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Donald leans on Denmark to sell the Arctic country he covets. Easier to seize the Moon [1]
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Date: 2025-01-07
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x x YouTube Video Donald Trump wants the United States to buy Greenland for its strategically vital resources, to bolster US security and give China a bloody nose. But he also wants to strike his largest ever real estate deal because Greenland is “massive”, he “loves maps” and because he is very, very stubborn. Mr Trump’s desire to swell the US with a territory roughly the size of Texas and Alaska combined is nothing new. He tried to bounce Denmark into selling Greenland, which is geographically in North America, during his first presidency – but was rebuffed. Mr Trump cancelled a 2019 state visit and branded Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s prime minister, “nasty” after she said the idea was “absurd”. x Greenland is beautiful!!! 🇬🇱 pic.twitter.com/PKoeeCafPz — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) January 7, 2025 Greenland’s ice-sheet boasts 7 per cent of the world’s fresh water and its undeveloped oil and gas resources are thought to be the third largest in the Arctic. In 2019, the Washington Post estimated that Greenland could cost up to $1.7 trillion – on the assumption that the island was up for sale. www.telegraph.co.uk/... x x YouTube Video
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