Comment on It is time to 'Correct the Map'parentComments−rsynnott1yI 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-dinner1yMaybe 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?−xnx1yYou're not the only one who has wondered this: https://www.newsweek.com/mercator-projection-greenland-donal...−rsynnott1y"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).−readthenotes11yHe wants "the rare earths"
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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).
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?
You're not the only one who has wondered this: https://www.newsweek.com/mercator-projection-greenland-donal...
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).
He wants "the rare earths"