Trump Repeats Idea of Buying Greenland

PRESIDENT Donald Trump is still looking for the U. S. government to purchase Greenland, even though the region's leaders say the massive island is not for sale.

Trump said Sunday he has asked his advisers to explore the chances of buying the country, which is a politically self-governed region of Denmark. "Essentially, it's a large real estate deal," he said.

"We are good allies with Denmark," Trump said. "We protect Denmark like we protect large portions of the world, and the concept came up. Strategically it's interesting, and we would be interested, but we will talk with them a little bit."

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen thought Trump's purchase idea was "absurd." She said, "Greenland is not for sale. Greenland is not Danish. Greenland belongs to Greenland. I strongly hope that this is not meant seriously," according to CNN. Frederiksen added that (Greenland Premier) "Kim Kielsen has of course made it clear that Greenland is not for sale. That's where the conversation ends."

But Trump persisted. "A lot of things can be done," he told reporters in Morristown, New Jersey, as he ended a 10-day vacation. He said owning Greenland "would be nice" partly because it would give the United States strategic advantages, apparently by allowing the United States to beef up its military presence there as a deterrent to adventurism by the Soviet Union and China. Yet Trump added: "It's not Number One on the burner, I can tell you that."
Trump may visit Demark in two weeks and it isn't known whether he would then make the case for purchasing Greenland. He said Sunday that owning Greenland is "hurting Denmark very badly" and, "They carry it at a great loss."

Criminal Justice Reform Response

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Throughout this article, you made some very good points that need to be addressed by congress sooner rather than later. I am happy to see that there has been some progress in criminal justice reform with the First step Act, but there still seems like there are so many other issues in the prison systems that need to be taken care of as well. I really appreciated the clear and concise article and think you did a great job organizing everything. It's sad to hear that there are many prisons in Texas not allowing prisoners access to A/C or even required medication that many need in order to function correctly. I really hope you are right about the fact that the First Step Act will help open doors for other prison reforms to come in the future. I just hope it moves a little faster then it has in the past. I really agree with you about the part when you said: "whether a person is behind bars, or walking freely there still needs to be a basic protection right in place for everyone." Without that basic protection, prisoners are unable to live a life without fear or struggling to survive. It makes me feel bad that there are so many people out there not being treated humanely and not receiving basic human rights that everyone deserves. Overall, I think you did a great job addressing all the issues as well as pushing for a change in the right way.

Stress from politics

U.S. governmental issues have been fantastically disruptive as of late, and will probably just deteriorate as President Donald Trump faces conceivable prosecution over the Ukrainian outrage.

So it's no big surprise the pressure of monstrous national governmental issues has begun to influence the mental and physical wellbeing of certain citizens, as a recent examination proposed.

About two out of each five Americans say some political topics worry them, and one of every five are restless or have had friends harmed over governmental issues, the scientists found.

"A surprisingly large number of American adults perceive their engagement in politics as having negative effects on their social, emotional and even physical health," said lead researcher Kevin Smith, chair of political science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared Tuesday that the House of Representatives will start impeachment request, blaming Trump for a "betrayal of his oath of office" in asking Ukraine's recently chosen president to examine a Democratic opponent for the U.S. administration.

Things possibly escalated Wednesday when the Trump organization discharged an update of his telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in which Trump squeezed his partner for an examination of presidential applicant Joe Biden and offered U.S. help for such a test.

The new overview of 800 individuals across the nation, led preceding these most recent disclosures, demonstrated that legislative issues are making a blossoming general wellbeing emergency in the United States, Smith said.

Political stress seems to be taking a greater toll on citizens from the left side of the political spectrum, potentially tied to the infamous 2016 presidential election and Trump's confrontational style of governing.

However, it is possible that this politically driven stress has been around before Trump was in office, but no one asked the question.

We don't know what people would have reported with previous presidents, noting that other researchers have cited former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama as "very polarizing presidents themselves."

"It could be there has been a fair amount of polarization and stress associated with politics that's been increasing over the past decades, but it's hard to say.