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jmowreader

(50,553 posts)
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 06:01 PM Aug 2019

A message to Donald Trump from the people of Greenland

Go ahead and try to buy the frigid little island we call home.

There are enough of us to turn at least four red states blue.

BTW you do have fish in your stores, right? That’s all we eat.

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A message to Donald Trump from the people of Greenland (Original Post) jmowreader Aug 2019 OP
The population of Greenland, which is actually the world's largest island, The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #1
57,000? Ripe for an invasion, then. If Denmark won't sell, we'll just do it the old... TreasonousBastard Aug 2019 #2
landing at the Nuuk Greenland Airport keithbvadu2 Aug 2019 #3
Great video canetoad Aug 2019 #4

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,674 posts)
1. The population of Greenland, which is actually the world's largest island,
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 06:04 PM
Aug 2019

is about 57,000, not nearly enough to turn four red states blue. You might be thinking of Iceland, which is a much smaller island, with a population of a bit over 300,000. But neither is for sale anyhow.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
2. 57,000? Ripe for an invasion, then. If Denmark won't sell, we'll just do it the old...
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 06:16 PM
Aug 2019

fashioned way and steal it.

It's not like the olden days like war with Spain or Mexico, though. Considering how well we're doing with places like Afghanistan, it will only take a few trillion dollars worth of occasionally working modern marvels of technology and about 75 years.



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