# Will Trump try and annex Greenland if Denmark persist in refusing to sell? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 21, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002 "2019-08-21T15:22:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/1 "2019-08-21T15:22:26Z")
What you all think? Personally I am leaning to yes. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/2 "2019-08-21T15:24:47Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/3 "2019-08-21T15:31:47Z")
No. I don’t even think Trump is the that dumb, and that’s saying a lot. ETA: I couldn’t vote for either of your 'No" choices. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/4 "2019-08-21T15:33:43Z")
Look, people can say anything. Doesn’t make it the truth. Trump is not going to try to annex Greenland. It’s a lot of hooey. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/5 "2019-08-21T15:36:01Z")
Can’t vote because the answer is a simple no. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/6 "2019-08-21T15:36:34Z")
He won’t because he can’t- he’s got a wall to build first. He’s not a real multi-tasker. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/7 "2019-08-21T16:15:06Z")
He has to if he wants to keep up with Vlad - who invaded & annexed Crimea. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/8 "2019-08-21T16:16:26Z")
He won’t annex it and DK will not give in. And neither will the semi-autonomous government of Greenland. It’s all meat for the base. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/9 "2019-08-21T16:17:02Z")
What counts as “trying”? Like, I don’t think it’s likely, but like if it comes out in a few months that he ordered someone to start looking at how to do it, and they shoved it in a filing cabinet until a new marble rolled out of his head, I wouldn’t be massively shocked. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/10 "2019-08-21T16:20:16Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > He won’t annex it and DK will not give in. And neither will the semi-autonomous government of Greenland. It’s all meat for the base. I didn’t realize Greenland was so important to his base. In any event, I think by next Monday this will be off his radar and we’ll be on to new and different craziness. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/11 "2019-08-21T16:22:43Z")
Considering we still don’t have (1) a wall, (2) the 30-day plan for defeating ISIS, or (3) Space Force, I am not going to be holding my breath. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/12 "2019-08-21T16:24:39Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I didn’t realize Greenland was so important to his base. It will be, if he keeps going. Like, none of them cared about the idea of a “space force” either, until he kept talking about it, and it eventually became something to [chant at rallies](https://theweek.com/speedreads/780404/watch-entire-room-people-zealously-chant-space-force-trump-rally). ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/13 "2019-08-21T16:33:52Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > It will be, if he keeps going. > > Like, none of them cared about the idea of a “space force” either, until he kept talking about it, and it eventually became something to [chant at rallies](https://theweek.com/speedreads/780404/watch-entire-room-people-zealously-chant-space-force-trump-rally). They’d probably be expecting Greenlanders to look like Danes (pretty close to trump’s ideal “Norwegian” immigrant). Imagine their shock when they realize we’ve annexed a territory that is 85% non-white… ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/14 "2019-08-21T16:39:56Z")
Pro tip- when making polls, ask yourself: is it possible that there are going to be people who won’t be able to find a choice they want to vote for? If so, then perhaps rethink the choices. The answer is no. Pure and simple. But both no choices were poison pills. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/15 "2019-08-21T16:47:57Z")
Chiming in with the others to say that your poll sucks. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/16 "2019-08-21T16:53:19Z")
No; my opinion is that this was another attempt at Reagan-like humor that bought a major-league “fail”. > [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > Chiming in with the others to say that your poll sucks. Yeah; I always want at least one choice to be pie. Don’t care what flavor but I want pie dammit. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/17 "2019-08-21T16:53:33Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I didn’t realize Greenland was so important to his base. > > In any event, I think by next Monday this will be off his radar and we’ll be on to new and different craziness. Greenland per se is not important to his base but they will all be impressed by his dealmaking genius when he pulls it off and sing his praises yet louder. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/18 "2019-08-21T17:05:13Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > ETA: I couldn’t vote for either of your 'No" choices. I would have preferred a more realistic no option, like: 1. No, because his mind will wander to some new topic and he’ll forget he ever mentioned Greenland. 2. No, because Putin will tell him he’s not allowed to do it. 3. No, because somebody will tell him he can’t rename it Trumpland. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/19 "2019-08-21T17:06:19Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Greenland per se is not important to his base but they will all be impressed by his dealmaking genius when he pulls it off and sing his praises yet louder. Yet when he drops the issue to start talking about America Samoa or something, they still won’t think he’s a failure. ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/20 "2019-08-21T17:06:55Z")
The “No” options remind me of the [poll on Trump’s campaign site](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/landing/2020-trump-vs-dem-poll). I also hate you for making me post that link. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002.md?page=2)