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Trump eyes buying Greenland
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The government probably should have some kind of plan going on behind closed doors to deal with the inevitable climate change refugee crisis.
But maybe start by doing something with Alaska first.
But maybe start by doing something with Alaska first.
Of course. Any country can sell land. It won't happen, but it theoretically could.
You know what?
I'm onboard.
Hopefully these negotiations require all his attention and take (checks calendar) 19 months or so
I'm onboard.
Hopefully these negotiations require all his attention and take (checks calendar) 19 months or so
we're setting everything else in this country back hundreds of years, why not this?
If anyone can convince him that climate change is real, he'd realize Greenland might be a good real estate investment.
🤣 Denmark is one of the richest countries on Earth and usually also tops the Happiest list too.
"Greenland is expected to be one of the world's next great mining frontiers as global warming starts to uncover precious metals from the frozen surroundings. Substantial volumes of minerals are now within reach of geological land mapping technologies, according to research conducted by GlobalData, a natural resources business intelligence provider "
"Make Greenland green again!"
New slogan based on climate change.
This feels like he wants it because he wants to leave his mark. I imagine his stupid wall will either get torn down or forgotten eventually, but being responsible for adding a new state and having that in the history books seems like the type of thing that would stroke his ego.
In addition, as a way of going about it, it's one that most likely readily makes sense to him and can be marketed being in his area of 'expertise'. Because he's a real estate guy, y'see? He knows about buying land. Nobody knows more about buying land than him. So he knows the land and it's good land but he's gonna get it cheap because he knows land.
...okay, putting aside my brief attempt at his affectations, in addition to the likelihood he would believe it's something he 'knows', it's something with apparent precedent. He'll think there can be a Greenland Purchase just like there was the Louisiana Purchase and the Alaska Purchase. That they merely happened will be enough to make him think that somehow it can happen again, nevermind changes in land valuation, the priority of self-determination, and so forth, since the 19th goddamn century.
Well Greenland's value is going to skyrocket over the next century as global warming destroys most of the rest of the world, so it's probably the first wise investment Trump has ever tried to make
Of course it is.
I'm for buying Greenland. Americans need a place to move to once climate change devastates the country.
Let's rename the land to Numenor or Valyria.
Let's rename the land to Numenor or Valyria.
Land-grabbing in the colonial mode is dead, except in the heads of people like Trump and some/most Brexiteers. The idea that he should just buy Greenland is plausible because "money can buy things" and he probably understands enough US history to know we bought French Louisiana and Texas.
It's just a stupid enough idea for someone like Trump to have. Most heads of states don't go around offering to buy territories because they're not idiots who think they're living in the 18th century, but Trump's mind actually lives in the 18th century so of course he'd have this idea.
It's just a stupid enough idea for someone like Trump to have. Most heads of states don't go around offering to buy territories because they're not idiots who think they're living in the 18th century, but Trump's mind actually lives in the 18th century so of course he'd have this idea.