Danish king changes coat of arms amid row with Trump over Greenland

[LetMyPeopleVote]

30. Trump leans into the idea about buying Greenland, which still isn't for sale

For reasons unknown, the president-elect isn’t letting go of the idea of adding Greenland to the United States, foreign policy implications be damned.

Trump leans into the idea about buying Greenland, which still isn’t for sale: For reasons unknown, Donald Trump isn't letting go of the idea of adding Greenland to the United States, foreign policy implications be damned.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-leans-idea-buying-greenland-still-isnt-sale-rcna186545

Three days before Christmas, Trump used his social media platform to declare, “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.” A few days later, he referenced Greenland again in a Christmas Day message, claiming that the island’s people “want the U.S. to be there.”

Evidently, he’s still at it. NBC News reported:

Donald Trump on Monday confirmed that his eldest son will visit Greenland amid increased calls by the president-elect that the U.S. should control the autonomous territory owned by Denmark. “I am hearing that the people of Greenland are ‘MAGA,’” Trump wrote on his social media platform. “My son, Don Jr, and various representatives, will be traveling there to visit some of the most magnificent areas and sights.”

Right off the bat, it’s worth appreciating the fact that when the incoming president uses the phrase, “I am hearing that...,” it generally refers to odd ideas that Trump simply made up out of whole cloth......

A couple of weeks ago, the island’s Prime Minister Mute Egede said in a written statement, “Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale.” Trump, by all appearances, is reluctant to take no for an answer.

A Politico report noted, “Trump’s renewed focus on Greenland is being met with exasperation and eye rolls from several current and former U.S. national security officials. Some point out that the island isn’t for sale and talks of acquiring the territory could just alienate Greenlanders and Danes from deeper cooperation with the U.S., which has a military base there.”

The same report quoted Jim Townsend, a former senior Pentagon official who worked on NATO and arctic defense policy, saying, “Pissing everybody off by saying we’re just going to buy them outright really bruises our bilateral relationship with the Danes and more importantly ruins any kind of way for us to work this out with Greenlanders.”

It’s going to be a long four years.

trump is evidently considering using force to take control of Greenland