Greenland’s People Probably Wouldn’t Meet Trump’s Criteria

If Greenland is taken over by the United States, don’t expect it to become the 51st state. No — it isn’t going to happen. Now, you might notice that when Trump spoke of taking over Canada, he suggested they could become the 51st state. We are told he was just joking, but he made the suggestion just the same. Well, when it came time to discuss Greenland, such a suggestion was not made, not even jokingly.

Greenland just doesn’t fit the mold Trump wants. Correction: not Greenland itself, but the people. Remember, this is the Trump who once spoke of Haiti and African countries as being “s---hole countries.”

And also remember that this is the Trump who has explicitly questioned why the U.S. receives immigrants from poorer nations rather than wealthier ones.

The Inuit of Greenland are hardly well‑to‑do people. Some might even call them a downtrodden people. Trump wants people who will be “assets” to America. I hardly think the fishermen of Greenland would meet his criteria.

Of course, when the U.S. has acquired new territory, it has always taken time before those territories became states. And it is Congress that grants statehood anyhow. I’m just saying: if the decision were left to Trump, I doubt he would throw his arms around them and make the people citizens.