Trump talked to colleagues about buying Greenland, reports say
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Trump talked to colleagues about buying Greenland, reports say
Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, Published Aug. 15, 2019
We’ve known for a while that ice sheets in Greenland, in the Antarctic are melting, but the issue has become much worse, much faster than we thought. Buzz60
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has occasionally talked to colleagues about buying Greenland, according to media reports.
The Wall Street Journal first reported Thursday that people familiar with discussions said Trump on multiple occasions raised the idea of buying Greenland from Denmark during meetings and dinners. He reportedly "listened with interest when they discuss its abundant resources and geopolitical importance," according to the Journal. The White House counsel was asked to research the possibility, the Journal reported.
However, the president was reportedly not serious about the idea, the Associated Press reported Thursday. The Journal likewise reported that Trump's interest in the strategically important island has been characterized by "varying degrees of seriousness."
The U.S. reportedly proposed buying Greenland from Denmark in 1946 for $100 million, the AP and the Journal both reported.
The White House did not respond to request for comment from USA TODAY.
Contributing: John Fritze
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Apparently the USA tried to buy Greenland from Denmark in 1946 - offered 100 million dollars for it at that time.
A couple of years ago I indicated that I thought a wise investment would be to buy land in Greenland. Can you imagine......Trumpland? LOL
Might have been a wise (loooong term) investment. I saw a documentary a couple years ago that indicated that Greenland is expected to have vast untapped mineral resources but even with global warming it's gonna be awhile before the ice goes away.
From what I've been reading about this I'm seeing some basic differences between Trumps goals and Americas two earlier attempts to pick up Greenland.
The first two attempts had some sound, thoughtful, strategic reasoning behind the possible purchase.
In 1867 we had just picked up Alaska and we're still in an expansion phase. While America was mostly interested in picking up some tropical properties from Denmark the thought was that if Greenland was added to the Alaskan purchase we might just be able to entice Canada to join the US.
While in 1947, President Truman was interested in winning the cold war and thought a "Fortress Greenland" could be an important piece of his long term plans.
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However when it comes to President Trumps interest in purchasing Greenland it just fells more like him desiring to mark the USA;
;and then to profit from his action by buying land in Greenland now and cashing in after climate change turns Greenland into the next Bora Bora.
Perhaps I'm just too jaundiced toward our Vulgarian in Chief but I just can't conceive that his sudden desire to buy Greenland is any thing other than another banal whim from his chaotic mind.
Thanks for all that info. However it made me laugh when I read this:
Thank God that never happened. However, Canada also toyed with the possibility of buying a Caribbean Island - The Turks and Caicos. They saw it as being an alternative for Snowbirds to go there instead of Florida, which would keep Canadian money in Canada. I wanted it to happen, but it didn't.
That part tickled me as well Buzz, hoping it would give you a chuckle was the reason I highlighted it. (smile)
Trump talked to colleagues about buying Greenland, reports say
I suppose the White House ice maker was empty and he could not figure out how to operate it.
I think it's a wonderful idea, but I don't think there's any indication that Denmark wants to sell - for any amount of money. But who knows? They say everyone has a price.
At this point, I doubt that even America can afford the price that would be expected.
I am not into real estate, but my guess would be hundreds of trillions of dollars, even if it was for sale.
Well, that's one way to razz Russia.
Curious. The article isn't what I would call, "clear" with regard to personal purchase or a purchase for the USA.
Clearly, this would never happen.
1) It's not for sale.
2) The cost would be literally astronomical.
But if it did, and it would be a personal purchase for trump, where is he going to get the money? There isn't a sane person on the planet that would loan trump money.
If it were a purchase for the USA, it would add so much to the debt, our economy would collapse immediately, no more USA.
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No matter how you slice it, bad idea.
As the famous American philosopher from the Okefenokee Swamp Churchy La Femme said: "Don't take life so serious, son. It ain't nohow permanent."
Dear Brother Buzz: Once manager in baseball said this.
"Don't take the world serious".
Smiles.
Enoch.