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Greenland, if requested.
Brussels is also ready for action.
Who had that on their bingo card?
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‘The art of the deal’ is President Trump’s much-vaunted modus operandi as well as the title of his 1987 bestseller. But how smart would he be to make an offer for Greenland to the Danish government? Leaving aside issues of military sites and future unfrozen shipping routes, would the currently still-frozen north Atlantic island be worth a rich price for its mineral deposits alone?
I consulted an intrepid investor who spent six years there prospecting for tantalum, a ‘transition metal’ used in capacitors for mobile phones. His answer was not encouraging. There’s no disputing the potential to find everything from gold and uranium to rare earth elements such as neodymium and dysprosium, in demand for advanced electronics. But the operating difficulties are truly formidable.
‘Half the year it’s almost impossible to work, when Greenland’s dark and freezing winter makes helicopter flying impossible. And most of the resources are under thousands of feet of ice, huge distances from any port. Outcrops along the coast or on dry mountain tops near the sea provide the best hope, but development costs are so high that only the richest deposits stand a chance of being put into production.’ '
Martin Vander Weyer - The Spectator.
"Poland 1939 springs to mind - and we know how that turned out ! Is dictator Don the new Adolf ? Both despots, both ex-cons, both favour rabble-rousing rallies."
Der Fuhrer didn't have to photo shop or herd attendees into shot to give the impression of a throng.
Mr Trump is a wannabe dictator who may yet bloom but Father Time may thwart him, fingers crossed.
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