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Swapping Dependant Islands
Seems the U.S. will have a new state
Called “Greenland” — aren’t they going great?
The Donald is dealing
With Danes (it’s like stealing).
Those boofheads will sure take the bait.
But we Aussies, well we are much brainier.
We thought of a deal even zanier.
Trump thinks he’s one up,
But we’ll sell him a pup!
He’ll swap us Greenland for Tasmania!
— D.N. O’Brien
dnobrienpoetry 
That means we’ll get the surviving tigers!
Well let’s hope you take better care of them than we did.
This actually isn’t unusual. In the early 1900’s, the U.S. did buy 3 islands from Denmark and then Truman tried 3 times to purchase Greenland.
Now that I think about it, Tasmania might not be a bad idea… 🙂
Thanks for that GP — I wasn’t aware of it. I guess if anyone can get the deal done it is the Donald. As for the swap, we may have some trouble with the Tasmanians.
🙂
The deal for Alaska was called Seward’s Folly but turned out well. What shall we call Donald’s deal? 🙂