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Comment by janmarsal | Hacker News Reader

why can't we boycott china instead they have higher tariffs and support russia even more than usa

China isn't trying to buy Greenland — currently part of Denmark — and refusing to rule out military force when the inevitable answer of "no" is given.

The US aren't trying to buy Greenland as they haven't made any offers (as far as we know). They did make an actual offer in 1946, though, and that apparently didn't sour relations...

Trump's way seems to involve a lot of bluster so seeing through it, what are they trying to do, really?

Apparently there has been a surge in pro-independence parties in the latest elections in Greenland, perhaps that is a clue.

A side note is that Denmark hasn't been very strategic. They let Greenland leave the EC/EU, they let them self-govern... this is a path to losing it altogether.

There is a possible play being put together.

• China -> Taiwan (eventually)

• Russia -> Ukraine

• US -> Greenland

I keeping hearing this from DC circles.

Trump and conservatives have a cycle of: First saying they want to do the bad thing. People listen and take it seriously.

Then "center" come and try to gaslight and accuse everyone of paranoia.

Then conservatives and Trump do the bad thing.

Then center shows Pikachu face "who could have know" and proceed to euphemism about what just happened, trying to excuse and explain it away.

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