President Trump told reporters that he would be interested in the United States purchasing Greenland. Here is why he would want to acquire a land that is plentiful in natural resources and also crippled by global warming.
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:
No Joke: Trump Really Does Want To Buy Greenland
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/19/752274659/no-joke-trump-really-does-want-to-buy-greenland.
Trump inquires about US buying Greenland, but it’s not for sale
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/15/politics/trump-buy-greenland-wall-street-journal/index.html.
The Greenland Gold Rush: Promise and Pitfalls of Greenland’s Energy and Mineral Resources
https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-greenland-gold-rush-promise-and-pitfalls-of-greenlands-energy-and-mineral-resources/.
NASA scientists flew over Greenland to track melting ice. They took some sobering photos
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/15/nasa-scientists-photograph-climate-change-greenland-ice-melts/2017712001/.
President Trump Eyes a New Real-Estate Purchase: Greenland
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-eyes-a-new-real-estate-purchase-greenland-11565904223.
Greenland’s National Day, the Home Rule Act (1979), and the Act on Self-Government (2009)
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2019/06/greenlands-national-day-the-home-rule-act-1979-and-the-act-on-self-government-2009/.
Historian Claiming US tried to buy Greenland
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19770827&id=rXdjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oXkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6330,5314985.
1868: US Considers Buying Iceland and Greenland
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/06/05/1868-US-Considers-Buying-Iceland-and-Greenland/.
The World of 1898: The Spanish American War
https://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/intro.html.
Virgin Islands History
https://www.vinow.com/general_usvi/history/.
US Territorial Acquisitions
https://www.vinow.com/general_usvi/history/.
Is Iceland Really Green and Greenland Really Icy?
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/06/iceland-greenland-name-swap/.
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