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This quote from Trump is very revelatory: “I’m a real estate developer, I look at a corner, I say, ‘I’ve got to get that store for the building that I’m buildi
by lateforwork 9mo ago
This quote from Trump is very revelatory:
“I’m a real estate developer, I look at a corner, I say, ‘I’ve got to get that store for the building that I’m building,’ etc. It’s not that different. I love maps. And I always said: ‘Look at the size of this. It’s massive. That should be part of the United States.’”
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/us/politics/trump-greenland-america-conquest.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/us/politics/trump-greenla...
- anabab 9mo agoAh, it is all Mercator's fault
- notahacker 9mo agoFeels like the exception to the rule that Mercator has no impact. Probably not coincidence it involves the head of state whose arguments that Northern California could water Southern California appears to stem from belief that water flowing from north to south is going downhill all the way :)
- egl2020 9mo agoMercator projection aside, Greenland is not tiny. The ice-free area is about as big as California. If you include the icy areas, it's bigger than any U.S. state.
- lateforwork 9mo agoThere must be a reason only 50K people live there. It is not a fun place to live. The only purpose that would be achieved by acquiring Greenland is making the US look bigger on a map.
- thrance 9mo ago[flagged]