“All the United States is asking for is a place called Greenland.” – US President Donald Trump, January 21, 2026. The most recent cover of The Phoenix has President Trump’s speech bubble to Micheál Martin reading: “I want your Green land too”.  “Er,” reads the Taoiseach, “we could give you County Clare.” To the editors, chapeau. By this past Wednesday, the Greenland, Green land, Iceland, “Ice land” mixology by a freewheeling Trump had been so potent, so pronounced, that any slip in speech seemed to have the potential to spawn a fresh claim to another jurisdiction. Although President Trump used…

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