The U.S. must take Greenland by force!

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

The U.S. must take Greenland by force!

By Dana Milbank
Columnist
August 19 at 6:46 PM

In the Trump era, no moment of tranquility can be taken for granted.

I went to the beach for what I thought would be a quiet August break. I returned to find President Trump plotting to annex Greenland.

On Sunday, Trump confirmed that he would be interested in buying the territory from Denmark and that “we’ll talk to them” about it. “Essentially, it’s a large real estate deal,” Trump explained, reasoning that Denmark might be willing to part with the huge land mass because “they carry it at a great loss.”

The great Danes reacted indignantly. “Greenland is not for sale,” Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen proclaimed on a defensive visit to the island Sunday, calling the idea “an absurd discussion” and saying “I strongly hope that this is not meant seriously.”

Fighting words! There is only one proper response to such intransigence: The United States must take Greenland by force.

Greenland has no regular military, so we should be able to occupy every Nuuk and cranny of the place without much struggle. It’s possible, of course, that this attack on Danish territory would prompt a response by NATO under the alliance’s mutual-defense pact, but Trump has already defanged that alliance.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) foresaw such a moment, saying in 2016 during the GOP presidential nominating battle that “we’re liable to wake up one morning and Donald, if he were president, would have nuked Denmark.”

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[TexasTowelie]

1. No, the US must not take Greenland by farts.

The global warming caused by the emissions will melt the ice sheet.

[underpants]

2. But this latest example of life imitating Trump's TV screen

Milbank nails it, again.

He is wrong that Greenland is larger than Australia

[SCantiGOP]

5. where the confusion comes from

You are right, Australia is larger than Greenland, but Australia is a continent, so it is technically not wrong to say that Greenland is the largest island in the world.
(Bonus question: what is the largest island in the continental US?)

I was actually afraid that Trump might have some inclination to consider taking it by force. He has announced that we are going to open a consulate there, and they are typically guarded by US Marines, usually just a 3 or 4 member group for a friendly country. I was worried that Trump might announce we would have a Marine detachment of 25,000 for security.

bonus question: Long Island. Hawaiian islands, Puerto Rico and an island off the coast of Alaska are all bigger, but most people forget that Long Island is indeed an island.

[underpants]

6. Manhattan? Staten Island?

Just guess. No I didn't research it.

[underpants]

7. Continental

Hawaii.

Contiguous it's Long Island.

[Zambero]

3. In retaliation

for calving the iceberg that sunk the Titanic before it could reach New York. Since Canada is still to blame for the War of 1812, per TrumpLogic, then Greenland must pony up immediately for perpetuating the more recent disaster!

[Kablooie]

4. And they'd better hurry or it will get away.

If Greenland is able to escape, there are so many places it can hide that we'll never be able to find it again!

[Doc_Technical]

10. We need Greenland!

If we control Greenland then we would occupy all the
countries of North America and get an extra 5 armies
at the start of our turn.