In a classic scene from the movie The Blues Brothers, characters Jake and Elwood Blues visit Chez Paul, a French restaurant that no longer exists in Chicago. The brothers visited Chez Paul to recruit Mr. Fabulous, played by trumpet player Alan Rubin, a session artist with over 6000 recording sessions, and a member of the Saturday Night Live Band.
While there, Jake and Elwood (played by Dan Akroyd and John Belushi, respectively) do their best to embarrass Mr. Fabulous by acting rudely to the other customers and staff. At one point, Jake asks a man dining at a nearby table with his wife and daughters, “How much for the little girl? The women? How much for the women? I want to buy your women. The little girl. Your daughters. Sell them to me. Sell me your children.”
Now, the Trump administration is asking Denmark, “How much for Greenland?” Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced to lawmakers today that the Trump administration intends to buy Greenland. The New York Times reports:
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told lawmakers that President Trump plans to buy Greenland rather than invade it, while Mr. Trump has asked aides to give him an updated plan for acquiring the territory, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
Mr. Rubio made his remarks in a briefing on Monday with lawmakers from the main armed services and foreign policy committees in both chambers of Congress. The same day, Mr. Trump told aides to deliver an updated plan.
Rubio’s statements come on the heels of presidential advisor Stephen Miller discussing Greenland’s future with CNN’s Jake Tapper that
Stephen Miller says “Greenland should be part of the US.”
“By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO. Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over the future of Greenland.” pic.twitter.com/x3wE1WYbgd
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Miller’s words upset European leaders so much that they released a joint statement on Greenland, writing:
Whatever happens to Greenland, it will have an effect on the national security future of the United States and relations with NATO.
