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Amongst today's talk of the USA purchasing #Greenland, an obscure sideshow of history has emerged: The 1917 Treaty of the Danish West Indies.
This is where the USA successfully bought a number of islands from the Danes. Over 50 islands in total were sold for $ 25 million, and, in a further bizarre twist, two of these were then purchased by a private individual: Jeffrey Epstein
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in reply to Totts • • •It'll cost $700 billion to buy Greenland.
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The USA is $38 trillion in debt.
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Trump's donors like Ron Lauder hope to shift the costs of his acquisition to the US military & American taxpayers.
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To The Moneyed, it's just another Oil War, like Iraq & Syria.
Kill a few million people & loot their oil & resources.
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How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
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