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People mocking the idea of the U.S. buying Greenland don’t know history. 1867 – Andrew Johnson: explored buying Greenland & Iceland (right after Alaska). WWII – FDR: U.S. took over Greenland’s defense while Denmark was occupied. 1946 – Truman: offered $100M in gold to buy it. Cold War – Eisenhower → Kennedy: nonstop negotiations for bases, radar, missiles. Post–Cold War – Clinton/Bush/Obama: expanded Arctic security & missile defense. 2019 – Trump: said publicly what presidents discussed privately for 150+ years. The U.S. didn’t “suddenly” want Greenland. It’s been defending it, negotiating it, and embedding there since the 1800s. Greenland = Arctic power, shipping lanes, missiles, minerals. Trump didn’t invent it. He said the quiet part out loud.
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