By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-24 04:47:28 | Updated at 2024-12-24 20:00:18
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Trump, Greenland bicker over whether the US can purchase territory from Denmark
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-and-greenland-argue-over-whether-us-c ^ | 12/23/2024 | MISTY SEVERI
Posted on 12/23/2024 8:22:03 PM PST by bitt
"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 posted to Truth Social.
President-elect Donald Trump and Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede are at odds over whether the United States can purchase the Danish territory, after Trump proposed the idea on Sunday night.
Trump, who during his first term proposed expanding the U.S by purchasing Greenland, expressed renewed interest in the potential sale when announcing Ken Howery as U.S. ambassador to Denmark, which owns the northern territory.
"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 wrote in a post on Truth Social. "Ken will do a wonderful job in representing the interests of the United States."
Howery served as U.S. ambassador to Sweden during the former president's first term, and is a co-founder of PayPal.
Egede responded to the comment in a post on Facebook on Monday, informing Trump that Greenland is not "and will never be for sale."
"Greenland is ours," Egede insisted. "We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our year-long struggle for freedom. However, we must continue to be open to cooperation and trade with the whole world, especially with our neighbours."
The United States Space Force has a post on the northwest coast of Greenland, the Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base. It is the U.S. Armed Forces' northernmost installation.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: greenland; trump
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1 posted on 12/23/2024 8:22:03 PM PST by bitt
To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...
2 posted on 12/23/2024 8:22:16 PM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
To: bitt
We have not had any significant territorial expansion since the purchase of Alaska.
Greenland, Canada, Cuba....go for a trifecta!
3 posted on 12/23/2024 8:24:49 PM PST by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
To: bitt
Didn’t they buy Alaska from Russia and Louisiana from France?
4 posted on 12/23/2024 8:27:44 PM PST by Luke21
To: bitt
Greenland is like some shapely young lady that all the playboys want, but she refuses to date any of them, at least for now. She repeatedly states she is not ‘that kind of a girl!’
5 posted on 12/23/2024 8:28:00 PM PST by lee martell
To: bitt
Would this help at all with the deficit?
6 posted on 12/23/2024 8:29:47 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: bitt
offer the 56,000 citizens $1 million each, if Greenland sells to the US.
Allow the populated areas to form jurisdictions and offer them permanent rights.
Denmark already pays $511 million to upkeep Greenland each year. If the people of Greenland voted to sell to the US, I don’t think Denmark would be hard to negotiate with.
Find out what else they want. Make it happen.
7 posted on 12/23/2024 8:29:59 PM PST by DannyTN
To: bitt
8 posted on 12/23/2024 8:31:17 PM PST by vmpolesov
To: bitt
We can if the two governments agree.
9 posted on 12/23/2024 8:34:08 PM PST by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral creulty of the Biden-Harris regime.)
To: bitt
The United States Space Force has a post on the northwest coast of Greenland, the Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base. It is the U.S. Armed Forces' northernmost installation.
The Space Force should immediately deploy Jewish Space Lasers™ to take out this ingrate "Prime Minister" Múte Egede and seize the island forthwith.
10 posted on 12/23/2024 8:37:12 PM PST by montag813
To: DannyTN
"offer the 56,000 citizens $1 million each, if Greenland sells to the US.
That is $56 billion total. The Chinese way is to offer the leadership a small fraction of that to gain control. They probably gave Bill Clinton and Joe Biden less than $10 million each.
11 posted on 12/23/2024 8:38:32 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant (I The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism. )
To: bitt
What's not to like???
12 posted on 12/23/2024 8:39:55 PM PST by montag813
To: DannyTN
“offer the 56,000 citizens $1 million each, if Greenland sells to the US.” ($56 Billion)
“Denmark already pays $511 million to upkeep Greenland each year.” Denmark’s national debt is about $143 Billion.
So about $200 Billion would be a very sweet deal for them all, and US investment would open a lot more opportunity.
13 posted on 12/23/2024 8:40:20 PM PST by BeauBo
To: All
Write off the Panama Canal and just make a canal across Greenland to show Panama we don’t need them.
14 posted on 12/23/2024 8:44:51 PM PST by BipolarBob (As it was in the days of Noah they were feasting, drinking egg nog and celebrating Christmas.)
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