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There wouldn't have been a problem if the US would've just done a deal go deploy all their stuff on Greenland, hell, even a whole autonomous military zone or something?

But nooooo, they gotta buy the whole thing like it's Alaska or something.

I don't get it. Especially because now Russia/China will actually get real interested in the Arctic, plus that they now have an opportunity to disrupt the alliance and delegitimize NATO etc.

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They don’t even need a deal, the agreements have been in place since sometime in the 1950s.

Like Trump, I too am a (albeit, small-time) real estate guy. Ownership gives me tingles that renting could never give me. You rent a place for 30 years, diligently pay rent, and in the end you own nothing? Pshaw.

Trump wants to acquire Greenland and rent it back to the Greenlanders.

I get it, but the world doesn't run on hard power, it runs on soft power.

The US could simply invade Greenland if it actually refuses to let them stay there, or if an adversary tries to take it over.

That's why I'm so appalled. There is no such imminent threat which would force such a transaction to take place.

Subtle deals like the one I was talking about won't fly as justifications to take action against the US by Russia/China, nor will it up tensions unlike this drama.

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