US Offers to Buy Greenland, Forgets 'Colonialism' is Out of Fashion
While the BBC marvels at Greenlanders expressing 'fear and indignation' over the US government's renewed interest in purchasing their territory (yes, really), the American media largely frames this as a quirky Trumpian relic. What they often omit is the 1946 offer by President Truman to buy Greenland for $100 million in gold – a move rejected then, just as it is now. This isn't just about 'Trump
eyes territory'; it’s a century-long, bipartisan US obsession with securing strategic assets through outright purchase, regardless of the inhabitants' wishes. One might wonder when the US government will grasp that self-determination applies to all populations, not just those strategically convenient for intervention. Is it 'indignation' when you refuse to be a pawn on a geopolitical chessboard,
or is it simply, you know, being human? The answer, it seems, depends entirely on who's doing the buying and who's being bought.