Trump thinks russia is a super power. Putin probably told trump that he can have greenland, in a deal where Putin gained actual value. Trump walked away thinking he made a great deal. He probably think russia is the only obstacle for grabing Greenland.

It’s not without precedent, much of the current US was purchased from colonizing powers. The Louisiana purchase is perhaps the most famous one, where Napoleon needed more money to fight the British and worked out a deal to sell France’s North American territories to the USA.

But the US didn’t have enough in its Treasury to fund the full amount, so in addition to selling bonds to raise money it also assumed some of France’s war debt. Then, once all the arrangements were made, they simply had ceremonies to pull down the French flag and raise the American one. (And in some territories, Spain was involved, somehow, leading to a “three flags day” in some places.)

If it happened today I bet they would finance it all with Dogecoin, because of course they would. If it helps Dogecoin moon to $69, I can retire early.

Probably the State Department on both accounts? But that’s assuming this deal is being made by a respectable administration and not an organised crime syndicate pretending to be one.

I think you’re giving him too much credit; he doesn’t have a history of thinking things out past what’s in his immediate vicinity (if at all). I think he sees a bunch of undeveloped land and wants it. Then he’d be associated with adding that much more land to the US.

This is one of those comments where, at first, you’re like: “Nawwwww.” Then you think about it a bit more, and then you’re like: “But wait a sec……”

And then, finally- you arrive at: “oh damn.”