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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWin win for Trump; Swap Puerto Rico for Greenland.
He does prefer Norwegians over Mexicans, so why not Danes rather than another group of brown people? Just a thought.
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Win win for Trump; Swap Puerto Rico for Greenland. (Original Post)
yellowcanine
Aug 2019
OP
I can't even find the humor in this because it is all too true. Like the poor ONION trying to do
hlthe2b
Aug 2019
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hlthe2b
(102,379 posts)1. I can't even find the humor in this because it is all too true. Like the poor ONION trying to do
parody. Some of it just can't work because it is far too close to the truth.
FM123
(10,054 posts)2. I snidely joked about this the other day, I take it back, trump is evil enough to actually want this
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)3. Look up the population of Greenland.
89% inuit. Those folks don't look Danish.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenlandic_Inuit
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)4. Yes but Trump doesn't know that.
He may even think they are Norwegians. Danes equals Scandananians equals Norwegians. And not that far off, Eric the Red was born in what is now Norway. evilgrin:
2naSalit
(86,802 posts)6. Someone should tell him...
maybe he will change his mind.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)7. Yes but at only 56K people it is an easy problem to correct for them
As compared to 3 million. PR would be the 30th largest state and entitled to around four Representatives if it was a state.
flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)5. And the language is very tough going.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)8. Give the Virgin Islands back to the Danes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_West_Indies
The Danish West Indies (Danish: Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Antilles was a Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas with 32 square miles (83 km2); Saint John (Danish: St. Jan) with 19 square miles (49 km2); and Saint Croix with 84 square miles (220 km2). The Danish West India Guinea Company annexed the uninhabited island of Saint Thomas in 1672 and St. John in 1675. In 1733, Saint Croix was purchased from the French West India Company. When the Danish company went bankrupt in 1755, the King of DenmarkNorway assumed direct control of the three islands. Britain occupied the Danish West Indies in 180102 and 180715, during the Napoleonic Wars.
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In 1852 the Danish parliament first debated the sale of the increasingly unprofitable colony. Denmark tried several times to sell or exchange the Danish West Indies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: to the United States and to the German Empire respectively. The islands were eventually sold for 25 million dollars to the United States, which took over the administration on 31 March 1917, renaming the islands the United States Virgin Islands.
GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)9. How long are we gonna chase ...
this stupid ball?