PEOPLE MOCKING THE IDEA OF THE U.S. BUYING GREENLAND DON’T KNOW HISTORY.
1867 – ANDREW JOHNSON: EXPLORED BUYING GREENLAND & ICELAND (RIGHT AFTER ALASKA).
🪖WWII – FDR: U.S. TOOK OVER GREENLAND’S DEFENSE WHILE DENMARK WAS OCCUPIED.
1946 – TRUMAN: OFFERED $100M IN GOLD TO BUY IT.
🥶COLD WAR – EISENHOWER → KENNEDY: NONSTOP NEGOTIATIONS FOR BASES, RADAR, MISSILES.
POST–COLD WAR – CLINTON/BUSH/OBAMA: EXPANDED ARCTIC SECURITY & MISSILE DEFENSE. 2019 – TRUMP: SAID PUBLICLY WHAT PRESIDENTS DISCUSSED PRIVATELY FOR 150+ YEARS.
THE U.S. DIDN’T “SUDDENLY” WANT GREENLAND. IT’S BEEN DEFENDING IT, NEGOTIATING IT, AND EMBEDDING THERE SINCE THE 1800S.
GREENLAND = ARCTIC POWER, SHIPPING LANES, MISSILES, MINERALS.
TRUMP DIDN’T INVENT IT. HE SAID THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD.
