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In reply to the discussion: Trump postpones Denmark trip after prime minister refuses to sell Greenland [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,271 posts)28. It would make the USA the undisputed 2nd largest country in the world by area
This is as good an explanation as any for why this seems personal to him - he wants a 'legacy':
What Trump Does Care About, Bigly
Once you count territorial possessions, the United States is Earths fourth-largest country, geographically, behind Russia, Canada, and China. Purchasing Greenland would make us a solid #2.
Would anyone really put such an idiotic motive past Trump? He wants the biggest military parade and biggest wall. He lies about having the biggest audiences and largest fortune and greatest electoral victory. (If Trump consciously lies, which I doubt; I suspect he thinks that whatever he thinks is true.) Hes said that the World Trade Center attacks made his Trump Tower the biggest building in downtown Manhattan. He brags about TV ratings and Twitter followers. Lets not forget his ridiculously oversized neckties.
Maybe this is some kind of Freudian thing, or simply the twisted mindset of aspirationally rich people keeping up with the Joneses taken to psychotic extremes. I dont particularly care. Serial killers are far more interesting than rich people (and ultimately far less dangerous).
In any case, this explanation makes the most sense to me. So Im officially calling it the best. And the biggest.
https://franklycurious.com/wp/2019/08/18/trump-greenland/
Once you count territorial possessions, the United States is Earths fourth-largest country, geographically, behind Russia, Canada, and China. Purchasing Greenland would make us a solid #2.
Would anyone really put such an idiotic motive past Trump? He wants the biggest military parade and biggest wall. He lies about having the biggest audiences and largest fortune and greatest electoral victory. (If Trump consciously lies, which I doubt; I suspect he thinks that whatever he thinks is true.) Hes said that the World Trade Center attacks made his Trump Tower the biggest building in downtown Manhattan. He brags about TV ratings and Twitter followers. Lets not forget his ridiculously oversized neckties.
Maybe this is some kind of Freudian thing, or simply the twisted mindset of aspirationally rich people keeping up with the Joneses taken to psychotic extremes. I dont particularly care. Serial killers are far more interesting than rich people (and ultimately far less dangerous).
In any case, this explanation makes the most sense to me. So Im officially calling it the best. And the biggest.
https://franklycurious.com/wp/2019/08/18/trump-greenland/
The Wikipedia article on country area has a huge footnote about how to measure the USA and China (Canada is larger than both if water is counted, smaller than both if only land is): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area#cite_note-3rd-largest-14
He wants something they can write about in the, dear-god, "Trump Presidential Library". Or have pictures of, anyway. Only the Mercator projection used (Trump wouldn't understand map projections, but he'd know that the 'real map' is the one showing his purchase as the largest).
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Trump postpones Denmark trip after prime minister refuses to sell Greenland [View all]
riversedge
Aug 2019
OP
Trump Greenland spat: Queen 'shocked' as Trump cancels Denmark trip in 'major insult'
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2019
#29
Your Majesty, think of him as a really bratty 2 year old that would have made that visit miserable.
tanyev
Aug 2019
#34
It would make the USA the undisputed 2nd largest country in the world by area
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2019
#28
Look! Squirrel! - Greenland is just another distraction. The economy is the current true subject t
keithbvadu2
Aug 2019
#20