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It’s easy to see why Trump wants to buy Greenland

24 August 2019

9:00 AM

24 August 2019

9:00 AM

When the news broke of Donald Trump’s interest in acquiring Greenland from the Danes for strategic, mining and perhaps golf course development purposes, it was a perfectly timed affirmation of what had otherwise looked an eccentric choice of summer holiday destination — namely to spend three days last week exploring part of the island’s east coast.

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