Trump also reportedly proposed taking federal funds from Puerto Rico to pay for Greenland.
that while it might have seemed like Trump just woke up one day and thought to himself, “I’d like to buy Greenland,” the idea was actually put in his head by billionaireafter which the president spent months pestering his advisers about it. “A friend of mine, a really, really experienced businessman, thinks we can get Greenland,” Trump reportedly toldhis national security adviser.
At the time, Bolton was worried about China’s growing influence in the Arctic, and was reportedly interested in the idea of “an increased American presence in Greenland.” But he knew that a literal purchase of the country was not going to happen. However, Trump, who famously has the mind of a child, insisted it could get done. And at one point, per Baker, the former president “suggested taking federal money from Puerto Rico” to fund the deal.
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