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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

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...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 Monday OP

That response was too verbose. Ferrets are Cool Monday #1

Greenland's response required Diplomacy But Cha Monday #4

He's such an idiot Mz Pip Monday #12

What a crock ReRe Monday #2

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

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

Exactly... I was thinking while I was Cha Monday #19

The X guy, I suspect. Joinfortmill Monday #15

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

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

Thanks for the correction ReRe Monday #23

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Why stop there? Prairie Gates Monday #18

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

Please, please, please...your Underworldness... wcmagumba Tuesday #27

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

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

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

Bingo! Sneederbunk Tuesday #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Abolishinist Monday #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 Wednesday #33

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

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

Capitalists believe anything can be bought DSandra Wednesday #30

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

Again with the Greenland pfitz59 Wednesday #32

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

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