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And there is a resident population in Greenland, small though it is, but I doubt they want to be taken over by the US.

Sure. And you know that, and I know that, but it's entirely possible that Trump just isn't thinking about the possibility that these citizens of an autonomous nation might not want to sell themselves to the U.S. We're awesome! We're the best! Who wouldn't want to become the next American Samoa?

I don't think he's got some deep master plan, here. He's just taking a flier on maybe pulling a "Seward's Folly" redux and ending up with an incredibly valuable addition to the territory of the U.S. Because he tends to spew his thoughts in his trademark "weave," that idea gets announced to a bunch of reporters rather than being credibly discussed internally and possibly with the government of Greenland first.

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