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Trump again calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and the Panama Canal

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First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland. The president-elect is renewing calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland, the ice-covered semi-autonomous Danish territory.

The president-elect is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland from Denmark, adding to the list of allied countries with which he’s picking fights even before taking office on Jan. 20.

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Trump again calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and the Panama Canal

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Probably just the usual provocations and deranged negotiation tactics, but, I'm just gonna go ahead and say it: The US President-elect is a freakin' moron. Not that we didn't already know that, but America walked right into this lunacy with eyes wide open, fully aware. We deserve everything that's coming.
- We deserve everything that’s coming.
  Speaking as part of the 96% of the world's population who are not American, we don't.
- If what scientists are saying about upcoming shortages of fresh water, Canada and Greenland would be brilliant moves...
  Not that I expect Trump is the slightest bit aware of this issue:
  https://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/water-scarcity
  "Climate change is altering patterns of weather and water around the world, causing shortages and droughts in some areas and floods in others.
  At the current consumption rate, this situation will only get worse. By 2025, two-thirds of the world’s population may face water shortages. And ecosystems around the world will suffer even more."
  
  Gee if only there was a way for countries with a surplus of one resource and a deficit of another to exchange their own surplus at some rate for what another country has.
  Perhaps even treaty agreements about the rates. The nations could maybe agree on shared intermediary token representing value.
  TRump could perhaps even name such a new visionary system of exchange after himself: "TRade"?
  We could further honour him by naming the negotiated parameters a "TRade agreement"?
  I dunno. This is some fucking bleeding edge international relations concepts, I'm certainly not equipped to wrap my head around such forward thinking.
  
  No - I believe our new incoming prime minister will call it "X".
  
  Getting water down from Canada ain't easy.
  
  But Canada is up and water likes to flow down... Where's the problem?
  
  Trump Aid. TrAid for short. But change the spelling to avoid litigation from Kool-Aid. TrAde. And let's make that A lower case. Trade. Can I have a position in the administration now?

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