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I'm out of the loop and also not American. Can somebody elaborate please?
Trump wants to buy Greenland and Canada, rename the gulf of Mexico to the gulf of America, and take control of the Panama canal
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.
Historically, the king / emperor gets it. I'm guessing that most of the time it's probably used to pay down war debts.