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Kalaallit Nunaat. In Other Words, Greenland.

Providence -  He hadn't thought of the idea himself. The New York Time s' David Sanger among others credits Estee Lauder heir and Republican megadonor Ron Lauder with putting the thought of annexing Greenland in the U.S. president's mind. The idea is so preposterous, of course, that it makes sane people blush and many people angry. It's working in one sense, however, as the Epstein Files recede into the wilderness. Sanger joined Greenland/Arctic experts on a Council on Foreign Relations panel last Friday focused on the insanity and inanity (my words) of swiping Greenland and, in the process, conjuring images of NATO Article 5 enactment. This would make the U.S. both attacker and legally bound defender of the Danish territory of Greenland.  Here's the rub. The 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement between the U.S. and Denmark continues to give the former vast military and economic rights in the territory. The U.S. once operated as many as 15 bases in Greenland during t...

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