Why Donald Trump wants Greenland.

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. President-elect Donald Trump wants to acquire Greenland. This is not merely one of his japes, as it may have been during his first term. Great-power territorial acquisition is on his dream list for his second term. And while the annexation of Canada as the "51st state," as he often posts, may be more in the messing-around category, he's speaking quite seriously about seizing Greenland. The Danish crown is paying attention. "In meetings, at dinners and in passing conversations, Mr….