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mobeau69

(11,079 posts)
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 06:22 AM Aug 2019

Trump has asked aides if it's possible to buy Greenland, sources say

President Donald Trump has on multiple occasions brought up buying Greenland from the Danish government and the White House counsel's office has looked into the possibility, two sources told CNN on Thursday.

Trump's interest in buying Greenland was first reported on Thursday by The Wall Street Journal. The Journal reported that people familiar with the deliberations said the President has raised the issue during meetings and dinners, asking aides and listening seriously about the possibility and advantages of owning Greenland. He also asked his White House counsel to research the matter, according to two of the people.

Two of the people also told the Journal that Trump's aides were divided on the issue, with some praising it as solid economic strategy and others dismissing it as a passing fancy.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/15/politics/trump-buy-greenland-wall-street-journal/index.html

A completely mad man is president of The United States!

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Trump has asked aides if it's possible to buy Greenland, sources say (Original Post) mobeau69 Aug 2019 OP
Please tell me this is from the onion. Botany Aug 2019 #1
not if Bezos buys it first! samnsara Aug 2019 #2
I Want To Know Who Put The Bug In His Bonnet?,,,,, global1 Aug 2019 #3
Rachel seems to think someone suggested it to him as a mean prank, Hortensis Aug 2019 #5
With glaciers melting away there will more land available for real estate development. democratisphere Aug 2019 #6
Trump Golf Greenland leftieNanner Aug 2019 #10
Golf, like everything drumpf is associated with, is in decline. democratisphere Aug 2019 #11
he thinks it will build his legacy? mercuryblues Aug 2019 #4
Can we even qualify for a mortgage? Delarage Aug 2019 #7
Space Force base - just saying rurallib Aug 2019 #8
Someone told Trump about the Louisiana Purchase, and he thought it sounded "cool." DFW Aug 2019 #9
The greatest real estate deal in history. mobeau69 Aug 2019 #12
Indeed DFW Aug 2019 #14
Sure Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2019 #13
Can't see Vlad going for it treestar Aug 2019 #15

global1

(25,170 posts)
3. I Want To Know Who Put The Bug In His Bonnet?,,,,,
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 06:51 AM
Aug 2019

He didn't come up with this on his own. Who gave him the idea? How is he thinking he could monetize this for himself?

Is he thinking Trump Tower Greenland?

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
5. Rachel seems to think someone suggested it to him as a mean prank,
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 06:59 AM
Aug 2019

but doesn't say where that idea came from. If so, it worked spectacularly, and that person will presumably be prepared for fallout.

If it was someone just making a joke to him in conversation who's about to have a humiliated and enraged Trump turning on him... Gee, too bad.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
6. With glaciers melting away there will more land available for real estate development.
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 07:05 AM
Aug 2019

Makes perfect sense.

leftieNanner

(14,998 posts)
10. Trump Golf Greenland
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 08:19 AM
Aug 2019

Definitely want to use colored golf balls though. The white ones get lost on the glacier.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
11. Golf, like everything drumpf is associated with, is in decline.
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 09:58 AM
Aug 2019

Wonder how many of drumpf's current golf courses will be added to his list of bankruptcies as time goes on?

https://golfoperatormagazine.com/decline-of-golf/

mercuryblues

(14,491 posts)
4. he thinks it will build his legacy?
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 06:53 AM
Aug 2019


He has already built his legacy. Giving mass murders a wink and a nod. Putting the country on the edge of a recession. Destroying the environment.

Delarage

(2,182 posts)
7. Can we even qualify for a mortgage?
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 07:30 AM
Aug 2019

Being 118 trillion in debt?

I guess Deutsche Bank is always an option.....plenty of money to launder.

DFW

(54,058 posts)
9. Someone told Trump about the Louisiana Purchase, and he thought it sounded "cool."
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 08:13 AM
Aug 2019

He probably thought to himself, "hey, maybe Jefferson was onto something there!" and had his real estate people hand him a map.
"Not for sale? No such thing!"

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