As you know, President-elect Donald J Trump has not “ruled out” invading Greenland (2400 miles from NYC, closer than Los Angeles) to gain control of this strategic island as an enhancement to American national security.
As we speak, the Joint Chiefs are finalizing their plans that will begin with an airborne attack by the Tip of the Spear, the 82nd Airborne Division.
“Death from the skies!” mass tactical drop 82nd Abn Div. AIRBORNE!
Don’t let the title fool you, I am in favor of the United States buying Greenland and its 844,000 square miles of ice. I don’t really care that it was President Trump’s idea meaning I could like something even when it is disqualified by being an idea from “that” guy. [Tongue, meet cheek.]
Of course, it is not President Trump’s idea.
That distinction belongs to Senator Owen Brewster of Maine who spun the idea up in 1945. That idea was first proposed to the Danes by President Truman’s Secretary of State in 1946 and the US’s opening bid was $100,000,000. Classified archives burst open in 1991 revealing this nugget.
Greenland was granted home rule independence by Denmark in 1979. The majority party in the Parliament of Greenland supplies the Premier — the Leader of the Government. The King of Denmark appoints the Premier subject to majority support from the controlling party in the Inatsisartut (Parliament).
Since 30 September 2014, the Premier has been Kim Kielsen, a member of the Siumut party.
Today, he joins us to talk about Greenland and the recent interest by the Trump administration to buy Greenland.
121031 Nordiska rådets session i Helsingfors 2012. Foto: Magnus Fröderberg/Norden.org
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