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ificandream

(10,730 posts)
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 01:25 PM Monday

Greenland Tells Donald Trump: 'We Are Not For Sale'

Source: Newsweek

By Jordan King
US News Reporter

Greenland's elected leader has said the island is not for sale after Donald Trump stated that controlling the territory was an "absolute necessity" for the United States.

"Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom," Prime Minister Múte Egede said in a written comment, according to Reuters.

It came a day after Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday: "For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity."

He made the statement when announcing PayPal co-founder Ken Howery as his pick for U.S. ambassador to Denmark. Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/greenland-responds-donald-trump-request-purchase-island-denmark-mute-egede-2005136



Aerial shot of Greenland.

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Greenland Tells Donald Trump: 'We Are Not For Sale' (Original Post) ificandream Monday OP
That response was too verbose. Ferrets are Cool Monday #1
Greenland's response required Diplomacy But Cha Monday #4
He's such an idiot Mz Pip Monday #12
What a crock ReRe Monday #2
Are those Putin's Orders? I wonder who told him to Cha Monday #6
Well, I think it's very possible. ReRe Monday #8
Exactly... I was thinking while I was Cha Monday #19
The X guy, I suspect. Joinfortmill Monday #15
Yes.. that's exactly what I was Cha Monday #20
No, he made a play for Greenland in his first term too. He said Finland belongs to Russia. Eugene Monday #22
Thanks for the correction ReRe Monday #23
Maybe the world's 1% see Greenland as a climate refuge. ??? CrispyQ Monday #3
Best suggestion I've seen for his obsession with Greenland underpants Monday #9
As climate change claims more of the Arctic, new shipping lanes will open through it . . . Journeyman Monday #10
Strategically Iceland would be the better purchase. If Greenland was smart they would sell Trump an option,... dutch777 Monday #5
I extend an apology to Greenland and all the folks therein NotHardly Monday #7
2nd brain fart from the imbecile in two days. He's on a roll. Ray Bruns Monday #11
Wait, aren't we taking Panama first? HereForTheParty Monday #13
Didn't he mention Mexico as a state, too? CrispyQ Monday #16
Why stop there? Prairie Gates Monday #18
4 years of this shit, unless Satan calls him home. Joinfortmill Monday #14
Please, please, please...your Underworldness... wcmagumba Yesterday #27
The usual way fascists wage aggressive war is by manufacturing a threat from the victim/target Prairie Gates Monday #17
Although Denmark may trade Greenland straight across for Alaska. Sneederbunk Monday #21
I wasn't thinking of a trade for Alaska - Denmark already has enough cold weather. How about a trade for Florida? They 24601 20 hrs ago #28
Bingo! Sneederbunk 19 hrs ago #29
Not the first time we've made the attempt. Abolishinist Monday #24
You just need some lebensraum, eh Trump? LudwigPastorius Monday #25
Trump puts in no money but his billionaires do then Greenland is renamed Wonder Why Monday #26
Capitalists believe anything can be bought DSandra 5 hrs ago #30
If someone was teying to demolish the reputation of this country, mahina 4 hrs ago #31
Again with the Greenland pfitz59 2 hrs ago #32

Cha

(305,848 posts)
4. Greenland's response required Diplomacy But
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 01:41 PM
Monday

We can read between the lines. lol

Fuck off Fascist Fuck, Indeed!

Mz Pip

(27,934 posts)
12. He's such an idiot
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 02:19 PM
Monday

As if taking possession of Greenland is even a remote possibility.
What are we going to do, invade?

ReRe

(10,902 posts)
2. What a crock
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 01:40 PM
Monday

Trump is a madman! Didn't he say the same thing about Finland in his first term?

He's totally insane. Total bullshit. You go Greenland! Give him hell!

Cha

(305,848 posts)
6. Are those Putin's Orders? I wonder who told him to
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 01:44 PM
Monday

do that? Can he think on his own?

ReRe

(10,902 posts)
8. Well, I think it's very possible.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 01:55 PM
Monday

If my memory serves me, Puti is very interested in more tundra up there.
Maybe Puti whispered in Musk's ear, and Musk whispered into Trump's ear?

* on edit: As George Carlan would say "There's a reason for it, and we don't know it!"

Cha

(305,848 posts)
19. Exactly... I was thinking while I was
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 03:26 PM
Monday

out running that it was Mump, too. I've read he wants to own the Universe and I think he's Megalomania Enough for it to be true.

