Over 60% of Greenland's population is in just five towns which double as provincial capitals as shown (south to north):
- Qaqortog 5.5%
- Nuuk 31.8%
- Sisimiut 9.9%
- Aasiaat 5.5%
- Ilulissat 8.0%
I haven’t looked into resources there, but I’m sure fresh water is in abundance.
All Trump needs to say is he’s doing it to fight global warming and the left has to get onboard.
Leaders of countries that are doing poor economically dont try to buy large landmasses. He is projecting strength to China, Europe and our voters.
Go Trumpie...get Greenland...it is a gem from so many different angles. Trump the chess player with strategic thinking. Democrats...lousy, lazy checker players with Joe Sleepy” Biden as their Champion player!!! LMAO!!!
Just another thing to get indignant with Trump about. They ought to be flattered, and grateful that they live in a time when the world power doesn’t just flex a muscle and take what it wants by force. That’s been the way of the world for almost all of history and prehistory. Instead, Greenlanders and Danes live in peace and security, doing very little to defend themselves, and don’t bother to understand why.
Re: Denmark, after all, was invaded and occupied by the Nazis.
What?
No one under the age of 80 has a clear memory of the Germans invading and occupying Denmark - Denmark has been one of the wealthiest and most stable countries in the world for decades.
Re: Colonial masters to an impoverished people who have been unable to develop sources of wealth that could lift them out of misery.
The residents of Greenland are poor for the same reason that the indigenous people of Canada are poor - cultural and individual deficiencies.
Follow up story, Trump SAVES Greenland from Denmark’s Muslim invasion!
Was there even a named source for this “buy Greenland” story?
With a name like Greenland it’s got to be good!
Long term, the only thing the USA would get from Greenland is two Democrat Senators and a Democrat Congressman.
88% of the voters are Inuit Eskimos.
Half their government budget comes as a block grant from the Danish government.
Can you imagine what the EPA and Federal Judges would do if Trump tried to develop Greenland’s mineral and oil deposits?
Why should they be offended? He didn’t threaten to take it like we could, but would never do.
Free the Greenies! Free the Greenies! Free the Greenies!
The Greenies like sports.
I can’t spell their favorite sport, but it involves throwing old people off a cliff.
The place is full of cannibals....like Rhode Island!
Didn’t this whole thing get started when some so called Journalist asked POTUS Trump about Greenland costing the Danes a bunch of money to maintain it as a Territory?
They act like POTUS Trump just came out woth this new Outrage on his own.
For any FReeper asking why should he, just Google 2 words: china greenland. You will get 369 million results relating to such things as offers to build Greenland an airport, expanding mining interests, using it as their Arctic base, China's Greenland Holdings Corp., to mention a few.
People have lost their sense of humor.
Put some ice on that.