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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

Dec 23

...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?).

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Greenland Tells Donald Trump: 'We Are Not For Sale' [View all] ificandream Dec 23 OP

That response was too verbose. Ferrets are Cool Dec 23 #1

Greenland's response required Diplomacy But Cha Dec 23 #4

He's such an idiot Mz Pip Dec 23 #12

What a crock ReRe Dec 23 #2

Are those Putin's Orders? I wonder who told him to Cha Dec 23 #6

Well, I think it's very possible. ReRe Dec 23 #8

Exactly... I was thinking while I was Cha Dec 23 #19

The X guy, I suspect. Joinfortmill Dec 23 #15

Yes.. that's exactly what I was Cha Dec 23 #20

No, he made a play for Greenland in his first term too. He said Finland belongs to Russia. Eugene Dec 23 #22

Thanks for the correction ReRe Dec 23 #23

Maybe the world's 1% see Greenland as a climate refuge. ??? CrispyQ Dec 23 #3

Best suggestion I've seen for his obsession with Greenland underpants Dec 23 #9

As climate change claims more of the Arctic, new shipping lanes will open through it . . . Journeyman Dec 23 #10

Strategically Iceland would be the better purchase. If Greenland was smart they would sell Trump an option,... dutch777 Dec 23 #5

I extend an apology to Greenland and all the folks therein NotHardly Dec 23 #7

2nd brain fart from the imbecile in two days. He's on a roll. Ray Bruns Dec 23 #11

Wait, aren't we taking Panama first? HereForTheParty Dec 23 #13

Didn't he mention Mexico as a state, too? CrispyQ Dec 23 #16

Why stop there? Prairie Gates Dec 23 #18

4 years of this shit, unless Satan calls him home. Joinfortmill Dec 23 #14

Please, please, please...your Underworldness... wcmagumba Dec 24 #27

The usual way fascists wage aggressive war is by manufacturing a threat from the victim/target Prairie Gates Dec 23 #17

Although Denmark may trade Greenland straight across for Alaska. Sneederbunk Dec 23 #21

I wasn't thinking of a trade for Alaska - Denmark already has enough cold weather. How about a trade for Florida? They 24601 Dec 24 #28

Bingo! Sneederbunk Dec 24 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Abolishinist Dec 23 #24

Of course in 1946 that wasn't about endless grifting, it was the threat of the Cold War and a thermo nuclear war. Bengus81 Dec 25 #33

You just need some lebensraum, eh Trump? LudwigPastorius Dec 23 #25

Trump puts in no money but his billionaires do then Greenland is renamed Wonder Why Dec 23 #26

Capitalists believe anything can be bought DSandra Dec 25 #30

If someone was teying to demolish the reputation of this country, mahina Dec 25 #31

Again with the Greenland pfitz59 Dec 25 #32

I've been thinking that since election day. ificandream Dec 25 #34

sale? I didn't hear any mention of money prodigitalson Dec 25 #35