Why not?!
Posted on 08/27/2019 9:05:26 AM PDT by Rummyfan
Full disclosure: the only thing I know about Greenland is that you have to fly over it to get from Los Angeles to London. It may very well be great in its own Greenland-y kind of way, but it could reach even greater heights if it had a nice, new coat of United Freakin' States of America all over it.
This is an idea I've loved since President Trump first suggested it. Sure, a lot of people thought he was joking, but when does Trump ever joke about buying real estate?
We live in a world and a time where reality, satire, and parody have all been thrown into one big cosmic Vitamix and blended until they are indistinguishable. So...why not Greenland.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) took his two Harvard degrees over to The New York Times to explain just why our real estate mogul POTUS may be onto something.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
Why not?!
Strategically positioned in the Arctic Circle, Greenland has long attracted the attention of American policymakers. As far back as 1867, Secretary of State William Seward explored the acquisition of Greenland around the time that he negotiated the purchase of Alaska from the Russians. I myself raised the prospect of acquiring Greenland with the Danish ambassador just last year.
Two other administrations, both Democrat, have tried to buy Greenland from Denmark................
That is quaintly modest and picturesque, is it not?
In the summertime!
I understand there is not much of a road system there, and I wonder how many of the residents have cars.
when does Trump ever joke about buying real estate?
I wish he would:
I have asked Don Jr to purchase a Home in Marthas Vineyard as close to the Obama’s as he can Rent it to Homeland Security and turn it into a Shelter for Illegal Aliens and their Children for detention
What language do they speak? Danish?
“Summer in Greenland
With the midnight sun at its peak and the humidity at its lowest, summers in Greenland are warmer than you might expect. This is the best time to experience the country’s natural beauty with activities like cycling, hiking, or kayaking.
What to pack: During the day, you should be comfortable in a short-sleeved shirt and some long pants. With the sun up at all hours of the night, temperatures won’t drop too severely, but it wouldn’t hurt to pack some extra layers in case it does get chilly. July and August see the most rainfall, so some rain gear is essential.”
And...
“South Greenland
The southern tip of the island gives Greenland its color, with lush green pastures and mountains surrounding cities such as Qaqortoq, Nanortalik, and Narsarsuaq, which as the northernmost of the region’s major destinations sees temperatures nearing 60 degrees Fahrenheit (16 degrees Celsius) in July and only gets down to 12 F (11 below 0 C) in January. Climbing and kayaking, not to mention the green valleys, make summer a good time to visit South Greenland.”
https://www.tripsavvy.com/weather-and-climate-in-greenland-1626211
And then this:
“What’s even more amazing is the variety that the locals have been able to grow - They include herbs like thyme and vegetables like peppers, tomatoes and cabbage. Kim Ernst, a Danish chef who has an outdoor garden and a greenhouse, has even managed to grow a handful of strawberries, that he reserved for a special dinner he hosted for the Scandinavian royal family.
And while most vegetables are confined to small gardens, potatoes are doing so well that they are currently being grown commercially in Southern Greenland - In 2012 over 100 metric tons of the tubers were harvested, double that of 2008 and this year’s crop is expected to be twice that!”
https://www.dogonews.com/2013/4/5/fresh-vegetables-and-fruit-from-greenland-hmmm
Years ago, the USAF maintained a base at a place called “Thule”, where the local joke was, there was a willing maiden hiding behind every tree in the region.
I don’t know if Thule Air Base is still there, but the trees sure aren’t.
“Kalaallisut and the other Greenlandic dialects belong to the Eskimo–Aleut family and are closely related to the Inuit languages of Canada and Alaska. Illustration 1 shows the locations of the different Eskimoan languages, among them the three main dialects of Greenlandic.
