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talkpoliticsTo buy or not to buy Greenland, that is the question. I think it's unlikely it will ever be a possibility, but let's assume for a moment it is.
Recent history tells us that Presidents get one good stupid shopping spree with the nation's already maxed out credit card. Biden had the Inflation Reduction / Infrastructure acts, not sure where that money went. Trump 1 spent all his on a covid response, and I'm being generous to call that shitshow a response. Obama care, failure. W had some wars, possibly the benchmark for wasteful fuckups this century.
If you accept that Trump 2 is going to get to spend a ton of money on something eventually...
For the righties - would you really want this to be it? All that talk of america first and you want him to give that much money and attention to a piece of land a few thousand miles away?
For the lefties - would you really want to close this door, having no clue what's behind door 2? What's behind door #2? Sit back a minute and let your Trump-hating imagination run wild. Not only could it be worse, it probably couldn't get much better.
Recent history tells us that Presidents get one good stupid shopping spree with the nation's already maxed out credit card. Biden had the Inflation Reduction / Infrastructure acts, not sure where that money went. Trump 1 spent all his on a covid response, and I'm being generous to call that shitshow a response. Obama care, failure. W had some wars, possibly the benchmark for wasteful fuckups this century.
If you accept that Trump 2 is going to get to spend a ton of money on something eventually...
For the righties - would you really want this to be it? All that talk of america first and you want him to give that much money and attention to a piece of land a few thousand miles away?
For the lefties - would you really want to close this door, having no clue what's behind door 2? What's behind door #2? Sit back a minute and let your Trump-hating imagination run wild. Not only could it be worse, it probably couldn't get much better.
Well ...
Date: 20/4/25 01:52 (UTC)My main reason for finding Greenland attractive is climate change. The ice is melting and poleward territory will get more valuable as the equatorial regions becoming uninhabitable. But I'm not okay with theft or forced sale, and I don't think an unequal power dynamic lends itself to actual consent.
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