Im guessing its the Onion, Trump wants to buy Greenland

[brettdale]

Saw Greenland being the number one tweet on Twitter.

Saw a news story, saying Trump wants to buy Greenland.

Satire?

[nycbos]

1. I hope so

[Dennis Donovan]

2. WSJ link:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-eyes-a-new-real-estate-purchase-greenland-11565904223

[frogmarch]

3. The Wall Street Journal

reported that trump has expressed interest in the U.S. buying Greenland. No one knows if he was serious.

[brettdale]

4. He does know

Ya cant buy a country?

[htuttle]

5. Nope

[frogmarch]

6. Apparently in 1946 the U.S. wanted to buy it.

https://apnews.com/9d4a8021c3650800fdf6dd5903f68972

snip:

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The United States in 1946 proposed to pay Denmark $100 million to buy Greenland after flirting with the idea of swapping oil-rich land in Alaska for strategic parts of the bleak Arctic island, documents in the National Archives show.

The $100 million was to be in gold. And even though the sale did not go through, the United States ended up with the military bases it wanted anyway.

Discovery of the documents, which have been declassified since the early 1970s, was first reported Sunday by the Copenhagen newspaper Jyllands-Posten.

[SCantiGOP]

7. Greenland isn't a country

It is an administrative division of Denmark, similar to Guam for the US.

[brettdale]

10. what does that mean?

Administrative division??????

[SCantiGOP]

15. Same as Guam, US Virgin Islands, etc

They have some autonomy but all foreign affairs and major areas are controlled by the Denmark.
Like Puerto Rican’s are US citizens but the have more autonomy than a US state does.

[Celerity]

18. it is an autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Greenland

Executive power rests with a high commissioner, and a prime minister heads the Cabinet. The high commissioner of Greenland is appointed by the monarch (Queen Margrethe II), and the prime minister is elected indirectly by parliament elections results (4 year terms).

Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament Inatsisartut. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Greenland has full autonomy on most matters, except on policies and decisions affecting the region including negotiations with the devolved legislatures and the Folketing (Danish Parliament, where they get 2 seats).

[Kurt V.]

8. trump is on the phone with billionaires all the time. one of them has told him

climate change will make greenland prime property. my best guess

[brettdale]

11. Maybe Trump knows Climate change is real

But wants it to happen so he can buy these countries, once the ice has melted.

[Kurt V.]

13. i absolutely believe this is true. 👆

[Delmette2.0]

14. Dipshit just fell for the Viking ruse.

They named one island Iceland because it was greener and probably easier to live there. They named the other one Greenland because it was snow covered and harsh. The people who went to Greenland had a big surprise.

[crazytown]

16. Bowling Green Land

[marble falls]

9. If its totally goofy, its real. This is after all, Donnie Two Scoops we're talking about.

[Totally Tunsie]

12. Is that pre- or post- melt?

[lame54]

17. You know he's gonna end up with Iceland