How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
by Tom Burgis from on (#72VCZ)
US president's friend Ronald Lauder - who first proposed Arctic expansion - is now making deals in the island
One day during his first term, Donald Trump summoned a top aide to discuss a new idea. Trump called me down to the Oval Office," John Bolton, national security adviser in 2018, told the Guardian. He said a prominent businessman had just suggested the US buy Greenland."
It was an extraordinary proposal. And it originated from a longtime friend of the president who would go on to acquire business interests in the Danish territory.
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