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Greenland Says It’s Not On The Market
Hotair ^ | 08/16/2019 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 08/16/2019 10:03:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

It’s almost as if they’re already American, though! The business of Greenland is business, its leadership emphasized after rumors swirled yesterday that Donald Trump wanted the US to acquire the island from Denmark. The third try is not the charm, Greenland residents told CNN, and not charming either:

President Donald Trump has on multiple occasions brought up buying Greenland from the Danish government and the White House counsel’s office has looked into the possibility, two sources told CNN on Thursday.

The island’s government, however, said in a statement Friday it’s not going to happen: “Greenland is not for sale.” …

“They tried to buy us in 1867, during Second World War, and now they are trying again,” local Kulusuk resident Bent Abeelsen told CNN. “Not gonna happen.”

Greenland’s foreign ministry adopted a more diplomatic tone in discouraging looky-loos. The government also issued a friendly statement thanking us for our interest, but no thanks:

#Greenland is rich in valuable resources such as minerals, the purest water and ice, fish stocks, seafood, renewable energy and is a new frontier for adventure tourism. We're open for business, not for sale❄️🗻🐳🦐🇬🇱 learn more about Greenland on: https://t.co/WulOi3beIC

— Greenland MFA 🇬🇱 (@GreenlandMFA) August 16, 2019

A Government of Greenland spokesperson reiterated that the island was not for sale when approached for comment by ABC News.

“We have a good cooperation with USA, and we see it as an expression of greater interest in investing in our country and the possibilities we offer,” the spokesperson said. “Of course, Greenland is not for sale. Because of the unofficial nature of the news, the Government of Greenland has no further comments.”

Greenland’s taking it with at least some good humor, and why not? When was the last time anyone read about Greenland as a vacation destination, or … as anything at all other than a frozen wasteland? This is the best PR boost their tourism and investment businesses might have imagined, even if it’s likely only to last a few days.

Not everyone was so flattered, however. NBC News went out and found several unhappy Greenlanders to balance out the government’s friendly-yet-firm message. They had to trawl Twitter to find most of the anger:

“I think we take it as a sick joke by a crazy president,” said Anna Kûitse Kúko, 63, who has lived in Tasiilaq nearly all her life and teaches English here. The remark was one of several from local residents who reacted with a mixture of mockery and anger to the reports, which originated with an article in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday. …

Online, locals mocked the idea of Trump’s interest in buying their homeland.

“Wow I didn’t know trump knew greenland existed,” tweeted Miki Fleischer from Nuuk, the nation’s capitol.

“Oh please God no,” wrote Emil Malta in response to the idea.

Another resident reposted a parody photo of a traditional Greenlandic landscape unexpectedly dwarfed by a glittering gold Trump Tower.

That was actually a parody by Hot Air pal Jon “Exjon” Gabriel, which deserves an honorable mention here:

Greenland in 10 years. pic.twitter.com/akqWowauyu

— jon gabriel (@exjon) August 15, 2019

Sadly, this now appears to be just another real-estate pipe dream, but it’s tough to imagine that anyone took the idea all that seriously in the first place, let alone Trump. He built his fortune on real estate, and it’s certainly believable that he’d bring that approach to dealing with American security, in which Greenland is an important piece. This sounds like spitballing at most — fun spitballing, perhaps, but spitballing nonetheless.



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Russia
KEYWORDS: china; denmark; europeanunion; globalwarminghoax; greenland; greennewdeal; nato; russia
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To: SeekAndFind

Denmark has lots of problems - High taxes, high muzzie infiltration, high feminization, high PC, high alcoholism, high suicide rate, high bestiality. They’re the happiest country? ROTFLMAO!

They might just like the deal — Get money, lose a useless burden, get protection.


61 posted on 08/16/2019 11:27:56 AM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: Redmen4ever
As it is, the people of Greenland want to receive lots of welfare money and to have somebody else defend them

We should move them to Puerto Rico.


62 posted on 08/16/2019 11:35:10 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Strategic resources and location, the decision will not be made in Greenland but in Denmark and the US. Alaska was lampooned too. Buy it.


63 posted on 08/16/2019 11:45:43 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: SeekAndFind

Not very nice Greenland. In fact it’s RACIST.


