People mocking the idea of the U.S. buying Greenland don’t know history. 

1867 – Andrew Johnson: explored buying Greenland & Iceland (right after Alaska). 

WWII – FDR: U.S. took over Greenland’s defense while Denmark was occupied. 

1946 – Truman: offered $100M in gold to buy it. 

Cold War – Eisenhower → Kennedy: nonstop negotiations for bases, radar, missiles. 

Post–Cold War – Clinton/Bush/Obama: expanded Arctic security & missile defense. 

2019 – Trump: said publicly what presidents discussed privately for 150+ years. 

The U.S. didn’t “suddenly” want Greenland. 

It’s been defending it, negotiating it, and embedding there since the 1800s. 

Greenland = Arctic power, shipping lanes, missiles, minerals. 

Trump didn’t invent it. 

He said the quiet part out loud.