Trump looking to buy Greenland?

[BlueTex]

@Samm

There are huge valuable mineral sources and high value gems exposed right on the surface. But the Danes won’t allow anyone to file on most of them for environmental reasons. Trump doesn’t care about the environment, so that would not be a problem.

Screw the Danes… We should make them a protectorate and then immediately make them a state…

[BlueTex]

@Safiel

With all of its 56,480 people. I don’t think so.

56,480 is a blip… One senator for every 28,240… Do you think the will be DNC or GOP?

[Samm]

@Safiel

Greenland can no longer be bought and sold, as it could in the 1940’s. It is now an autonomous region under the KING of Denmark, but not the GOVERNMENT of Denmark. Denmark provides its national defense and handles its foreign affairs, but aside from that, it is 99.99% an independent nation.

However, Greenland COULD choose to end its relationship with Denmark and sign Articles of Free Association with the United States, meaning that Greenland would stay the way it is, but the United States would become the protecting power, rather than Denmark. It would be a trivial cost to the United States, as we already have a base there and its defense needs are trivial.

Good. That makes it a private sale. Much less complicated than if the government were involved.

[SixFoot]

Would this “AFA” negate the need for a passport to visit Greenland?

[Samm]

@adroit

@Samm

@W_and_C

Smart investment or nah ?

Very much so. Greenland is the richest unexploited mineral resource on the planet. And given the historic value of “ice box” property of 30 cents per acre (2 cents/acre adjusted for inflation since 1867,) he should be able to pick it up for about $160 million.

If we could get it for $160 million, I’d absolutely support buying it. It’s almost the size of Alaska and Texas combined. That’s some great climate change hedging (except for maybe all of the pathogens trapped under that ice?).

There’s no way it’d sell for that cheap, though. It’d likely be orders of magnitude more.

Okay, throw in another zero or two. It’s still a good deal. We could probably get back our investment in a couple of decades just by selling ice to the Arabs.

[Safiel]

@SixFoot

Would this “AFA” negate the need for a passport to visit Greenland?

It would be similar to visiting the Marshall Islands from the United States.

Passport required.

Entry visa NOT required.

Greenland would be in a state of Free Association with the United States, not part of the Untied States nor a possession of the United States.

[SixFoot]

Booo. Oh well, maybe someday then. I’m still trying to see how many countries I can visit without ever having owned a passport.

[Samm]

@BlueTex

@Samm

There are huge valuable mineral sources and high value gems exposed right on the surface. But the Danes won’t allow anyone to file on most of them for environmental reasons. Trump doesn’t care about the environment, so that would not be a problem.

Screw the Danes… We should make them a protectorate and then immediately make them a state…

Naw … It’s much easier to exploit a Territory. I should know, I was born and raised in one.

[ImRightYoureWrong]

There must be a bunch of Trump supporters in Greenland

[Samm]

@chess

Perhaps if both sides are willing, the United States could conquer Greenland in a friendly.

That reminds me of the movie “The Mouse that Roared.”

[W_and_C]

@ImRightYoureWrong

There must be a bunch of Trump supporters in Greenland

Snowflakes

[Samm]

@chess

Oh, right. The Mouse That Roared. And here I thought I was being original.

Call it a modern twist on an old story.

[Axxowiz]

It makes sense now we know the plans of were to put the liberals.

[noSpaces]

Does Trump understand Greenland is actually a lot smaller than it appears on a map?

[conan]

Why buy an island that some day could tip over?

[amadeus]

@Samm

@W_and_C

Smart investment or nah ?

Very much so. Greenland is the richest unexploited mineral resource on the planet. And given the historic value of “ice box” property of 30 cents per acre (2 cents/acre adjusted for inflation since 1867,) he should be able to pick it up for about $160 million.

Sure Samm. Why don’t we just extract the last of the most difficult resources to exploit as fast as possible. That’s totally reasonable. Finite resources are totally renewable.

[Samm]

Are you under the impression that this is a serious conversation?

[DougBH]

Buy Greenland?
I hate Trump.

[Samm]

@conan

Why buy an island that some day could tip over?

No problem. The ice is buoyant, it will keep it from capsizing.

[Eclipze]

@noSpaces

Does Trump understand Greenland is actually a lot smaller than it appears on a map?