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hlthe2b

(102,120 posts)
2. Of course it would as ridiculous as the premise. Greenland is (and will continue to be) under Danish
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 10:01 AM
Aug 2019

control and Denmark, like all Scandinavian countries, are sane countries with the strongest social safety nets and other policies that put their people first and that the RW would disdain as "welfare" and "socialism".

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
4. It might be neither. It is 88% native Inuit and they would have to be recognized as US...
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 10:18 AM
Aug 2019

citizens before they could vote. And even if they vote, they would not have a relevant Congressional delegation. Or an Electoral College vote.

Kinda like Guam.

Statehood would be a looong way off. First deal with Puerto Rico.

Aristus

(66,286 posts)
6. Nobody lives there, so it would be a red state.
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 10:41 AM
Aug 2019

But it's cold, so it would be a blue state.

But it's rural, so it would be a red state.

But it's Danish, so it would be a blue state.

But it's......

lame54

(35,262 posts)
8. They wouldn't be green with envy that's for sure...
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 11:33 AM
Aug 2019

They would be red with embarrassment

And blue with depression

Vogon_Glory

(9,109 posts)
9. I suspect that the Repuds who want the US to acquire Greenland are about as numerous as
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 03:06 PM
Aug 2019

The Argentines willing to pick up and move to the Falklands if the Brits handed it over to their country.

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