USA is seriously considering buying Greenland if Denmark and Greenland are interested!
Hmm. I would not have believed that such possibilities could be seriously considered in the 21st century, even though that seems to have been quite common before the second half of the 20th century.
USA President Trump is quoted as saying, "Essentially it’s a large real estate deal" by this article: Trump: ‘$700M’ cost of Greenland is ‘hurting Denmark very badly’, https://nypost.com/2019/08/18/trump-700m-cost-of-greenland-is-hurting-denmark-very-badly/.
The article also says that Trump said that Denmark is economically supporting Greenland, which is a semi-autonomous region under Denmark's rule, and that such economic support costs Denmark $700 million (per year, I presume).
The Danish government has said that Greenland is NOT FOR SALE, and seems to have been outraged by the idea. Note that Greenland already has a USA armed forces base on it.
Trump is quoted by the article as saying, "Denmark, essentially, owns it. We’re very good allies with Denmark, we protect Denmark like we protect large portions of the world. And so the concept came up and I said certainly, strategically it’s interesting. And we’d be interested."
Hmm. I think that Denmark being protected, in significant part, by USA, may have some truth in it, though it seems to me that NATO is the major alliance that protects Denmark, with USA being a vital part of NATO.
It is very unsettling to know of such ideas being considered seriously by USA President Trump.
But one cannot deny the reality of the influence and power of big money in such territory ownership matters. China's big money power is now seen in so many poor and developing countries of the world, with some countries being significantly indebted to China. But, as far as I know, China, in our 21st century times, has not bought overseas land and made it Chinese territory.
But now this question comes up: Is the world going to go back to the practice of earlier centuries where military and economic power allowed powerful countries to buy or capture & incorporate into their own country, large territories of other countries?
What is clear is that now the world is moving back to pre-World War II times with might being the main factor in world power structure. Countries need to have good military and economic power to be able to protect their territories from direct and indirect (via debt and/or military protection) capture by other countries.
USA President Trump is quoted as saying, "Essentially it’s a large real estate deal" by this article: Trump: ‘$700M’ cost of Greenland is ‘hurting Denmark very badly’, https://nypost.com/2019/08/18/trump-700m-cost-of-greenland-is-hurting-denmark-very-badly/.
The article also says that Trump said that Denmark is economically supporting Greenland, which is a semi-autonomous region under Denmark's rule, and that such economic support costs Denmark $700 million (per year, I presume).
The Danish government has said that Greenland is NOT FOR SALE, and seems to have been outraged by the idea. Note that Greenland already has a USA armed forces base on it.
Trump is quoted by the article as saying, "Denmark, essentially, owns it. We’re very good allies with Denmark, we protect Denmark like we protect large portions of the world. And so the concept came up and I said certainly, strategically it’s interesting. And we’d be interested."
Hmm. I think that Denmark being protected, in significant part, by USA, may have some truth in it, though it seems to me that NATO is the major alliance that protects Denmark, with USA being a vital part of NATO.
It is very unsettling to know of such ideas being considered seriously by USA President Trump.
But one cannot deny the reality of the influence and power of big money in such territory ownership matters. China's big money power is now seen in so many poor and developing countries of the world, with some countries being significantly indebted to China. But, as far as I know, China, in our 21st century times, has not bought overseas land and made it Chinese territory.
But now this question comes up: Is the world going to go back to the practice of earlier centuries where military and economic power allowed powerful countries to buy or capture & incorporate into their own country, large territories of other countries?
What is clear is that now the world is moving back to pre-World War II times with might being the main factor in world power structure. Countries need to have good military and economic power to be able to protect their territories from direct and indirect (via debt and/or military protection) capture by other countries.
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