Morning Jolt: Let’s Buy Greenland

Making the clickthrough worthwhile: President Trump considers buying Greenland; CVS foments feminist outrage; and the president wants to bring back mental institutions.

Greenland New Deal

The president is considering purchasing the country of Greenland, with what a source close to the administration called — a better distillation of the Trump presidency, I cannot conceive — "varying degrees of seriousness." As CNN reports, historians generally consider the United States to have made two significant inquiries into the polar isle: once in the summer of 1867, when then-Secretary of State William H. Seward concurred with former Kansas governor Robert J. Walker's suggestion that the U.S. consider "the propriety of obtaining . . . Greenland," and the other in 1946, when then-Secretary of State James F. Byrnes reportedly ...

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Let's Buy Greenland John Hirschauer Making the clickthrough worthwhile: President Trump considers buying Greenland; CVS foments feminist outrage; and the president wants to bring back mental institutions. Greenland New Deal The president is considering purchasing the country of Greenland, with what a source close to the administration called — a better distillation of the Trump presidency, I cannot conceive — "varying degrees of seriousness." As CNN reports, historians generally consider the United States to have made two significant inquiries into the polar isle: once in the summer of 1867, when then-Secretary of State William H. Seward concurred with former Kansas governor Robert J. Walker's suggestion that the U.S. consider "the propriety of obtaining . . . Greenland," and the other in 1946, when then-Secretary of State James F. Byrnes reportedly ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories The End of Hong Kong as We Know It Helen Raleigh However the current crisis in Hong Kong ends, the city will never be the same, and that's a tragedy of historic proportions. As U.S.–China Talks Meander, U.S.–U.K. Pact Could Revive Free Trade Deroy Murdock American and British diplomats should retrieve this "Ideal U.S.-U.K. Free Trade Agreement," as it's titled, respect its text, and ready it promptly for Trump's and Johnson's signatures. Warren Releases Native American Policy Plan Mairead McArdle Warren released a policy plan dealing with Native American rights, amid a long-standing controversy surrounding her own claims of Native American ancestry. ADVERTISEMENT PolitiFact Should Have the Courage to Tell the Truth David French By excusing the lies Senators Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris told about Michael Brown's death, PolitiFact abandoned its mission. The Election Is Legitimate Only If the Democrats Win Andrew C. McCarthy Before the election, Democrats demanded that Trump accept the result as 'legitimate." After Hillary lost, suddenly the Democrats were crying 'Illegitimate!' It's Time for Trump to Troll China Michael Brendan Dougherty President Xi Jinping is conducting his disputes with the U.S. in an ungentlemanly manner. Why shouldn't President Trump respond in kind? Banning Omar and Tlaib May Help Trump, but It Hurts Israel Jonathan S. Tobin Omar and Tlaib deserve the contempt of Israelis as well as Americans. But even those who rightly despise them should understand that this decision will do Israel far more damage than their trip could have done. Tlaib Says She Will Not Visit Grandmother in Israel After Being Treated 'Like a Criminal' Mairead McArdle "Silencing me & treating me like a criminal is not what she wants for me," the Michigan Democrat said of her grandmother. ADVERTISEMENT WHAT NR IS READING Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency Andrew C. McCarthy “If you want to become conversant in every aspect of this [Russiagate] hoax that matters, if you want to be the one in your family that has the answers to any question about this, then this book is a must. Not only that, it is fun to read it... It blows this thing to smithereens.” — Rush Limbaugh LEARN MORE Photo Essays Sand Sculpture Festival Top Shots ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.