https://www.axios.com/2024/12/23/trump-buying-greenland-us-ownership-planPresident-elect Trump floated taking ownership of Greenland as he named PayPal co-founder Ken Howery as his pick for U.S. ambassador to Denmark on Sunday.The big picture: Trump said during his first administration that he was looking into the U.S. buying Greenland and canceled a state trip to Denmark after Danish officials said the autonomous territory that's part of its kingdom was not for sale. He made the comments after demanding earlier in the weekend that Panamanian authorities lower fees for U.S. ships to transit the Panama Canal or return its control to the United States.Driving the news: "For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity," Trump said in a post to Truth Social on Howery. "Ken will do a wonderful job in representing the interests of the United States." Representatives for Trump did not immediately respond to Axios' request for further details on the president-elect's plans for Greenland.Background: The U.S. has on several occasions since 1867 considered or attempted to buy Greenland — the world's largest island that's not a continent. Greenland is part of the continent of North America, but it has close geopolitical ties to Europe and has received EU funding as it's classed as an overseas territory associated with the bloc via Denmark.
>>1370172Holy shit. A president with vision! I feel bad for voting Democrat for all these years now.
>>1370190Trump is senile
>>1370205>dRumpf is senile said the Crash Bindecoot voter.You know what? Oh well.
>>1370206Sorry, that's "Crash Bidencoot". As in crashed the economy, is named Biden, and is legitimately an old senile coot.Sorry for the typo.
>>1370207Ok but Trump is still senile
>>1370207I'll grant you 'named Biden' and 'old senile coot'.But as for 'crashed the economy' you really need to do better research. Most of what he was dealing with isn't "US centric". Meaning it was happening regardless of who sits in that chair. The rest is the downstream impacts of trump's last stint in office, sprawling beasts like .gov don't change direction quickly. It's like an oil tanker, you turn right and it'll start to point that way in a few miles.
>>1370190They're all afraid to tell Greenland is all ice.
remember how all countries used to conquer lands and such
>>1370285Conquering other lands is generally considered to be a bad thing nowadays. See Putin.
>>1370190What vision?
The next four years are going to be golden. Every sarcastic joke Trump makes will be a major news headline for liberal media to seethe and cope about. Yes trannies, I'm sure Trump is going to have the treasury get right on writing a check to buy Greenland in his first 100 days
>>1370419Anon the literal one fucking person who can't make these kinds of jokes is the president. It's all fun and games until this is the deciding factor for a country to choose China over us because "I was just joking around" doesn't work out too well in international relationships.
>>1370419You say it's a joke but >>1370190 thinks it's part of his vision.
>>1370172We should invade it and take it. No asking. Brutal force and swift victories are the only things these nations understand. If you aren't on top of the pile, you are a nobody.
>>1370423>We should invade it and take it.Try it. Watch what happens. If you thought you could, you woulda already. Remind me again, what is it greenland got that you don't? I mean apart from a functioning economy, educational standards, and a working healthcare system. None of which you'll inherit through invasion.>Brutal force and swift victories are the only things these nations understand.No. That's all you understand. And it's wrong. As evidenced by putin's 3 day training excersize. You aint getting a 'swift victory' on a modern battlefield, which against greenland will mean you'll need to get rid of all the cheap UUV's endangering the expensive naval forces before you can think about gettin people there in number, and or weapons close enough to strike. >If you aren't on top of the pile, you are a nobody.And you, chump, are far from the top of the pile. Have been for some time.>>1370421>It's all fun and games until this is the deciding factor for a country to choose China over usAbout half would do it just from all the gob about how 'great' you is - despite all the conflicting evidence. It's a good thing you're not going out of your way to agitate them further and not only encouragin' trade to china, but provisioning incentive for collusion against murrica specifically.
>>1370452>what is it greenland got that you don't?natural resources like rare earths and LNG
>>1370482which is why Denmark isn't going to sell it, to say nothing of the people who live there who don't want to be Americans.
>>1370421Keep the Panama Canal out of the CCP hands! If they want to cozy up to the enemy of humanity, then we should level Panama, no mercy. We build it, we should take it back!>>1370452War for its own sake is based, so long as it's not fought with one hand tied. War toughens up a population, turning boys into men, and the health of nations is revitalized through successful conquests. War is good, actually.
>>1370537There is a reason why every generation that went to war were desperate to keep their children from doing the same.
>>1370628Only losers.
>>1370634Especially winners.
>>1370419Should one of the world's most powerful people really make retarded jokes about international politics?
>>1370746He wasn't joking.
>>1370746He's joking unless he isn't.
>>1370757"He's just joking!" is how other people around him rationalize away his senility.
