “We have a new administration coming in that is far from pressuring companies to censor and [is more] a huge supporter of free expression.”
The loosening of online moderation follows Mr Musk’s takeover of X, formerly Twitter, and his decision to implement a system of “community notes”, where users fact-check posts and videos on the social media site.
Currently, Facebook relies on a network of third-party fact-checkers and news groups to report and flag posts that are spreading disinformation. These include news agencies like Reuters and AFP and smaller groups such as the UK’s Full Fact.
The changes will raise questions over the future of Facebook’s “Oversight Board”, which was set up to review the tech giant’s moderation decisions and is made up of public figures including the Alan Rusbridger, the former Guardian editor.
It will also raise questions over whether user-generated community notes will be enough to tackle coordinated disinformation campaigns by hostile nations.
Mr Zuckerberg admitted the changes would mean Facebook will “catch less bad stuff”.
In a statement, the Oversight Board said: “The Oversight Board welcomes the news that Meta will revise its approach to fact-checking, with the goal of finding a scalable solution to enhance trust, free speech and user voice on its platforms.”
Mr Zuckerberg added that Facebook planned to “work with President Trump to push back on governments around the world that are going after American companies and pushing to censor more”.
It comes as Britain prepares to implement the Online Safety Act, starting in March.
The bill proposes a 60-day timeline to implement these sanctions and seeks to halt U.S. funding to the ICC.
OK, here are some hard truths that I would not be able to say on any other platform without getting banned, but thankfully, thanks to @ElonMusk, I can say here:
— Hillel Fuld (@HilzFuld) January 6, 2025
1- According to all available data, 10% to 15% of the 1.8 billion Muslims in the world are radicalized. That’s… pic.twitter.com/WnG6AfcldD
In a shocking interview with the New York Times, Tony Blinken admitted that his pro-Hamas policies have kept the hostages in Gaza and Hamas in power.
— Caroline Glick (@CarolineGlick) January 5, 2025
Details and implications for the Biden team's plan to harm Israel before Jan 20, in my latest @JNS_org.https://t.co/URHz4jXZrB
Esmaa Behery is an account exec for @Mastercard (based out of Purchase, NY).
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) January 6, 2025
Esmaa Behery is also a vile antisemite who takes to social media to:
- deny the Holocaust
- claim Jews eat children
- compare ISIS to Israel
Why is this bigot on your payroll @MiebachMichael? pic.twitter.com/NVvonqRgdE
This is unreal. Turns out the UN only counts Gaza aid trucks from UNRWA and the WFP.
— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) January 5, 2025
In December alone, they neglected to count the aid from 43 other organizations—totaling 2,252 trucks.
All the headlines about "aid shortages" in Gaza are a lie, and the UN is responsible. https://t.co/ubyouztOBR
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— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) January 7, 2025
Israel Told to Prepare for Possible War with Turkey, Nagel Committee Warns
The Nagel Committee, formed by the Israeli government, has issued a serious warning about the growing risk of a direct conflict with Turkey.
The report describes Turkey’s push to restore… pic.twitter.com/7o1nKK4nSK
Are we really sending US taxpayer money to the Taliban? https://t.co/gkVSErJqbz
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 7, 2025
Chuck Schumer just claimed that Democrats are not election deniers and Republicans should learn from them.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 6, 2025
Here’s 24 straight minutes of Democrats denying election results.
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FLASHBACK: This is the video that Donald Trump posted on January 6th telling people to go home peacefully
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 6, 2025
Twitter 1.0 took it down within 5 minutes.
They prevented people from hearing this…
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BREAKING: A Jewish student went undercover at the Columbia SJP meeting and found multiple weapons, signs for terrorist organizations, and multiple images of Jewish items with blood. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/P8hwqAqf6K
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) January 6, 2025
BREAKING: Israel is extremely concerned about an unexplained Egyptian military buildup in the Sinai not far from the Israeli border which Israel says is a gross violation of the Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel. The buildup includes deployment of large numbers of troops,…
— Marc Zell (@GOPIsrael) January 6, 2025
🚨 Breaking: Soros Covertly Manipulating Wikipedia? 🚨
— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) January 6, 2025
A new investigation by @AshleyRindsberg reveals that Wikipedia—which has come under fire in recent months for its extreme woke-ness and radicalism—is actually dominated by Soros-backed operatives:
🔸️Top leadership roles… pic.twitter.com/MmCV1ONNlw
BREAKING: The Palestinian Authority is lighting up a Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror base in the West Bank.
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) January 6, 2025
There is a civil war happening in the West Bank, but the Western media won't report on it because they aren't able to demonize Israel. pic.twitter.com/iUnOKJpPD3
BREAKING:
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) January 6, 2025
Gazan refugees are rioting at a taxpayer-funded hotel in Kuala Lumpur.
In August, Malaysia brought in 41 chronically ill Gazans for treatment & 86 of their relatives from Gaza (via Egypt). They are now setting fires & vandalizing the hotel. Malaysians are furious… pic.twitter.com/wOdfTY5VMW
