# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/41 "2019-08-22T13:50:28Z")
Trump wanted something and was told “NO” by a woman. This can only mean one thing: Trump2020 - _Make Greenland American and have Mexico pay for it!_ The campaign just wrote itself. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/42 "2019-08-22T14:03:11Z")
> [@XT](#): > > It was just Trump being the chaotic mess that he is, and saying some random shit to see what kind of attention he’d get and how folks would react, so that he could see what he wanted to say next to react to their reaction. It didn’t mean anything, just like most of what he says. Yes. Since the U.S. didn’t try to annex Greenland the last time we made a serious proposal to buy it from Denmark (in 1946), it’s not going to happen now. The plucky Danes have nothing to worry about, except maybe a tariff on Great Dane puppies. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/43 "2019-08-22T17:21:01Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Yes. > > Since the U.S. didn’t try to annex Greenland the last time we made a serious proposal to buy it from Denmark (in 1946), it’s not going to happen now. The plucky Danes have nothing to worry about, except maybe a tariff on Great Dane puppies. Expect _danishes_ to be renamed _MAGA Donuts_ by tweeted fiat, in, 5…4…3… ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/44 "2019-08-23T04:09:53Z")
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is fundraising with [a t-shirt of a US map that includes Greenland](https://twitter.com/caseytolan/status/1164352917056323584): “Support President Trump and his efforts to help America grow!” Meanwhile, the Nevada GOP is [running Facebook ads](https://twitter.com/caseytolan/status/1164355090590785536) urging Republicans to “show your support for making Greenland the 51st state” with another t-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/45 "2019-08-23T04:30:31Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > “Would we annex Greenland? That’s a good question, and it’s one that should be asked. So I’ve appointed a committee to look into that very question, and it will report to me soon, and we’ll know better about our course of action then.” Whenever Trump pulls this particular trope out of his ass, [the report or whatever is always going to come in “two” or "two to three weeks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZLmhF7TgzY)." This is because in his reptilian brain that’s close enough to sound like his bullshit is true, but far enough into the future that he won’t have to actually do it. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/46 "2019-08-23T07:12:23Z")
[I don’t even want Greenland any more, pouts Trump while playing with toy Greenland](https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/international/i-dont-even-want-greenland-any-more-pouts-trump-while-playing-with-toy-greenland-20190822188429) ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/47 "2019-08-23T14:14:38Z")
Another “no, and your poll options were impossible”. There are a lot of things Trump would like to do and just can’t. He’s made inroads on some of them by barging through tradition and assumptions, but even then there’s only so much he can do. He hasn’t truly banned Muslims, his wall is a joke, even with the added/stolen funds, there’s no superior health plan in place, etc., etc. Annexing Greenland is a thing he just cannot do, even if he tries. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/48 "2019-08-23T15:02:32Z")
The President has already admitted that he doesn’t mean half the shit he says and that he stands by none of it. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/49 "2019-08-23T15:05:47Z")
Does Trump know that Greenland is the one covered in ice? ---
**Author:** ![Deltree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Deltree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deltree)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/50 "2019-08-24T01:37:45Z")
> [@Dahnlor](#): > > 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. I’m glad you did. I voted for all those lousy democrats, and signed it ‘Richard Cranium’, [dick@head.com](mailto:dick@head.com). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002.md?page=2)