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President has repeatedly expressed idea of expansion into autonomous territory within fellow Nato member Denmark

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[–] Kwakigra@beehaw.org 20 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I think the main reason Trump wants Greenland is because it looks larger than the entire US on a flat map and he forgot the Earth is actually round.

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 10 points 6 days ago

Funny, and sadly too plausible.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 7 points 6 days ago

Damn you, Mercator!

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 2 points 5 days ago

If only. I bet it's because it's got a decent crop of rare earth metals.

He might even be thinking it's a good place to set up his future gulags; isolated and icy and remote. His own little Siberia.