Shudders of disbelief are running through western capitals at Trump’s alpha-chimp chest-beating display in pursuit of Greenland, Panama and – why not? – Canada. The farcical theatrics appear to be driven by Trump’s (not unreasonable) concern about holding back Chinese encroachment.
Background: ‘China craves its rare earth minerals needed for microchips and sonar systems. It imagines the world’s biggest island becoming part of its Polar Silk Road, a crucial stopover for its vessels as they exploit the melting Arctic ice to boost trade between Asia and the West. In US hands, the minerals and seaboard of the world’s biggest island would strengthen the West.’
President Harry Truman considered buying Greenland after the Second World War as a way of cutting off a potential Soviet attack. The purchase never went ahead but American bases were set up. Since Trump won the election, China has conducted its largest naval exercises in decades, launched the world’s biggest amphibious warship, been accused of sabotaging undersea cables in Asia and Europe and hacking the US Treasury, unveiled four new advanced aircraft, rehearsed a naval blockade near Japanese islands for the first time and intensified espionage activity in the West. The point? To help Beijing negotiate with Trump from a position of strength.
Greenland has a population of 56,000 with New York 4 hours way by plane; and could hold an independence referendum this year about splitting away from Denmark, which if it happened would give the island more power to determine its foreign policy which could include a closer relationship with the US. Though Trump’s wild talk of not denying he might use military force is not helpful – and would I suspect run into internal brakes being applied by appalled Republicans.
China is also the worry behind the Panama Canal. “The Panama Canal was built for our military,” Trump said. “Look, the Panama Canal is vital to our country. It’s being operated by China. China! And we gave the Panama Canal to Panama, we didn’t give it to China.”
The Greenland 1 May 1979 chart is upbeat through this year though moving through a critical phase of questioning its self-image. Its relationship with Denmark is facing a bumpy ride with a potential split in May 2025 and January to mid March 2026 as tr Uranus is conjunct the composite Sun. Relationships between Trump and Greenland will move into an all-systems-change gear from May onwards as tr Uranus is conjunct the composite Mercury, then Sun and into 2026/27 conjunct the Venus and square the Uranus. There will be definite changes afoot.
Trump’s relationship with Denmark will be high-tension with arguments erupting from mid 2025 onwards with tr Uranus conjunct the composite Saturn. And even before then will be discouraging and argumentative.
Trump’s actions and policies will send ripples of unease through the EU as well with tr Neptune Saturn conjunct the composite Sun from May 2025 onwards with muddles and mayhem for several years thereafter.
There will be continuing pressure on the Trump/Panama relationship chart throughout 2025 and 2026, with outbursts, stand offs and disappointment.
Relocating Trump’s chart to Beijing, puts his bombastic, flamboyant Mars in the 7th house of partners and enemies with Pluto conjunct the Descendant from the 6th so no surprises it arouses his competitive, aggressive instincts. Plus there is a Pluto, Sun, Saturn, Mars composite conjunction pointing to an inherent dislike though with no indication that it could ever be resolved. The composite Neptune will catch the Libra/Aries Solar Eclipses extending through 2025 which suggest confusion and indecision.
The whole furore is not quite as ludicrous as it sounds on the face of it – and much water will flow under the bridge in the coming three or four years, so it won’t all disappear in a puff of smoke as a figment of Trump’s delusional fantasy.
“The whole furore is not quite as ludicrous as it sounds on the face of it – and much water will flow under the bridge in the coming three or four years, so it won’t all disappear in a puff of smoke as a figment of Trump’s delusional fantasy. ”
Thank you! The most infuriating thing about the way this has been covered in the US is that people in the media treat this as distraction from DJT’s legal issues. It may be that in his mind, but it doesn’t negate the fact how small nations and ethnic groups are deprived of their agency, once again, and the damage caused to the US international relationships, even before his presidency has started.
DJT is – at least in part – doing what he does. He’s after a deal of some kind, so he ramps up the chaos factors.
“The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people’s fantasies. People may not always think big themselves. but they can get very excited by those who do. That is why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest, the greatest and the most spectacular.”
― Donald J. Trump, Trump: The Art of the Deal, 1987
And: “My style of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward. I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I’m after.”
Tiresome, but it works for him……
Greenland – he has no chance! The Danes will defend that place to the last inch and they have more might to do so!
Marjorie, how is Trump’s chart if relocated to Moscow and Kyiv (for his approach to Ukraine), Tehran and New Delhi?
Could you address that in a separate post on Trump’s Inauguration Day?
Today’s ships, whether the over-sized cruise liners or cargo ships are just too massive to use the Panama Canal.
Greenland 1 May 1979
I thought I read somewhere that Panama has a problem with water…it apparently takes a lot to operate the canal
“Thought you read somewhere…”
Mush of Pisces/Virgo node meld with Neptune?
Kinda, whot-nought-thought!?
Greenlands/Trumps composite chart does have a Sun/Moon trine in the 10th house leadership and second house Money. With its midpoint in the 12th being opposed by transiting Pluto in the sixth for most of this year. Also, Pluto transit the nodes this year. Maybe returning to past investigatory possibilities? With the possibility of drilling Pluto/ Neptune combination. As Neptune is on the IC in Scorpio and transiting Pluto in the house of work. This is a huge opportunity to provide work and money. Denmark could not compete with the opportunities America could afford. The work it could provide. The composite Pluto / Jupiter conjunction in Virgo the ruler of the sixth house, along with Uranus in Virgo, which is inconjunct with the nodes – could provide a sudden solution for both countries to make a fortune? Placing America back on the top of he game. Also their Sun/Venus in conjunct.
Exactly. Money talks.
@Helen, and what will happen when DJT, with this amazing synastry, won’t be around anymore? To my knowledge, majority of the Greenlandish people don’t want these huge “opportunities” when it’s going to ruin their already fragile ecosystem. Inuit people and their ancestors have survived in these harsh conditions for millenia, including the a period between the 15th and the 18th centuries when the frail Nordic settlement heavily reliant on sailing conditions in Norther Atlantic disappeared. Without romanticizing their style of life, they have a good reason to be wary of “investors”, when they’ve seen what has happened to their peers in Alaska and Canada (where Northwestern Territory Inuktitut is intelligible to Western Greenlandish dialect speakers).
Also, you are absolutely wrong about Denmark not providing “opportunities”, at least for the common mortals not born billionaires. They are well ahead the US on ANY development index, including the economic one. In fact, they were ranked the most competitive economy in the World in 2023, and third in 2024, after Singapore and Switzerland. The US was 9th and 12th, despite the enormous economic advantage the share volume of the internal market gives.
A farce- if this was not actually happening! On the plus side, I note that several of your colleagues in the astrology world are suggesting that Trump will not complete his four year term.
I’d come to that conclusion just based on his diet of (very average, not gourmet) burgers and soda.
@Unmystic Mom, sudden Ozempic shortage in the US might also contribute to this. 😉 I think this is the reason Elon has for once been more cautious than his co-president. He is a big fan of this stuff, and might even own some Novo Nordisk stock, there fore knowing it’s a Danish company and a trade war would hit the supply. Also, Denmark is a surprisingly big market for Teslas considering the size of the country.