Trump asks aides if he can buy Greenland

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Trump thinks just a little outside the box. Such thinking can be very effective at times.

The people in the territory of Greenland now know they are in a much greater position of power than they had thought previously. It's a good thing. Noting that Greenland divorced itself from the EU some years ago.

Nice sentiment, but I kinda of doubt that was Donald's motive.... ^_^
 
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Divorce, as an analogy here, is more true than not. Greenland objected to over-controlling EU rules and was released from them. Fortunately, Greenland separated from the EU during the early days of the EU before the EU became strong enough to punish those wanting out. Greenland is now classified as an EU territory due to its being owned by Denmark.

Maybe. I suspect there's more to the story given China's recent attempts to gain a foothold there. If nothing else it would seem that Trump has very publicly declared to China that Greenland is off limits, presumably to head off anything like what happened in Panama where China now controls a port of entry to the Panama Canal.
It's nice that the USA has the power to declare places "off limits".

It reminds me of a child licking a piece of candy.
 
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'Monroe Doctrine'

200 hundred years ago.

Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Chile, Panama etc can all attest how well that worked out for them.....(...and still today, the US turns a blind eye to the root causes of poverty and inequality in the region).
 
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Buy Greenland?

We should just take it!

I say we pull a Guadalupe Hidalgo manoeuvre and go to war with Denmark and then 'buy' Greenland as part of the peace treaty.
 
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I say we pull a Guadalupe Hidalgo manoeuvre and go to war with Denmark and then 'buy' Greenland as part of the peace treaty.
Well thats the "civilized" way to do it.

But really, I'm an "ideas guy". I leave the pesky implementation details up to my capable staff.
 
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'Monroe Doctrine'

200 hundred years ago.
Good thing nothing changed in the last 200 years concerning world politics.

Also, nice of the USA to stick to that doctrine and not interfere in european wars.
 
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...or maybe Trump is interested in Socialism after all?

How socialist? Well, private land ownership does not exist in Greenland: All the land is controlled by one of five local kommunes, a word that looks a lot like “commune” but is usually translated into English as the more innocuous “municipality.” Greenlanders neither own nor pay rent for the land they live on. In 2017, a sheep farmer in southern Greenland told me how he had recently built a new pasture: After deciding that he wanted to expand, he told the local kommune, which posted a sign advertising the change publicly. When no one protested, he went ahead and did it.

And forget opposing Medicare for All: In Greenland, the entire health-care industry is nationalized. Both medical care and prescription drugs are free. When I toured a Greenlandic hospital, I was struck by how much it felt like an American public school or library, with well-lit hallways decorated with local art, warm and serious professional staff, and an ambient sense of shared ownership.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/16/why-is-trump-trying-import-greenlandic-socialism/

I wonder what the "kommune" will have to say about his golf course?
 
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President Donald Trump has on multiple occasions brought up buying Greenland from the Danish government and the White House counsel's office has looked into the possibility, two sources told CNN on Thursday.

Trump's interest in buying Greenland was first reported on Thursday by The Wall Street Journal. The Journal reported that people familiar with the deliberations said the President has raised the issue during meetings and dinners, asking aides and listening seriously about the possibility and advantages of owning Greenland. He also asked his White House counsel to research the matter, according to two of the people.


After a little more climate change, it'll be perfect of Mar-a-Lago II.

Problem solved, this is the place he was thinking of. Apparently it's a great place to recruit illegal immigrants, people looking for a great boss who will let them work long hours for little pay:

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It's not Greenland's choice. Greenland is owned by Denmark ... and according to your article:
Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who took office earlier this year, has not commented on the reports.

She is set to visit Greenland this weekend and has said she is "very much looking forward" to it
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Money talks.
The USA is deep in debt (Donald's tax cut for the rich), getting deeper every minute. Denmark has remarkably low national debt.
 
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Must be quite a job, having to go out and pretend like your boss makes sense.

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Sunday confirmed that the Trump administration is exploring trying to buy the country of Greenland, noting that the self-governing country is a “strategic place” that is rich in minerals.

“It’s developing. We’re looking at it,” Kudlow said on “Fox News Sunday.” “Denmark owns Greenland. Denmark is an ally. Greenland is a strategic place … I’m just saying the president, who knows a thing or two about buying real estate, wants to take a look.”
 
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