It's not going to happen, Greenlanders say after President Trump inquired about buying the island
In the small village of Kulusuk, a settlement off Greenland's southeastern coast, locals responded icily to news that the White House counsel's office has looked into the possibility of purchasing Greenland from the Danish government."They tried to buy us in 1867, during Second World War, and now they are trying again," local Kulusuk resident Bent Abeelsen told CNN."Not gonna happen.
The territory is home to Thule Air Base, the US military's northernmost base, located about 750 miles above the Arctic Circle and built in 1951. The radar and listening post features a Ballistic Missile Early Warning System that can warn of incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles and reaches thousands of miles into Russian territory. The small village of Kulusuk, located on an island by the same name on Greenland's southeastern coast, is home to around 280 people.
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