Trump wants Greenland?

The rant where he pointed to the sky and said that he was the chosen one was in connection with trade wars with China. He claims that the Us are winning that one.

Didn't former Presidents havre this same idea about Greenland? I think I heard that on the news. Apparently the idea isn't so outrageous as it seems at first sight.

The Greenland woman (president?) did use extremely undiplomatic language in her answer, saying it was "absurd". That wasn't necessary. Can't blame him for not wanting to go on the visit after that!

I saw a wee bit of this on the news, but was rushing between tasks. A half hour rant in which he described himself as the chosen one. There's something more going on here than being upset at being outstaged by Obama in Denmark.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/21/trump-press-conference-greenland-jewish-democrats

Trump has been up to something since that strange "hop over the border" in Korea (and look where that's got him...and us all) but I do think if he was a relative of mine, I'd be taking him to the doctor for a check-up before letting him operate machinery or drive a car.

The memoir books that eventually come out from his staff are going to make interesting reading in future.

...and this is the guy who is going to give us a "great" deal post Brexit. Urk!

Callistemon Yes, we said that earlier in the thread, GracesgranMk3

So? Has it stopped being true since then?

Yes, we said that earlier in the thread, GracesgranMk3

He has the instincts of a colonialist entrepreneur, like the ones who opened up new lands and trade routes in the prevous few centuries. What he doesn't have is any sense of responsibility toward the comparatively innocent inhabitants of those rich lands. They are just seams of wealth to be mined, exploited and left to perish.

Trump never wanted Greenland. He simply wanted a way out of a State visit to Denmark where he would almost certainly be ridiculed in the press and which, he had just discovered, was to be followed by a visit by Obama who wouldn't be.

I wonder why he wants it?

So, Mr Trump, what first attracted you to the oil-rich, mineral-rich island of Greenland?

Three cheers for the Danes!

Of all the outlandish suggestions Trump has made, surely this must take the biscuit? Buying (part of) another country??

Worth paying a bit more to avoid being the 51st State of America

Nothing wrong with living in Greenland except the cost of living is very high.

Trump is bloody rude - and coarse and vulgar and ignorant and stupid ....... one could go on all day listing his ouitstanding fetures, none of the complimentary.

He is the kind of man who would render his own grandmother down for lard, if he could make a profit on the deal.

A "State" visit must surely involve a lot of planning and expense on the part of the hosts.

How bloody rude of Trump to cancel, for whatever reason (excluding death or war!)

Well explained, I missed that. Thanks to all!

I head that too and there’s no doubt that Obama will get a much better reception than trump, who apparently invited himself to visit Denmark. Now he wants out, and making this stupid suggestion and the response of not for sale, the reason fir cancelling his visit.

Golly gosh, is it April 1 already??

Yes

Do you think this was an elaborate set-up so that he could make it an excuse to cancel?

Trump has an ulterior motive for cancelling his visit. Obama is going to be in Denmark around the same time and he is worried that Obama will receive more applause and positive press comments than he will.

Who does he think he is! (Don't answer that one)

Toddler behaviour again.

Littlejohn’s take on the whole situation was meant as a joke, but had some thoughtful points worth a look, if anyone’s interested!

He has gone off in a huff.:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7377531/Donald-Trump-postpones-meeting-Denmark-Greenland.html

How can you judge that living in a country is unpleasant unless you have lived there, Davidhs, or were in fact a native of that country?

56,688 people (could be a couple more by today) living on the world's largest island, presumably quite happily - why would you think they would want to become an American state?

And so the rich shall inherit the earth.