# Will Trump try and annex Greenland if Denmark persist in refusing to sell?

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002/21 "2019-08-21T17:08:17Z")

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A relevant post from the pit thread on the Trump admin:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21817742&postcount=35675](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21817742&postcount=35675)

> [@The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35601):
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> Re Denmark and the yelps about being a “loyal ally”, made me laugh.  
> The Danes signed up to be the US’s bum boy, since it was a better option then being the Russians bum boy, and they had just been tye Germans bum boy and that had been no fun.
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> Well, in exchange for protection, you gotta do whatcha gotta do. Trump wants [del]their bum[/del] _Greenland._  
> Trump typically gets what Trump wants.

> [@The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35604):
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> The last 4 years, or the Post Escalator (PE) has been one continuous case of \*Trump can’t/won’t \* followed by _oh fuck, he can/did_  
> Why don’t people wise up now?

In case anyone else is confused why “No, he’s just not going to get Greenland” isn’t an option listed.

Anyways, I’m going with option D: “Trump is crazy but he’s not about to declare war on the EU over a random pronouncement like this”. And I will gladly take bets on that. 🙂

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