64 posted on 08/16/2019 11:48:36 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Usually the first thing someone says when they want a deal.

“It’s not for sale.”


65 posted on 08/16/2019 11:48:48 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: SeekAndFind

Make them an offer they can’t refuse.


66 posted on 08/16/2019 11:50:25 AM PDT by Doctor Freeze
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Greenland really isn’t on the market?

Crap! I spent the better part of the day making big plans...


67 posted on 08/16/2019 11:59:32 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I hope he buys it and relocates the UN there.


68 posted on 08/16/2019 12:00:29 PM PDT by JPJones (More Tariffs, less income tax.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Crapgame: Then make a DEAL!

Big Joe: What kind of deal?

Crapgame: A DEAL, deal! Maybe the guy’s a Republican. “Business is business,” right?


69 posted on 08/16/2019 12:01:48 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: butlerweave

Not if you didn’t make it a state. Give it some sort of status where no one there is allowed to vote in fed elections. If the 56,000 “greenlanders” don’t like it...kick therm out.


70 posted on 08/16/2019 12:05:34 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: madison10

They are valuable for their rare earth minerals, a key component to manufacturing energy dense capacitors and batteries.

They’re also important because they are literally one of the only developed sources of rare earth minerals outside of China and not held by a Chinese corporation.

He’s asking to buy the island as an opening position before meeting with their government next week ... including trade discussions.


71 posted on 08/16/2019 12:11:36 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: dljordan
Yeah if Denmark tells them that they're on their own, the 56K Eskimos or whatever they are will need a navy, army and Air Force.

What do you suppose each ones share of that would be?

Uncle Sam might start looking pretty good when you're looking at that bill.

72 posted on 08/16/2019 12:14:55 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: sockmonkey

It’s enough room for a new HGTV show: VERY Tiny Homes.


73 posted on 08/16/2019 12:18:57 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: fishtank

LOL, my State of Mind, apparently. No matter how many we have, Greenland would be a terrific addition.


74 posted on 08/16/2019 12:28:19 PM PDT by Veto! (Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me))
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To: All

It would make more sense for Greenland to become part of Canada, the Nunavut territory is quite similar in socio-economic terms as well as having the same climate.

If you’re looking for new places to buy, I’m guessing Alberta might be interested, especially if Justin Trudeau stays in office after the October elections up here.


75 posted on 08/16/2019 12:35:33 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (Take the next train to Marxville and I'll meet you at the camp)
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To: SeekAndFind

GDP of Greenland is $2.7B.
SOP for corporate purchases is about 10x of revenue.
I can see 100x of GDP being a fair price for a province purchase.
$270B for Greenland is manageable, being merely 6.75% of current annual federal spending.
That’s 80% of Denmark’s GDP, as pure profit - vs far less than Greenland tax revenues over the next century.

Just rough numbers. Shows it’s entirely doable.


76 posted on 08/16/2019 12:55:42 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (Specialization is for insects.)
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To: SeekAndFind

For the right price, everything is.

The population is about 56,000 there from a report I read yesterday.

What if the U. S. offered every citizen over the age of 18, $1.0 million dollars? (I took a wild guess, and figure the populace of that age or older would be about 75% of the populace.

The cost of that would be $42 billion.

There would be more to it than that, but if we could wrap up the whole thing for $200 billion or less, it would probably be a very good deal.

I have no idea what the total cost would be, but these are some ballpark figures to jump off from.

Current citizens would keep all their current holdings. The only thing that would change would be the nation they would be citizens of, and in this case dual citizenship could probably be arranged.


77 posted on 08/16/2019 1:04:30 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Greenland Says It’s Not On The Market

So! Negotiations have commenced!

78 posted on 08/16/2019 1:06:58 PM PDT by TChad
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To: SeekAndFind

It would be nice to have a place to store all of our newly arrived, fleebag “refugees” in cold storage until they can go back to their own counties once they are fixed by “white supremacists”.


79 posted on 08/16/2019 1:10:12 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: Veto!

Fun Fact: Parts of central Greenland are nearly 1000 feet below sea level, due to the weight of the incredible ice sheet that sits atop it.


80 posted on 08/16/2019 1:14:55 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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