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Why buy Greenland? Because it’s valuable (or so Trump’s been told)

Europe MurphTheSurf3 - August 22, 2019 9

President Donald Trump has floated the idea of buying Greenland multiple times in the last two weeks. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has called the notion “absurd.” Even so, there are sound reasons why major powers are more than...

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