The weak business case for Trump acquiring Greenland: a $1 trillion price tag and few returns for two decades

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4. Till now it hasn't been economically feasible, but if Trump can get U.S. taxpayers to foot the bill for the development

of Greenland's resources, then his billionaire backers can walk away with the profits. He'll likely do the same in Venezuela: spend public funds to recapture and rebuild their decrepit oil-producing infrastructure, then turn it all over to privately owned oil interests so they can reap the benefits. American capitalism has always been based on the concept of "socializing your losses, privatizing your profits."