Trump running interference for Vlad and his invasion of Ukraine by ginning up a BS play for Greenland and beefing with the Panamanians, lmfao, so fucking transparent
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Trump thinks russia is a super power. Putin probably told trump that he can have greenland, in a deal where Putin gained actual value. Trump walked away thinking he made a great deal. He probably think russia is the only obstacle for grabing Greenland.
Maybe this is a stupid question, but I honestly have no clue. If they "purchase" a country who can even make that deal and who is receiving the money?
It's not without precedent, much of the current US was purchased from colonizing powers. The Louisiana purchase is perhaps the most famous one, where Napoleon needed more money to fight the British and worked out a deal to sell France's North American territories to the USA.
But the US didn't have enough in its Treasury to fund the full amount, so in addition to selling bonds to raise money it also assumed some of France's war debt. Then, once all the arrangements were made, they simply had ceremonies to pull down the French flag and raise the American one. (And in some territories, Spain was involved, somehow, leading to a "three flags day" in some places.)
If it happened today I bet they would finance it all with Dogecoin, because of course they would. If it helps Dogecoin moon to $69, I can retire early.
Probably the State Department on both accounts? But that's assuming this deal is being made by a respectable administration and not an organised crime syndicate pretending to be one.
They want Greenland because they know climate change is happening fast and need a safe haven until they're ready for Mars.
/s ... maybe.
This is one of those comments where, at first, you’re like: “Nawwwww.” Then you think about it a bit more, and then you’re like: “But wait a sec…..”
And then, finally- you arrive at: “oh damn.”
I think you’re giving him too much credit; he doesn’t have a history of thinking things out past what’s in his immediate vicinity (if at all). I think he sees a bunch of undeveloped land and wants it. Then he’d be associated with adding that much more land to the US.
Maybe? Maybe they will try yeah. Yay. There’s a good chance that the Gulf Stream will shift or stop and temperatures on Greenland will be wild and difficult. Then there is all the rapidly shifting geomorphic shit and abuse due to an ocean melting off the land...
The Inuit and related societies are going to have to prove once again that they are the toughest of us all.