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Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. President Donald Trump caused a stir, again, when he suggested that the recent independence vote in Greenland was good news and that someday, sometime, somewhere, the United States might have to absorb Greenland. I guess he meant militarily.
That’s not a wise thing to say because we understand that Greenland is a huge near-continent-sized country with only 56,000 residents. And it’s kind of an ossified colonial client of Denmark. But nevertheless, there are ways to partner with the people of Greenland, whether they remain a colony of Denmark or whether they’re independent, that will keep Russia and China out.
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