Posted on 08/18/2019 6:14:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Trump on Sunday said that buying Greenland isn’t “No. 1 on the burner” but quipped that Denmark may want the US to take the world’s biggest island off its hands to save money.
“Well Greenland, I don’t know, it got released somehow, it’s just something we talked about,” Trump told reporters as he left his Bedminster resort to return to Washington, referencing a Friday Wall Street Journal article about the president’s flirtation with buying Greenland.
“Denmark, essentially, owns it. We’re very good allies with Denmark, we protect Denmark like we protect large portions of the world. And so the concept came up and I said certainly, strategically it’s interesting. And we’d be interested.”
Trump then suggested that Greenland was “hurting Denmark very badly” throwing out the figure that it cost the Danish government “$700 million.”
“So they carry it at a great loss. And strategically for the United States it would be nice,” Trump added.
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He’s toying with them now. LOL
Best election ever!
Or he’s serious. It’s hard to tell sometimes. They probably have oil, gold, rare earth minerals and God knows what else under that snow and ice.
America first.
And give them Puerto Rico as part of the deal. The Danes need a warm place for the winter
Trump’s “What-color-is-the-best-land”
So you don’t want to annex the Philippines again?
Hear, hear and throw in Geraldo and his family as a bonus.
I think the Danes said its not for sale but of course there is a price for most things.
“And give them Puerto Rico as part of the deal. The Danes need a warm place for the winter”
Fair trade.
Even if it’s just a rock you bought. It’s your freaking rock. As far as the folks living there. If they are living there they’re pretty damn good people. It ain’t California homeless territory. They are earning their lives in those conditions. In My Objective Opionion. If they want to live under our constitution and adopt our culture, welcome aboard to deplorable country. MAGA
We paid $13 billion for our newest aircraft carrier, surely Greenland wouldn’t cost anywhere near that much.
They are heavily subsidized by Denmark. But there are only 56,000 of them—and they don’t even mostly live in the most temperate zone.
What a great place for a refugee camp.
Bingo!
Why wouldn’t the US want it? I think Trump is serious. Its a huge land mass, and with technology, the world is shrinking every day.
Since Denmark is actually paying people to take out mortgages, they might want to think about it.
Great place to train for the winter Olympic Games. Global-bs-Warming means we might find neat stuff under the ice there. Their people know how to fish and hunt. Tons of room for gun ranges. Men’s hockey year around. I wish I had the money, I’d buy it.
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