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The US and Denmark Cut a Deal on Greenland After All

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Remember when Trump spent months hinting at casually seizing Greenland by force? Turns out regular paperwork won out.

After months of openly floating the idea of taking a giant slab of Arctic ice by force from a fellow NATO ally, Donald Trump says a deal is officially in place.

Instead of deploying gunboats to snatch the island, the US and Denmark agreed to beef up the American military footprint in Greenland the old-fashioned way.

Threatening close allies with military invasion has apparently become just another standard opening bid in modern territorial diplomacy.

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  1. Lawsuit-Happy Yankee
    the art of the deal: threaten to invade an ally until they let you park a few more humvees on their ice
    +6 solidA masterclass in geopolitical diplomacy, assuming your definition of diplomacy involves a heavy dose of intimidation