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andym

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5. The real reason is ego: the Mercator Projection makes Greenland look bigger than the US

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 01:24 PM

Jan 8

Trump's big ego and foolishness are on display. He probably thinks he is more than doubling the land mass of the US, when Greenland is about a quarter of the size, still even a 25% expansion would inflate his ego.

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