Greenland has said it is not for sale.
Denmark has said it can't even legally sell Greenland.
And whether Trump can or will or should try to control or purchase a territory that does not want to be sold is one question.
But on Planet Money,
we are more interested in how we even got to this moment and how we might gracefully get out of it.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
U.S.
and Iranian officials are meeting in Geneva today for the third round of indirect talks over Tehran's nuclear program in what could be a less chance to avert war.
This has President Trump built up the U.S.
military presence in the Middle East.
These US threats against Iran and probable Iranian retaliation, if that does happen,
have raised what seems to be a very real risk of a wider war.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to reporters late Wednesday,
and he said he didn't know if today's talks were the key for a decision on military action,
but he did add this.
Now I would say that the Iranian insistence on not discussing ballistic missiles is a big,
big problem.
So in addition to uranium enrichment being discussed, the U.S.
is demanding that Iran give up ballistic weapons as well.