Does not make sense to send the Marines to Minnesota; he already has the ability to call up the National Guard, who are used to that cold weather.
More logical that he would send troops to Greenland to counter the Europeans who recently sent troops there.
This is two battalions of the 11th Airborne Division stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska.
The Washington Post has also reported this story.
The Department of Defense of course prepares in advance for a wide range of possible orders, so this does not necessarily mean that Trump will enact the Insurrection Act and order active duty military to Minnesota (meaning Minneapolis primarily), but it does allow for a faster deployment should Trump do so.
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While Trump may be batshit crazy, someone is putting those ideas in his head. He would not have the slightest idea that Greenland was worth anything, for I have read he does not like to read.
There are a bunch of troops on the Southern Border; our country looks like a nation that is preparing for war. The only question is who will be fighting?
The Pentagon ordered the deployment of as many as 3,000 additional troops with armored vehicles to the southern border, according to Defense Department officials.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, at the direction of President Donald Trump, ordered a Stryker Brigade Combat Team and an aviation battalion to a border security mission. They will arrive in coming weeks, according to Defense Department officials who were not authorized to speak publicly.
The troops add to a growing U.S. military presence on the border. In January, Trump ordered 1,500 active-duty troops to support about 2,500 National Guard and Reserve troops already there. Headquarters personnel from the 10th Mountain Division have been at the border for about a week to help direct the operation, one official said.