[rsynnott]

I am now wondering if Trump's Greenland obsession is because he thinks it's very bigly, due to Mercator (it appears larger than the US in a Mercator projection).

[grues-dinner]

Maybe they should put Roosevelt's massive 50-inch globe back in the Oval Office.

Assuming there's a place for more Big Balls in federal government?

[xnx]

You're not the only one who has wondered this: https://www.newsweek.com/mercator-projection-greenland-donal...

[rsynnott]

> "I love maps. And I always said: 'Look at the size of this. It's massive. That should be part of the United States.'"

Oh, huh, I was joking, but actually based on this he probably _does_ think that (unless he was looking at equal-area maps, which is unlikely).

[readthenotes1]

He wants "the rare earths"