When President Donald Trump loudly reminded America that Greenland is a strategic prize worth American attention, it didn’t take long for billionaire investors to follow the scent of opportunity. Forbes reports that within months of Trump first raising the idea, heavy hitters from Silicon Valley and global finance moved to place bets on the island’s mineral wealth.
One of the most striking threads is the role of Ronald Lauder, who John Bolton says planted the Greenland idea in Trump’s ear — and then quietly moved to invest in local ventures himself. Forbes lays out Lauder’s ties to Greenlandic business projects and local political figures, a pattern that ought to make every patriot wary of private interests influencing geopolitics.
Meanwhile, the usual tech and green elites — Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg — were already backing KoBold Metals’ hunt for rare earths and other critical minerals on the island as early as 2019. These are not charity projects; they are strategic investments in the raw materials that power the 21st century economy and the military technologies of the future.
The roster of investors reads like a who’s who of today’s power brokers: Sam Altman later joined the cap table, Peter Thiel backed high-tech development projects, and venture funds funneled significant capital into Greenlandic ventures. Forbes documents these moves precisely, showing a coordinated private sector push into an increasingly contested Arctic.
All of this unfolded against a backdrop of real geopolitical tension — the island’s location and natural resources make it a focal point for great-power competition, and even Reuters notes that Greenlandic and European officials have pushed back against any notion of American takeover. That pushback only underscores why American leaders must think clearly and act in the national interest rather than cede influence to foreign powers or let globalist elites run the playbook.
Patriots should welcome Trump’s blunt prioritization of U.S. strategic needs; too often our national security has been outsourced to abstract international institutions and the profit motives of transnational billionaires. It’s reasonable to question why men who bankroll global governance projects are suddenly so keen on Greenlandic assets, and whether those investments serve America or private agendas.
The bottom line for hardworking Americans is simple: secure the resources and strategic positions that keep our country safe, but do so in a way that is transparent, accountable, and in the public interest — not a shadowy scramble by the elite to privatize the prizes of the American century. Lawmakers and the incoming administration should move quickly to craft policies that favor American sovereignty and workers over foreign competitors and opportunistic magnates.
