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Re: Doesn’t Matter Who Wins the K Race; We’re All the Same
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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
Reminder- right after the Greenland gambit I had a call with some higher ups in a big Danish company. It's a tiny country so anyone high up in a company probably knows the President or grand pubah or whatever they got.
They said Denmark would probably trade Greenland for California. I told them I bet Trump might take that deal. I dunno if anything is moving forward, but don't assume you'd be part of the "we" that's get to visit Nuuk Visa free. instead you'll be visiting as a foreigner, and from an area I think Trump might ban from visiting the US.
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California's GDP is about 7x Denmark's (and 1/7 of the US). If the question is, would I take independence from the USA and the gift of a small Baltic kingdom to boot, well, why not? I like butter cookies and havarti, and mid-century modern furniture.
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