Trump wants to buy Greenland

[Spendulus]

I would like to see Greenland bought with money from the sale of San Francisco and Oakland.

But I am not sure if anyone would want them.

Maybe Cuba?

[BADecker]

^^^ China built those 20 empty cities. Maybe they would take 2 more. After all, some of those SE Asian nations use human excrement as fertilizer.

[7777wonder]

I believe what Trump said is just a political stunt,he did that to serve as an excuse not to travel to Norway because Obama is also visiting at that period which h might affect his upcoming election.politics


Green land is very important to the us because the United State military has some important equipment there,


Russia and the United State also have military equipment in green land,so if the United State buys it it will be there own and Russia could be expel


Donald Trump's is a real estate manager he may have some interest in aquiring green land to build some houses


Green land have a lot of mineral resources,which can be of benefit to the United state

[GlobalPokerSites]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/conan-travels-greenland-investigate-local-interest-trump-1236538

[TECSHARE]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/conan-travels-greenland-investigate-local-interest-trump-1236538

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyMKA4d35dg

[Daniel91]

Ideas like this can only come from Trump and no one else.
He clearly does not understand how international relations work today.
The borders were last changed in Europe after World War II, 1945.
As far as I remember, the last a piece of territory America bought (from Russia) was Alaska in 1867, it seems to me, more than 150 years ago.
Obviously Trump needs a history lesson.

[BADecker]

Ideas like this can only come from Trump and no one else.
He clearly does not understand how international relations work today.
The borders were last changed in Europe after World War II, 1945.
As far as I remember, the last a piece of territory America bought (from Russia) was Alaska in 1867, it seems to me, more than 150 years ago.
Obviously Trump needs a history lesson.

Trump has advisers who are making things known to him. This is one of the reasons he changes his mind so often. He is learning from his advisors, to say nothing about his opponents changing the playing field all the time.

There are many borders that are changing all the time, although many haven't changed since WW2. Consider Thrace. Thrace has not existed for hundreds of years according to the historical and government books. But Thracians still cling to their heritage as Thracians, even though they are being integrated with other cultures.

Things change... even borders.

[Quanatix]

Random information out of left field, but I don't think the White House has commented on it.

Trump is thinking about purchasing Greenland. He's been floating the idea with WH legal counsel, and different aides in the WH to see if this is something he can do. Unknown on if he is really seriousness about this, but it's something that has without a doubt been talked about.

Unknown on why: Past the fact that Greenland has a large amount of natural resources, but I can't see something like this actually coming to fruition. I'd love to see what people think about this.

cnbc dot com/articles/trump-eyes-a-new-real-estate-purchase-greenland-11565904223

We have to remember Mr. Trump's career before he became the President. He was a real estate mogul and a master showman. As funny as it sounds, Trump announced this to test how the environment would react. Sometimes, this bluff plays to his advantage as the real players take notice and begin to make their moves.

According to CNBC - bitcointalk keeps removing the src link, so figure out the link yourself.

Yet Trump’s interest in Greenland is just the latest indication of the island’s increasing geopolitical importance. It is even drawing the eye of China.
Greenland’s growing strategic value is linked tightly to new North Atlantic shipping lanes opening up due to melting polar ice caps. Its largely ice-capped land mass is also rich in untapped natural resources.

In truth, the idea is not really all that absurd if we factor out other components such as Greenland's population of 57,000 - which is actually very small when compared even to small US cities.

As a real estate person, Trump knows that location is everything in business - and in a macro sense- the economy. By "floating" a seemingly "absurd" or "naive" idea, he may have nudged the US' competitors China, Russia and others. From this we can see, that Trump actually believes in climate change!

Oh wow, I just got that idea now. Yes, yes! Trump believes in Climate change but is lying about it:

"Greenland’s growing strategic value is linked tightly to new North Atlantic shipping lanes opening up due to melting polar ice caps"

So, in anticipation of the polar caps melting and the opening of new shipping lanes, there is much money to be made especially when you have exclusivity in its maritime waters.

“He who controls the spice controls the universe.” ― Frank Herbert, Dune.

[Daniel91]

Ideas like this can only come from Trump and no one else.
He clearly does not understand how international relations work today.
The borders were last changed in Europe after World War II, 1945.
As far as I remember, the last a piece of territory America bought (from Russia) was Alaska in 1867, it seems to me, more than 150 years ago.
Obviously Trump needs a history lesson.

Trump has advisers who are making things known to him. This is one of the reasons he changes his mind so often. He is learning from his advisors, to say nothing about his opponents changing the playing field all the time.

There are many borders that are changing all the time, although many haven't changed since WW2. Consider Thrace. Thrace has not existed for hundreds of years according to the historical and government books. But Thracians still cling to their heritage as Thracians, even though they are being integrated with other cultures.

Things change... even borders.

This is true, but it used to be the standard for borders to be changed by force, in war, and now it is settled peacefully, through negotiations.
200 years ago Trump would not have to ask anything, he would send army and declare that the area belong to America, but now we live by other standards and rules.