[CommerceComet]

It would be like Seward's Folly when the U.S. bought Alaska from Russia. The media would find a billion ways to find fault in this. However, like Seward, Trump would be found to be correct in the future. If the U.S. bought Greenland, turned our companies loose to extract mineral wealth and charged a reasonable royalty on extraction dedicated to paying down the national debt, the national debt could be eliminated over time.

We better hurry before global warming melts it down to a size that even Portugal could buy it. (Joke, lame but a joke nonetheless).

[dfwgator]

However, like Seward, Trump would be found to be correct in the future.

And how. Imagine the Soviets on our doorstep during the Cold War.

[Sacajaweau]

That's all I remember about Alaska....Seward's Folly.

UNTIL I went to a gun club in the '60s...and they had a film on Alaska and its wildlife.

[DoodleDawg]

If the U.S. bought Greenland, turned our companies loose to extract mineral wealth and charged a reasonable royalty on extraction dedicated to paying down the national debt, the national debt could be eliminated over time.

Not when it's increasing at the rate of a trillion dollars a year.

[Oscar in Batangas]

A not widely publicized item:

The deal over Alaska was even sweeter than we commonly know.

The sale was made on a ¢/acre basis. The American team picked the closing date and time when the tide was at its highest so the minimum amount of land was exposed.

According to the story, that small detail caused the sales price to be lower by a significant amount compared to what it could have been had an average shoreline profile been used.

The story was told by an official Alaska government representative, so I have no doubt (?) that it’s ABSOLUTELY gospel truth

[Oscar in Batangas]

A not widely publicized item:

The deal over Alaska was even sweeter than we commonly know.

The sale was made on a ¢/acre basis. The American team picked the closing date and time when the tide was at its highest so the minimum amount of land was exposed.

According to the story, that small detail caused the sales price to be lower by a significant amount compared to what it could have been had an average shoreline profile been used.

The story was told by an official Alaska government representative, so I have no doubt (?) that it’s ABSOLUTELY gospel truth