I should probably just let Gwern post it, but since he hasn't shown up yet, here's a link to his wonderful post on the previous US attempt to buy Greenland: "A

I should probably just let Gwern post it, but since he hasn't shown up yet, here's a link to his wonderful post on the previous US attempt to buy Greenland: "After WWII, the Cold War motivated the USA to offer $100m for ownership of Greenland, which was declined. The USA got the benefit of using Greenland anyway. I discuss how the island otherwise remained a drain since, the dim prospect it will ever be useful to Denmark, and the forgone benefits of that offer. I speculate on the real reasons for the refusal." https://www.gwern.net/Greenland https://www.gwern.net/Greenland