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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLet's do a deal with Denmark!
Rather than saddle the exploding national debt to acquire Greenland (to be re-named Nambia), let's let the greatest deal maker on the planet make a great trade!
Let's trade!
The United States gets the island paradise.
Denmark gets the states of California, Washington and Oregon.
I looked on the Mercator projection of Greenland and it's HUUUGE! Trump would get a land mass TWICE the size of the three coastal states!
Trump would shed 70 reliable Democratic electoral votes AND Nancy Pelosi!
AMURKA CAN KEEP WINNING!
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Let's do a deal with Denmark! (Original Post)
Thunderbeast
Aug 2019
OP
Nah, I'm not done with those states yet. I'm thinking Alabama, Mississippi and ...
marble falls
Aug 2019
#4
We'll give Donald and Mitch to Russia if Denmark gives us a pat on the back!
struggle4progress
Aug 2019
#5
wryter2000
(46,049 posts)1. And I would live in Denmark
Not a bad trade
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)2. Works for mee!
lapfog_1
(29,205 posts)3. peters projection
less anyone gets the idea that Greenland is really all that big.
underpants
(182,809 posts)6. Thank you.
Love that episode of the West Wing when I first learned about it.
marble falls
(57,093 posts)4. Nah, I'm not done with those states yet. I'm thinking Alabama, Mississippi and ...
Louisiana. Except for Abita Springs, LA. I like Abita Springs and the brewery there.
struggle4progress
(118,285 posts)5. We'll give Donald and Mitch to Russia if Denmark gives us a pat on the back!