America is Targeting Greenland. And More.

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Trump’s Greenland obsession sparks global tension, Franco-German defense deepens, Tripoli erupts in chaos, and Venezuela plays dangerous games in Essequibo. Four continents, one very unstable week. Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Megaprojects:https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@astrographics-ve4yq PoliticalFronts: http://www.youtube.com/@homefronts Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ 00:00 Introduction 00:50 America is Targeting Greenland 13:27 Germany and France Create Security Council 26:09 Understanding the Crisis in Tripoli 37:49 Signs of Grey-Zone Warfare in Essequibo Greenland segment Sources: Wall Street Journal bombshell report: https://www.wsj.com/world/greenland-spying-us-intelligence-809c4ef2 Economist: https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/05/19/american-threats-push-greenland-closer-to-denmark Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/f8e07161-75bc-4ed3-81e7-3e8a084223ef Politico: https://www.politico.eu/article/greenland-dangles-rare-earths-partnership-eu-motzfeldt-trump/ Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/greenland-wants-more-out-us-defence-agreement-minister-says-2025-05-15 NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/politics/trump-greenland-intelligence.html FT, The cold reality of developing Greenland: https://www.ft.com/content/6039c95e-889e-4f35-907a-2f217fafb8ea Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/19/alarm-over-defence-agreement-giving-us-unhindered-access-to-danish-airbases CSIS: https://www.csis.org/analysis/seizing-greenland-worse-bad-deal Jamestown Foundation: https://jamestown.org/program/the-prc-sees-window-of-opportunity-with-europe/ Lin Jian, X: https://x.com/SpoxCHN_LinJian/status/1924724931662905484 Rasmus Jarlov, X: https://x.com/RasmusJarlov/status/1924933503075983691 References (rest of video) https://www.ft.com/content/ff041474-2dd7-4556-ac2e-d01136fee8c2 https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20250507-macron-and-merz-pledge-stronger-franco-german-defense-ties-on-first-diplomatic-visit https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2025/05/08/macron-merz-vow-closer-defense-ties-in-reboot-of-french-german-couple/ https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/05/07/germany-and-france-to-set-up-joint-defence-and-security-council https://www.lemonde.fr/en/europe/article/2025/05/07/france-and-germany-vow-to-cooperate-more-closely-on-defense_6741017_143.html https://armscontrolcenter.org/fact-sheet-u-s-nuclear-weapons-in-europe/ https://www.dw.com/en/macron-open-to-deploying-french-nuclear-weapons-in-europe/a-72534138 https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2025/03/19/eus-2030-defense-plan-pushes-for-more-joint-spending-at-home/ https://www.wsj.com/finance/europe-defense-us-military-industrial-complex-61ea9654 https://www.newsweek.com/europe-defense-spending-plan-nato-summit-hague-june-2065649 https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/why-defence-boss-could-boost-europes-revival-2025-04-22/ https://carnegieendowment.org/posts/2025/04/can-the-eu-overcome-divisions-on-defense?lang=en https://dgap.org/en/research/publications/untangling-transatlantic-knot-germany-france-and-united-states https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/time-european-security-council https://thedefensepost.com/2025/05/18/libyas-tripoli-armed-groups/ https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/libyas-armed-group-catch-22 https://www.swp-berlin.org/10.18449/2023C44/ https://greydynamics.com/an-introduction-to-tripolis-armed-factions/ https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/libyas-pm-says-eliminating-militias-is-ongoing-project-ceasefire-holds-2025-05-17/ https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-58-corpses-found-libyan-hospital-ministry-says-2025-05-19/ https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/middle-east/two-ministers-internationally-recognized-libyan-government-resign-2025-05-16/ https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/middle-east/two-ministers-internationally-recognized-libyan-government-resign-2025-05-16/ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/the-killing-of-abdul-ghani-al-kikli-may-be-a-turning-point-for-libya/