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  • #46
    Trump was not polite, the PM of Denmark was rude, they don't have a good history and so they had another spat. Not really significant.

    Greenland is probably for a military base, and also to lay a larger claim to the Arctic, both to counter Russia.
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    • #47
      Originally posted by demi-conservative View Post
      Trump was not polite, the PM of Denmark was rude, they don't have a good history and so they had another spat. Not really significant.

      Greenland is probably for a military base, and also to lay a larger claim to the Arctic, both to counter Russia.
      It's both strategically important for military and commercial use (if global warming is as dire as people make out) and contains rare earth metals otherwise mostly limited to China. It's not a bad idea, and it wouldn't be the first bit of land purchased from the Danes.
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      • #48
        Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
        It's both strategically important for military and commercial use (if global warming is as dire as people make out) and contains rare earth metals otherwise mostly limited to China. It's not a bad idea, and it wouldn't be the first bit of land purchased from the Danes.
        If he really wants it for strategic reasons, maybe he could work out a long term lease, like was done with Hong Kong to Britain last century?

        But then we already have a shared air force base there. The Danes seem open to working with us on such things. No need to buy the country.

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        • #49
          Originally posted by Sparko View Post
          If he really wants it for strategic reasons, maybe he could work out a long term lease, like was done with Hong Kong to Britain last century?

          But then we already have a shared air force base there. The Danes seem open to working with us on such things. No need to buy the country.
          The mineral rights are at least as important strategically, and those are less amenable to leasing.
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          • #50
            Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
            It's both strategically important for military and commercial use (if global warming is as dire as people make out) and contains rare earth metals otherwise mostly limited to China. It's not a bad idea, and it wouldn't be the first bit of land purchased from the Danes.
            Do you mean the tiny colony we had in America, sold all the way back in 1917?

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            • #51
              Originally posted by Leonhard View Post
              Do you mean the tiny colony we had in America, sold all the way back in 1917?
              I'm not aware of any other land we purchased from you.
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              • #52
                Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
                I'm not aware of any other land we purchased from you.
                Danish West Indies (St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John)

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                • #53
                  Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
                  I'm not aware of any other land we purchased from you.
                  I'm not sure how relevant it is. It happened over a century ago, it was a colony without autonomy established up against your borders, and it made sense at the time.

                  Trump asking to buy Greenland, from Denmark, does not make sense.

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                  • #54
                    Originally posted by Leonhard View Post
                    I'm not sure how relevant it is. It happened over a century ago, it was a colony without autonomy established up against your borders, and it made sense at the time.
                    If you're talking about what is now called the U.S. Virgin Islands it is so close that it is often considered part of South America

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                    • #55
                      Originally posted by Leonhard View Post
                      I'm not sure how relevant it is. It happened over a century ago, it was a colony without autonomy established up against your borders, and it made sense at the time.

                      Trump asking to buy Greenland, from Denmark, does not make sense.
                      How does it not make sense? It's of strategic interest, it has lots of mineral resources we want, it's geographically closer to the contiguous States than Alaska, and it's a money pit to Denmark.
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