Dear Greenlanders, interested in selling?
Trump of Mar-a-Lago's newfound-land interest in Greenland, it's John Lennon. In the 1964 Richard Lester musical comedy, A Hard Day's Night, John is asked by a highfalutin journo after the Beatles' return to Britain from their first US tour earlier that year, 'Tell me, how did you find America?' Lennon's deadpan response: 'Turn left at Greenland.' The 18-year-old Don must have registered that wisecrack, and tucked it away for future greenscaping.
With Greenland Don-marked, we now know about the autonomous territory of Denmark better than we ever did.
We also know that apart from its strategic location — between Canada and Europe — it's stashed with rare earth elements (raw material for electronics, batteries, precision-guided weapons, etc), and oil and gas under its ice floes and chunks. Greenlanders — all 57,000-odd of them — however, seem to be content with fishing, and not just for compliments.
Trump's Maga 2 suggestion — Make Also Greenland American — may come across as an Airbnb customer wanting to take over someone's home because he loves the view. Don's climate position may cut no ice with Greenlanders.
But who knows? Maybe they wouldn't care about switching from one landlord (Denmark) to another (America) and happily agree. For that, though, it's only polite, and un-Putin-off, to ask them.
