In my last blog I wrote about Trump’s ridiculous offer to buy Greenland from its owners, Denmark. I said that he’d heard how the ice cap is rapidly melting, exposing all manner of treasures, coal, copper, etc that lurk beneath its surface.
Turns out there was another agenda, which explains why he cancelled his planned visit to Denmark, apparently in a fit of pique. As it happens, Barack Obama is due to visit Denmark next month, and can expect a joyous reception there, as he does almost wherever he goes. You can imagine the contrast with Trump’s reception when he arrives. Talk about a stark contrast... And faced with this contrast, Trump simply decided to find a reason not to go.
Why don’t you go to Russia instead, Donald. You’d get a much more positive reaction there, with rentacrowd out in force. Or North Korea. They’re all over you too, I understand. Or are they? No, wait. It’s got to be Brazil. There, President Bolsonaro has taken several sheets from your playbook to justify his burning of the Amazon rainforest, all in the name of progress. Apparently even among local landowners, who stand to make a great deal of cash out of exploiting the forest, there is disquiet about the rate of pillage. Never mind. This pres, like the other one, has his base, and we now know they’ll both do almost anything to keep them loyal- even raping their own most precious resource. Hey! Haven’t you worked it out yet? It’s about power, stupid.
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