Steve Benen hasn’t descended far enough into the far-away land of … farce:
As policy priorities go, [America buying Greenland] seems plainly ridiculous. And yet it also raises a host of new and related questions: Where exactly does Trump intend to get the money to buy a massive arctic island that isn’t for sale? Is he going to ask Congress to appropriate the funds? Would GOP lawmakers be willing to write an enormous check?
And how embarrassed is the House speaker right now after his “took it as a joke” line has been publicly discredited by his ostensible allies?
The entire endeavor is descending quickly into farce.
I think the Danes should tot up the estimated value of the various precious metals Greenland contains, multiply by ten to cover the value brought by the Danes who’d become Americans and accompanying infrastructure, and then notify the United States that they can open the bidding with that number, with paperwork certifying they have that much money in cash.
And then wait for other bids.
I wonder how Alaskans will feel about Trump offering to sell Alaska back to Russia in order to buy Greenland. You just know Trump would jump at the opportunity if that’d bring in enough money to make the Greenland, excuse me, Trump-land buy. Russian bloggers have, I hear, been speculating that Russia may reacquire Alaska in the near future, in all seriousness.
Farce is in the eye of the beholder.
