Government
Aug. 22, 2019
It’s not the first time we’ve tried to buy Greenland
As recently as in the lifetime of some of us, the United States made an offer to buy the giant island. In 1946, we were ready with an offer of one hundred million dollars.
Joseph Dimento
professor of law and of urban planning
Email: jdimento@law.uci.edu
Univ of Michigan Law School
Joseph DiMento is professor of law and of urban planning at UC Irvine School of Law. You can reach him at jdimento@law.uci.edu
Should we buy Greenland? The question, which President Donald Trump is reportedly asking advisors and others, seems preposterous on one level. But as recently as in the lifetime of some of us, the United States made an offer to buy the giant island. In 1946, we were ready with an offer of one hundred million dollars.
And less than a century before we did buy Alaska from Russia. These ridiculous sounding real estate transactions do ha...
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