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

Europe MurphTheSurf3 - August 22, 2019

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...

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

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