Example of differences between the 3 main dialects
English Kalaallisut Inuktun Tunumiisut
humans inuit inughuit[12] iivit[13]
The most prominent Greenlandic dialect is West Greenlandic (Kalaallisut), which is the official language of Greenland. The name Kalaallisut is often used as a cover term for all of Greenlandic. The northern dialect, Inuktun (Avanersuarmiutut), spoken in the vicinity of the city of Qaanaaq (Thule), is particularly closely related to Canadian Inuktitut. The eastern dialect (Tunumiit oraasiat), spoken in the vicinity of Ammassalik Island and Ittoqqortoormiit, is the most innovative of the Greenlandic dialects, having assimilated consonant clusters and vowel sequences to a greater extent than West Greenlandic.[14] Kalaallisut is further divided into four subdialects. One that is spoken around Upernavik has certain similarities to East Greenlandic, possibly because of a previous migration from eastern Greenland. A second dialect is spoken in the region of Uummannaq and the Disko Bay. The standard language is based on the central Kalaallisut dialect spoken in Sisimiut in the north, around Nuuk and as far south as Maniitsoq. Southern Kalaallisut is spoken around Narsaq and Qaqortoq in the south.[4] Table 1 shows the differences in the pronunciation of the word for “humans” in the three main dialects. It can be seen that Inuktun is the most conservative, maintaining the “gh” which has been elided in Kalaallisut, and Tunumiisut is the most innovative, having further simplified the structure by eliding the /n/.”
And...
“When adopting new concepts or technologies, Greenlandic usually constructs new words made from Greenlandic roots, but modern Greenlandic has also taken many loans from Danish and English. The language has been written in the Latin script since Danish colonization began in the 1700s. The first orthography was developed by Samuel Kleinschmidt in 1851, but within a hundred years already differed substantially from the spoken language because of a number of sound changes. An extensive orthographic reform undertaken in 1973 that made the script easier to learn resulted in a boost in Greenlandic literacy, which is now among the highest in the world.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenlandic_language
The CIA Factbook lists Danish and English as the second and third languages.
I laugh because another President called for it at one time.
Because there is zero evidence that Denmark wants to sell and even less evidence that Greenland wants to be bought.
Crudele suggests there wouldn’t be a language barrier if we went for Italy instead—since Italians talk with their hands:
https://nypost.com/2019/08/26/if-trump-cant-buy-greenland-why-not-italy-or-vietnam/
Uranium,rare earth minerals,gold,gems and ice. Lots of ice.
For the past year or more I will on YouTube and check out the videos people made of driving on the island. Most of them are shot in and around Nuuk, the largest ville in the south end of the island. They’ve got cars, trucks and SUV’s and drive on the proper side of the road. I think that with its wealth of natural resources, it would be a no-brainer to acquire especially for possible dire eventualities elsewhere on the planet. A great double-down if the planet getting hotter and ocean levels are rising. There is already a mature US military facility on the north side at Thule. Build a few nuke power plants and you can maybe do some creative agriculture with the heated cooling water. With the cold climate, it would be a great place for mass server farms. I like it. If Denmark won’t sell it, we should take it from them or trade St. Croix back to them and throw in Puerto Rico for free.
The grand, great PRC (China), will not be so good...if Hong Kong goes down the drain, PRC will go down the drain with her!!! Beware, “PRC”, Thailand, Vietnam, India, South Korea, Taiwan and maybe even North Korea, in the not too distant future will be eating and drinking your lunch. These folks are on the move with major investments in their “private economies”. And... of course the ever, all powerful Japan industry is ready willing & able to help bring you down.
If I were the PRC....I would immediately declare Hong Kong a free, private business, democracy for ever..period. And...I would change my ways, drop communism & socialism into the nearest garbage can...and let the PRC become the MEGA free, tariff free, economy she can become without your Communist/Socialist controls. Take heed PRC while you gaggle with Trumpie and the USA...it Asia that is going to you take down. Wise up!!!
As for Trumpie and Greenland, Trump, ever the great and grand chess master and strategic genius, sees the future for Greenland and the USA coupled together and it is true greatness for many, many sound and good reasons. Go for it Trumpie, with your whole heart and soul. Remember, Alaska was bought for a mere $7,000,000 dollars. Today it is worth 700,000,000,000 billion bucks...if not more. That is also the future for Greenland...period!!! If we are certainly chasing to go back to the Moon and Mars, which is terrific, going after Greenland is a no brainer. Do it...Trumpie!!!
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