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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (18 children)

I'm out of the loop and also not American. Can somebody elaborate please?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Trump wants to buy Greenland and Canada, rename the gulf of Mexico to the gulf of America, and take control of the Panama canal

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Who even gets the money when you buy a country? Does it go to the people? If it does then that money is coming right back through taxes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Historically, the king / emperor gets it. I'm guessing that most of the time it's probably used to pay down war debts.

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