(08-21-2019, 04:59 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

(08-21-2019, 03:32 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: Now he’s canceled his trip to Denmark because they don’t want to talk about selling Greenland.   This after he said his trip to Denmark had nothing to do with Greenland.

He cancelled a stop in Denmark during his planned trip to Europe.  For what it's worth, this is what he had to say about it.

Quote:In remarks outside the White House, the President said that he felt the Prime Minister "was nasty" in calling his proposal, "absurd" and said that he postponed the visit because "you don't talk to the United States that way."

The idea of purchasing Greenland is not new and is not at all a bad idea (but you won't hear that out of the MSM).  It also wouldn't be the first time that the U.S. has purchased a territory from another country.  What makes Greenland attractive to the U.S. is not only of strategic importance militarily, but also the fact that the territory is rich in many natural resources... many of which we currently import from China.

This is a pretty good article regarding the whole thing.

It's a shame that the whole story isn't told.  The purchase or lease of the territory would be good for the U.S., Greenland and Denmark and would be bad for communist China.

The last time we purchased territory was 1917, coincidentally, from Denmark.  We bought St Thomas, St John, and St Croix at that time.
I just don't think this is something Western countries do anymore.  Our culture has moved on.  It's rude, like, shouldn't Greenland have a say about it?
And if Greenland really does have these great resources, why aren't the Danes exploiting them? If they don't think it's right to exploit those resources, they won't think it's right to take our money to let us do it either.

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