Monday, December 23, 2024

History! What A Concept!

Wikipedia:
In 1867, United States Secretary of State William H. Seward worked with former senator Robert J. Walker to explore the possibility of buying Greenland and, perhaps, Iceland. Opposition in Congress ended this project.

So let's just say it's not for sale if nobody is buying.  

Greenland has once again said it is not for sale after US President-elect Donald Trump said he wanted to take control of the territory.

"Greenland belongs to the people of Greenland," its prime minister said on Monday, a day after Trump repeated comments about the Arctic island that he first made several years ago. 

Or selling. 

[Trump's] comments prompted a sharp rebuke from Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede, who said: "We are not for sale and we will not be for sale."

"We must not lose our long struggle for freedom. However, we must continue to be open to co-operation and trade with the whole world, especially with our neighbours," he said.

Just to point out that, yes, Trump is talking about this.  But Trump could just as credibly say he's going to flap his arms and fly to the moon.  Or insist that he's a svelte figure of a man who is the model of physical perfection.  Oh, wait, he's done that one....

One claim is as ridiculous as the other.

Maybe we could start with buying Canada....

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