He is doing it again. The man who tried to buy a whole country like it was a used car is back at it. He wants Greenland. Well, he wants more bases in Greenland. This is the latest big idea from the guy who thinks the world is his personal game of Monopoly. Everyone is talking about it. The news is buzzing. People are picking sides. And as usual, everyone is acting like a complete moron.

Let’s look at the facts. We used to have a lot of bases there. Back in the day, we had over a dozen. We were all over that big white rock. Then we realized there was nothing there. It is just ice and rocks. It is very cold. It is very dark. So we left. We let the bases rot. Now we only have one left. It is called Pituffik. It used to be called Thule. It has a big radar and some planes. It is lonely. It is boring. But now, we want more. Why? Because more is always better in the mind of a guy who puts his name on buildings in gold letters.

The Right is already cheering. They think this is a master move. They say we need to stop the Russians. They say we need to stop the Chinese. They think if we put a few more soldiers on a glacier, we win. It is the same old song. They love anything that involves moving tanks around. They think spending billions of dollars on a frozen wasteland is 'strength.' It is not strength. It is just shopping with other people’s money. They don't care about the cost. They don't care if it makes sense. They just want to feel like they are winning a fight that ended forty years ago.

Then you have the Left. They are already crying. They are worried about the environment. They are worried about the feelings of the ice. They say this is 'imperialism.' They say we are being mean to the Danes. The Danes, by the way, think we are crazy. They live there. They know it is just a big freezer. The Left loves to act shocked. They act like this is the first time America has tried to plant a flag where it doesn't belong. They will hold meetings. They will write angry tweets. They will pretend they care about the Arctic soil. But they don't really care. They just want to look like the good guys while they drink their five-dollar coffee.

Here is the truth. Nobody needs more bases in Greenland. We are not going to fight a war over an ice sheet. If the world ends, it won't be because we didn't have enough runways in the Arctic. It will be because people like this are in charge. The whole thing is a joke. It is a real estate deal dressed up as a war plan. He wants to look at a map and see more dots. He wants to tell people he expanded the empire. It is ego. Pure and simple. It is the same ego that makes people buy giant trucks they don't need. It is the same ego that makes people start wars to get a better spot in a history book.

Greenland is huge. It is mostly empty. It is owned by Denmark, which is a tiny place with nice bikes. We are basically the big bully on the playground trying to take the small kid’s lunch. But the lunch is just a bag of ice. It is stupid. The whole thing is stupid. We are billions of dollars in debt. Our bridges are falling down. Our schools are a mess. But sure, let’s spend a fortune to build a parking lot for jets on a glacier. Let’s send some poor kids from Ohio to sit in a metal hut and watch snow fall for two years. That will show the world.

The politicians are going to argue about this for months. They will go on TV and talk about 'strategic depth' and 'northern flank security.' Those are just big words for 'we want to look busy.' They get paid to talk. They don't get paid to make sense. If they made sense, they wouldn't be in politics. They would be doing something useful. But instead, they are fighting over a frozen rock.

Think about the reality of a base in Greenland. It is not a movie. It is not cool. It is just wind and gray sky. It is a place where hope goes to freeze to death. We are doing this because we have no new ideas. We are just repeating the past. We are trying to win the Cold War again because we don't know how to fix the mess we have right now. It is easier to build a base on ice than it is to fix a city. It is easier to talk about 'defense' than it is to admit we are bored and lost.

So, get ready for the show. You will see maps on the news. You will see experts in suits talking about the Arctic Circle. You will see the Right calling it a victory. You will see the Left calling it a crime. And in the end, nothing will change. We will spend money. We will build some huts. The ice will keep melting. And we will all still be stuck here, watching the same people do the same dumb things over and over again. It is enough to make you want to move to Greenland yourself. At least there, the only thing you have to deal with is the wind. Here, you have to deal with the stupidity.