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We do not, for one minute, believe the United States will acquire Greenland, or will seriously attempt to acquire Greenland. All this talk is either a smokescreen from Trump, or an effort to get some small concessions in treaty negotiations with Denmark and/or NATO. That said, for this feature, we are going to take note of some of the snark surrounding the "discussion."
First up, in order to show that he is Serious™ about Greenland, Donald Trump Sr. dispatched Donald Trump Jr. to visit the island. This does not say Serious™ to us, since Trump Jr. is generally assigned the bottom-of-the-barrel, who-really-cares errands, and since Trump Jr. did not actually have any meetings or other official functions during his visit. He basically landed, looked around for a couple of hours, and then left. The reason we mention it is that pretty much everyone made the same joke about the trip: "The reason Trump Jr. agreed to go to Greenland is that he heard there's an unlimited supply of white powder on the ground." Ha! It turns out that if you show every sign of being a cocaine user, people notice. Who knew?
The main event, however, is the response to all of this from the royal family of Denmark. Royals tend to be experts at snark, as they have been practicing for centuries. This week, King Frederik X ordered a change in the royal coat of arms; the first time that's been done in the last 50 years. The old version is on the left; the new one is on the right:
The bear represents Greenland and the ram represents the Faroe Islands. As you can see, the bear is now much bigger and more visible. The only way the message to Trump could be more obvious is if the bear had been replaced with a giant middle finger. Which, if you look at the bear's right front paw carefully....
Telling Trump that he can't go after Greenland, or that it doesn't make sense, or anything like that is not likely to make him change course. Making him and his family the object of scorn and derision, on the other hand? That just might put an end to this talk. (Z)