Greenland

 I confess to be very interested in President-elect Trump's reported desire to acquire Greenland.  I have never been there and know nothing about it, but apparently Trump believes it to be full of natural resources and strategically important.  I very much doubt that we would ever seriously consider taking it by force, as some seem to fear, but, assuming it is a potentially valuable acquisition, I would not be opposed to purchasing it.  Those currently expressing outrage at the very idea, forget that we bought Louisiana and Alaska and those purchases worked out pretty well.  In this context, I find it very interesting that Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede said Friday that “Greenland is for the Greenlandic people. We do not want to be Danish, we do not want to be American. We want to be Greenlandic.”  the Prime Minister went on to say, ‘We are not for sale. But we are open for business. I think we ought to take him (Trump) at his word.”"  My guess is that, while all of the blather will inevitably confuse the situation, the new Trump Administration intends to increase our involvement in Greenlandic affairs, particularly as regards security and economics.  I am very open to the idea.