r/Republican • u/vurbil • 7d ago

Trump Doesn't Really Want Greenland Discussion

Trump keeps bringing up buying Greenland for some reason other than actually wanting to buy Greenland. How do I know? Because if he actually wanted to acquire Greenland, these public pronouncements are the last thing you'd do.

What you'd actually do is:

  1. Start developing a relationship with the natives. Economic projects, etc.

  2. Negotiate for some large American project on the island that requires a ton of labor. A large construction project of some sort. Then recruit your most ardent supporters for the job and offer massive incentives for them to stay in Greenland.

  3. Continue to offer massive economic incentives for Americans to go to Greenland, such as mining rare earth minerals.

  4. Once the population of Americans on Greenland exceeds the native population, then and only then do you start quietly planting the idea of annexation in the minds of the Americans in Greenland. You say nothing about it publicly at this point. It has to be an organic thing happening in Greenland.

  5. Only once the situation is ripe and the whole thing has become a massive problem for Denmark, then you come out and start saying things like Greenland should have self-determination. Perhaps a referendum on Greenland's future should be held. And that's when you quietly--quietly--go to Denmark and offer them a deal to buy it.

Is this scenario wildly unrealistic? Perhaps. But it's a lot more realistic than just blurting out that you want someone's territory. That doesn't really go over too well in this world order that we've created. That's what leads me to believe that Trump has no real hope of acquiring Greenland. He is either putting this out there as the opening of a negotiation to get some kind of military basing or mining rights on Greenland, or he is throwing out flares to distract the media from what he really wants to do, or he is just bored waiting to take office and wants to troll.

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u/GodDammitKevinB 7d ago

Why does the right tolerate a leader who speaks in riddles?

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u/Winstons33 Republican 🇺🇲 7d ago

So you expect the President to spell out every tactic?

You should be happy we have a President actually willing to communicate at all.

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u/GodDammitKevinB 7d ago

No, I don’t need everything spelled out but I expect the president to mean what they say when they do say it. It looks insane to continue to say “that’s not what trump REALLY means.”

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u/Winstons33 Republican 🇺🇲 7d ago

Oh, he MAY mean it.... But we're all pretty sure he'll settle for something different.

I'm sorry you're not comfortable with these tactics. To me, I think it's pretty hilarious watching everyone lose their shit.

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u/GodDammitKevinB 7d ago

For the record I’m not losing my shit, or uncomfortable with his tactics. I’d prefer elected officials don’t spend their precious time trolling their own citizens or neighboring countries. The narrative that trump is playing 3D chess and “what he REALLY means is…” is unhinged coping at best.