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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: ges ✧❂🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: Greenland redux
Date: 12/23/25 6:10 PM
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reporter: “you named Governor Landry to be your new special envoy to Greenland. what do you see that role entailing, and is it still your intention that Greenland become part of the US?”

Donny: “well he called me. he viewed— Louisiana. the Louisiana Purchase, ’cause he said ‘I’m governor of Louisiana,’ and he said ‘I would love’— I didn’t call him, he called me, he’s very— proactive. he’s a great guy. he’s a deal guy. he’s a deal-maker type guy. and we need it for national protection. we need Greenland for national protection. they have a very small population. and I dunno, they say Denmark, but Denmark has spent no— money. they have no military— protection. they say Denmark was there three hundred years ago, or something with a boat. well, we were there with boats, too, I’m sure. so we’ll— have to work it all out. but he— he felts [sic] very strongly. we need it for national— we need Greenland for national security. not for minerals— we have some— we have so many sites for minerals and oil and everything. we have more oil that any other country in the world. we need Greenland for national security.”


<groan> call it is 'weave' if you like but...he always sounds so stupid.
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