Cha

(305,848 posts)
20. Yes.. that's exactly what I was
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 03:29 PM
Monday

thinking when I was out running... It was Mump.

He wants to own the Universe.. might as well start with Greenland!

Thank you

Eugene

(62,767 posts)
22. No, he made a play for Greenland in his first term too. He said Finland belongs to Russia.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 08:53 PM
Monday

MF45 was outraged when Denmark's PM called his proposal absurd.

ReRe

(10,902 posts)
23. Thanks for the correction
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 10:21 PM
Monday

Do ya reckon he's trying it again because he is emboldened by Musk's presence in his transition team?

CrispyQ

(38,570 posts)
3. Maybe the world's 1% see Greenland as a climate refuge. ???
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 01:41 PM
Monday

That's a lot of unpopulated land that will be soon be more temperate. I can see a ton of resorts & mansions built along that waterway.

Ha ha. I just Googled Greenland's population & it's less than 60K, perfect for taking over in the mind of a mad king.

underpants

(187,318 posts)
9. Best suggestion I've seen for his obsession with Greenland
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 01:55 PM
Monday

Remember he brought this up in the first term.

Journeyman

(15,175 posts)
10. As climate change claims more of the Arctic, new shipping lanes will open through it . . .
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 02:05 PM
Monday

Whoever possesses Greenland will be well situated to control shipping across the northern tier.

This same idea may be motivating his desire to make Canada a part of the US, as they will control many of the touchpoints for commerce through the newly opened channels of the Arctic.

For someone who denigrates the very idea of Climate Change, Trump certainly seems eager to position himself to profit from it.

dutch777

(3,578 posts)
5. Strategically Iceland would be the better purchase. If Greenland was smart they would sell Trump an option,...
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 01:44 PM
Monday

...say $10 billion, for right of first refusal if they ever choose to put themselves up for sale, US has first dibs. Would be fun to see what Donnie would do with that and maybe Greenland could get a bidding war started with Putin offering free fossil fuels in perpetuity for the same right and who knows what China would bid. And they could charge a $1 billion entry fee to be even be considered for the bidding. (Wonder if anyone has told Donnie that Greenland is a self governing country but is technically in the Kingdom of Denmark which gives them over $500 million a year which is over 1/3 of their yearly operating budget? Naw. Why bother Mr. Bad Idea Wizard with facts?).

CrispyQ

(38,570 posts)
16. Didn't he mention Mexico as a state, too?
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 03:09 PM
Monday

So we have Panama, Greenland, Mexico, & Canada. The guy sees himself as king of North America.

Prairie Gates

(3,568 posts)
17. The usual way fascists wage aggressive war is by manufacturing a threat from the victim/target
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 03:24 PM
Monday

On the one hand, it's going to be difficult to paint Greenland/Denmark as a threat to the US. On the other, the maximum cynicism would be to say we need to seize control of Greenland for climate reasons. I can see the media going along with that.

24601

(4,030 posts)
28. I wasn't thinking of a trade for Alaska - Denmark already has enough cold weather. How about a trade for Florida? They
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 11:55 AM
20 hrs ago

get some warm weather and nice beaches, while we Floridians get Denmark citizenship. Mar-a-Lago could be King Fred's Winter Palace.

Abolishinist

(2,070 posts)
24. Not the first time we've made the attempt.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 10:35 PM
Monday

The Truman administration proposed including rights to a patch of Alaskan oil in their offer to buy Greenland in 1946.

"The United States opened negotiations with Denmark about using Greenland, and at one point, the American side proposed buying the island outright for $100 million in gold and the rights to a patch of Alaskan oil."

We also put forth efforts in 1867 and 1910 to do so.

https://www.npr.org/2019/08/22/753192368/fact-check-did-harry-truman-really-try-to-buy-greenland-back-in-the-day

Wonder Why

(4,717 posts)
26. Trump puts in no money but his billionaires do then Greenland is renamed
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 11:59 PM
Monday

Trump Country and Trump owns 51% of the stock and controlling interest. It goes bankrupt like all his other investments.

DSandra

(1,287 posts)
30. Capitalists believe anything can be bought
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 02:24 AM
5 hrs ago

and that everyone has a price whether they say so or not.

And yes, modern capitalism is a religion.

mahina

(19,042 posts)
31. If someone was teying to demolish the reputation of this country,
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 03:17 AM
4 hrs ago

This is what they would do.

Now who’s interests does that serve?

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