I don't really like Trump, but this is one of his best proposals (please, all you cringy "let's invade Greenland" Amerimutts, get off this thread, I want a rational discussion with rational Americans and Danes and of course, all others).
>buying territories is a much better option for utilizing geopolitical potential than conquering them by force, and Greenland is simply a giant burden for Denmark (most of all, financial) and they can't utilize it the way it should be done
>USA already bought certain territories; Alaska from Russia, Louisiana from Spain and France etc.
>USA already traded land for money with Denmark; In 1916 and 1917, Denmark and the United States, respectively, ratified a treaty in which Denmark sold the Danish Virgin Islands to the United States for $25 million in gold
>Denmark's budget is around 100 billion dollars, which is only around 2% of American federal budget. In other worlds, if America bought Greenland for only 4% of it's budget (200 billion dollars), Denmark would secure it's budget for the next 2 years (and America would probably be ready to offer much more, which makes this a great deal for both USA and Denmark)
>Greenland has not only geopolitical potential, but also ecological, geographical and economic one, and USA would be much more capable to utilize it than Denmark; therefore, it is in America's intrest to buy Greenland just like it is in Denmark's intrest to sell it
Say what you want about Trump (I personally think he's a fool), but he's got a great nose for buisness, and a proposal to buy Greenland is a peak of his presidency.
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