tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post1698437438077258476..comments2024-03-29T01:07:30.224-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: The Donald Doesn't Do DenmarkStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-53305774326907549262019-08-22T12:03:53.114-07:002019-08-22T12:03:53.114-07:00My comment to your 7:40 post applies here, too.My comment to your 7:40 post applies here, too.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-76982891141976981892019-08-22T07:56:51.767-07:002019-08-22T07:56:51.767-07:00The entire affair is somewhat childish. Buying and...The entire affair is somewhat childish. Buying and selling territories may have been vogue in 1917 but in these post-colonial times not so much. Being a social democrat the Danish prime minster is of course likely to interpret Trumps tweet with a tin ear as a mix of "Let us stripmine that region for you" and "Puerto Rico style mismanagement would be an improvement for Greenland". <br />Of course the prime minister couldn't let it slide gracefully, but had to show of the superior diplomatic touch on which Europeans pride themselves by being rude about it in return.<br />At which point Trump may have decided "I don't need this, no multi billion contracts to sign, no important diplomatic stakes, so I'm not going to travel there, wasting my time to add prestige to some pissant politician".<br /><br />Looking at the larger picture, with most of Western Europe's cultural elites being firmly on the left since the 1970s it has been fashionable to blame America for everything. Good for Trump for calling them out on it.Freddonoreply@blogger.com