{"id":309602,"date":"2026-01-14T21:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trump-is-fighting-for-the-arctic-but-losing-in-antarctica\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T21:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:00:31","slug":"why-trump-is-fighting-for-the-arctic-but-losing-in-antarctica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trump-is-fighting-for-the-arctic-but-losing-in-antarctica\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Trump is fighting for the Arctic but losing in Antarctica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/vwX04p_hUYE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why Trump is fighting for the Arctic but losing in Antarctica\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vwX04p_hUYE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump seems obsessed with controlling the Arctic, but in Antarctica, the US is pulling back. <\/p>\n<p>As military activity and resource extraction are banned in Antarctica under the Antarctic Treaty, power is exercised through science and presence. 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As military activity and resource extraction are banned in Antarctica under the Antarctic Treaty, power is exercised through science and presence. But this season America has no operational icebreaker on the continent. 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