Greenland is a No, but what Territories has the U.S. Purchased?

Sunday, December 29, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump floated the idea on Sunday that the U.S. should buy the Arctic island of Greenland because of its strategic importance to the U.S. and NATO. While Greenland is currently not for sale, the U.S. has purchased land and territories from other countries in the past.

Posted by TFDNihilist at 01:33 PM | 20 COMMENTS | permalink

Trump's former Ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands: "The idea that little Denmark, which can't even defend its own territory can defend Greenland, is preposterous ... I think that what President Trump is suggesting [to buy Greenland] is a common-sense solution"

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-- Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) December 28, 2024 at 1:07 PM

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Is that any crazy concept that comes out of his pie hole is taken seriously.
Space Force anyone?

#1 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2024-12-27 04:14 PM

Importance to NATO?

I thought Pres-elect Trump has stated he wants out of NATO?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-27 04:30 PM

Yes, Donald is crazy. Interesting the long list of things that no longer stop you from being president.

But craziness exerts its own limits. A man really needs to live in the real world a majority of the time or the real world eats him.

The real world has already done that once to Donald. Now it will circle around to its own vomit.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2024-12-27 04:30 PM

Trump has no core values beyond himself. He's entirely transactional, if NATO can help him, great...if not, fug em.

#4 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-12-27 04:42 PM

Idiots like Laura "but her emails" Less can go ---- themselves.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-12-27 11:48 PM

Idiots like Laura "but her emails" Less can go ---- themselves.

Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-12-27 11:48 PM | Repl

Who cares about her emails. That's not why I didn't vote for her. But do go ahead with your stupid memes. It's all that you've got sadly.

#6 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2024-12-27 11:51 PM

Whatever "reason" you had was just that stupid, you ------- moron.

#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-12-28 07:40 PM

I thought this was about Joe Biden.

#8 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2024-12-29 11:39 AM

That's because you're a self-loathing butt ----.

#9 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-12-29 11:44 AM

"I thought ... "

You are obviously not a Thinker. You are a Believer.

Thinking gets in the way of believing.

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-12-29 11:48 AM

I thought this was about Joe Biden.

#8 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2024-12-29 11:39 AM | Reply

No you intellectually dishonest hack job.

#11 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2024-12-29 11:53 AM

#6 | Posted by LauraMohr

Face it, Laura, you and your ilk got duped into believing things about Hillary Clinton that were not true. Because of that, we got Trump. American democracy has been severely damaged. It may not recover.

#12 | Posted by Angrydad at 2024-12-29 12:48 PM

Posted by Angrydad at 2024-12-29 12:48 PM | Reply

Oh puhlease. I wasn't duped. She had a record to glean from She was a corporatist sell out warmonger. Basically she was a Conservative Republican in Democrat clothing.

#13 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2024-12-29 12:58 PM

Basically she was a Conservative Republican in Democrat clothing.

#13 | POSTED BY LAURAMOHR

And yet still more qualified to be our President than Trump will ever be.

#14 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-12-29 12:59 PM

#13 | Posted by LauraMohr

Yeah..I was pretty confident that you would not be able to face it.

Give yourself a nice pat on the back.

#15 | Posted by Angrydad at 2024-12-29 02:00 PM

Denmark announced a huge boost in defence spending for Greenland, hours after US President-elect Donald Trump repeated his desire to purchase the Arctic territory.

www.bbc.com

#16 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-12-30 09:22 AM

...hours after US President-elect Donald Trump repeated his desire to purchase the Arctic territory.

Indicating it had nothing to do with Lewzer beaking off.

#17 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-12-30 10:14 AM

"Indicating it had nothing to do with Lewzer beaking off."

He and his team probably knew about the announcement well in advance, and decided to exploit it by getting ahead of it.

#18 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-12-30 10:51 AM

He and his team probably knew about the announcement well in advance

One would hope, they first announced it in April.

#19 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-12-30 10:53 AM

They can still spin it for their own audience and leave that part out.