Posted on Aug 20, 2019

Trump: US considering possibly buying Greenland, 'essentially it's a largereal estate deal'

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On one hand.... I thought he was joking or exaggerating... Even the article says, "We're going to Poland and then we may be going to Denmark -- not for this reason at all, but we're looking at it," ... so, just kinda as an afterthought.... but then, he goes and writes a Tweet about how he's definitely NOT going to Demark, after being invited on a State visit, because the Queen told him Demark wasn't for sale.

It sounds like he was serious about buying Denmark, AND that it was a priority for his Denmark trip....

Trump: US considering possibly buying Greenland, 'essentially it's a largereal estate deal'

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Greenland

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MSG Stan Hutchison

Posted >1 y ago

Trump needs to understand two things;
1. Not everything can be bought.
2. The days of one nation buying another is far past.

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Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin

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He's not the first President to have the idea.

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Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin

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And as usual, while the Trump bashers keep focusing on simply bashing Trump, there’s more to the story.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/21/buying-greenland-trump-haters-mock-the-idea-but-ch/

Buying Greenland: Trump haters mock the idea, but China is paying attention

The moment The Wall Street Journal article appeared revealing President Trump was mulling over the idea of the United States buying Greenland, the autonomous Danish territory in the Atlantic, ankle-biters began to mock the idea.

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MAJ Bryan Zeski

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Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin - I guess that's my point. When he first talked about going to Denmark, he clearly said that buying Greenland was just a side-note, not an important part of the visit. He downplayed it. Then, when he found out it wasn't going to happen, he scrapped the whole trip... that means that the Greenland WAS a big deal - and not a side note.

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MAJ Bryan Zeski

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Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin - I think the world has seen the writing on the wall. America is today's lone superpower. Tomorrow, it doesn't look like it will be. Selling off to America now would be to sacrifice potential gains in the future.

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Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin

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You do realize the China has been trying to get their hooks into Greenland as well? That's a shame that you have a pessimistic view of where the US will be in the near future, but perhaps you should look at what Trump's intent here is vs ridiculing it. Strategically, Greenland is important to the US. This is why Truman tried to buy it in the past. I could care less about why Trump cancelled the trip to Denmark. They aren't exactly a victim of some sort here.

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