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... But Greenland is not nearly as large as it appears on most maps.

The Mercator projection -- which has been the standard map projection since the 18th century -- is the name for the phenomenon in which land masses on maps appear much larger and distorted the further they get from the equator. Antarctica and Greenland are often thought to be bigger than they are given how far they are from the equatorial line, with Greenland appearing on most maps to be roughly the same size of Africa, even though Africa is in fact 14 times larger. ...

@#2 ... Greenland has rare earth minerals. ...

... and your point is?

That the United States should just use its military to take over a sovereign country because of its mineral wealth?

And, as a follow-up, what tier of the US population would benefit from such a takeover? The wealthy who could benefit from that mining operation, or th workers who just seem to sit and watch as their Country invades another Country?

@#7 ... My point is you're dumb if you think Trump doesn't know flat maps distort the size of continents. ...

You say that as if you know it as a fact.

But I've not yet seen any indication that Pres-elect Trump has a clue about the distortions of the Mercator projection.

What's yer got?

@#10 ... I wouldn't begin to suggest I know Trump's motives but Trump's past actions indicate he wants to see the US be more self reliant. ...

So, you seem to admit that Pres-elect-Trump has not a clue about the size of Greenland.

And that he just seems to want the US wealthy to be able mine the natural resources of Greenland.

@#17 ... Dishonest dumb. ...

How so?