I've been reading more comments on the Telegraph website, mainly sycophantic towards Trump, but they draw the line at his threats towards Denmark. Many point out that Denmark stood with the USA in Afghanistan and took the heaviest pro rata casualties (something I didn't know). Also, mixed in with the adulation for Trump's deal making skills, somebody pointed that his business deals usually end up going tits up. Which I thought introduced a nice dose of realism.
A few things surprised me about Greenland (I assume that's why we're referencing the Danish PM), I hadn't taken much notice of it until The Donald expressed an interest in buying it. From various articles I've read.
Greenland is the largest Island in the world, roughly a 12th the size of Australia. (Australia is a continent so not classed as an Island).
The Greenlandians aren't too keen on Denmark, they feel they've done nothing for them. I believe Denmark provide defence among other things. The main population of Greenland are Inuits, so not particularly culturally attached to Denmark.
They achieved autonomy from Denmark so are self governing but not independent. With that autonomy they voted to leave the EU knowing the EU would rape their fishing grounds. The EU do still fish there but pay handsomely for controlled quotas.
It's an incredibly strategic piece of land militarily, important to America, China and Russia. Russia are making huge inroads into the Arctic, China are purchasing mining agreements in Greenland. America do have a base there but mainly as an early warning station.
Greenland, although not fully explored, is rich in 'rare earth minerals', something China almost has a monopoly on, essential for modern electronics but incredibly rare.
The Donald first mentioned buying Greenland in 2019, I don't remember hearing about it at the time, I was also unaware that America had made previous attempts to buy Greenland, the first by President Truman in 1946 for 100 million dollars in gold.
I live in what I consider to be a small town in Cornwall, it's population is half the size of Greenland whose population is 56,000
It's more than feasible for America to come to a treaty with Greenland that would make everybody on the Island relatively wealthy, add military security to the US (and by default Europe and Greenland), grab a few mining concessions and still maintain self governance for the Greenlandians.
What's not to like.
Of course, the communists on here would far rather it was controlled by Russia and China, just as they hope for that to be the case in the Middle East.
We live in strange times.