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What prompted the member of the press to ask him about this obscure topic in the first place? No one was talking about this, and then a guy at a press conferenc

What prompted the member of the press to ask him about this obscure topic in the first place? No one was talking about this, and then a guy at a press conference asked the right question to get him to run his mouth. Now the whole world is talking about it. Who and why?

nerdix 2y ago
Trump has publicly talked about buying Greenland since his first term. This is an article from 2019: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/18/trump-considering-buying-greenland https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/18/trump-consider...
- IAmGraydon 2y ago
  Yes I know, but no one has really brought it up in years and it wasn’t being actively discussed before this. I would therefore like know why the guy at the press conference chose to ask him this question with a known inflammatory answer, seemingly out of nowhere.
  - veeti 2y ago
    Like the kids used to say, "for the lulz".
  - gklitz 2y ago
    > but no one has really brought it up in years Yes, it hasn’t been brought up during the last four years because he wasn’t president. Now that he’ll be president again it’s suddenly relevant.
stanislavb 2y ago
That's a very good question. Now, I'm thinking it's been a well pre-orchestrated theatre.
- IAmGraydon 2y ago
  This came out today. Looks like our suspicion was well founded: https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/01/13/danish-intelligence-russia-forged-letter-to-spark-trumps-greenland-purchase-bid/ https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/01/13/danish-intelligence-r...
skeeter2020 2y ago
Well in Canada we've got a click-bait crazy, manipulative media desperate to keep this going and drive angst, fear and anger. It makes me pretty upset to see even the CBC (our national broadcaster) playing these stupid games, getting sound bites from everybody and their dog. Nobody actually covers the original story anymore, it's all about the reaction to the reaction.
lrasinen 2y ago
He was ranting about it at least two weeks before the recent press conference. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna185416 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna185416

nerdix 2y ago

Trump has publicly talked about buying Greenland since his first term. This is an article from 2019: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/18/trump-considering-buying-greenland https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/18/trump-consider...

IAmGraydon 2y ago
Yes I know, but no one has really brought it up in years and it wasn’t being actively discussed before this. I would therefore like know why the guy at the press conference chose to ask him this question with a known inflammatory answer, seemingly out of nowhere.
- veeti 2y ago
  Like the kids used to say, "for the lulz".
- gklitz 2y ago
  > but no one has really brought it up in years Yes, it hasn’t been brought up during the last four years because he wasn’t president. Now that he’ll be president again it’s suddenly relevant.

stanislavb 2y ago

That's a very good question. Now, I'm thinking it's been a well pre-orchestrated theatre.

IAmGraydon 2y ago
This came out today. Looks like our suspicion was well founded: https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/01/13/danish-intelligence-russia-forged-letter-to-spark-trumps-greenland-purchase-bid/ https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/01/13/danish-intelligence-r...

skeeter2020 2y ago

Well in Canada we've got a click-bait crazy, manipulative media desperate to keep this going and drive angst, fear and anger. It makes me pretty upset to see even the CBC (our national broadcaster) playing these stupid games, getting sound bites from everybody and their dog. Nobody actually covers the original story anymore, it's all about the reaction to the reaction.

lrasinen 2y ago

He was ranting about it at least two weeks before the recent press conference. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna185416 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna185416