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Thanks for sharing. Have learned more about Greenland in the last several months than I ever thought possible. But is the speaker in the video contending that the ice isn't melting?

LOL, leave it to Europeans to fixate on a lame duck President.

The same people always worry about something. The rest of us make money no matter what.

Immigration "Fixed"? What does that even mean? You close the border, remove illegals and then Congress needs to act. That's the way our system works. Meritocracy doesn't require rebalancing; if anything it needs reverse balancing. The Military by all measures was quickly deteriorating in both morale and numbers. But keep trying and making excuses why you don't like Trump. Perhaps more name-calling too.

Immigration, US Taxes, Israel, Wokeness, Meritocracy, the Military just to name a few. I realize these mean little or nothing to you.

LOL, could care less about the Nobel prize and the fact that Obama won it pretty much nails its value as -0-.

Would like to have placed a bid for Fairfax today but our markets were closed. Maybe tomorrow.

We all understand your disdain for Trump. But what you don't get is that there are a multitude of issues that have been building in the US - some for decades - and the only way to address them was to elect a disrupter like Trump. No P/C, no days off, no appeasement, no "we'll put if off till tomorrow". How refreshing it is to see things in this Country actually being accomplished, or even attempted to get accomplished. No shortage of ideas and some may work.

Yeah, expending a lot of hot air and no money, LOL.

Europe's saber rattling while otherwise sitting idly by while Russia attacked Ukraine? Or how about European leaders' near-constant criticism every time the US supports the Middle East's only democracy in its right to exist? I could go on and on but no more click bait please.

Trade deals with China? Calling NATO "dead" if we pursue Greenland? Shall I go on?

Your comment gets a pass today on MLK day.

John, many here can turn your post right around at you - generalizations. You also assume you understand Trump when the reality is, you haven't a clue. No disrespect. He isn't a war-monger, much more a pragmatist trying to accomplish what he can (and what the voters wanted him to do) before the clock runs out. Politics here being what it is, you either accept the status quo and wait for the next guy to show up or try to change the course of history undeterred by others. "The sky is falling" has become a daily refrain here and like "The boy who cried wolfe", hardly generates even a yawn of reaction. What a lot of people don't seem to understand is our economy is good, our money is good and it is not in the best interest of the Western World to do anything to intentionally undermine the US because you would only be hurting yourselves in the long run.

@WFF Quit being so sensible. The problem most of the World has with the US is not Trump; it is that they are always telling the US what is and isn't good for the US while they largely ignore their own issues. Meanwhile, for 250 years and counting the US has done a pretty good job looking out for itself while also protecting the rest of the World from itself. Military procurement is far from the top of anyone's list of current priorities in the US - precisely the way it should be.

That's the entrepreneurial spirit that the Greenlanders should adopt. From all indication life there pretty much sucks for most residents so they ought to try to make the best of it. On a per capita basis the US could easily invest just about any amount needed or desired to improve current conditions and prospects for the entire population.

Yeah, agreed. And if the Greenlanders were smart, they'd stop their silly protests and at least feign interest in a US takeover with the goal of striking a better deal for themselves. To your point, Trump has done them a huge favor but it is up to them to seize on it.

@Sweet Trump sees this as a form of remuneration. You see, the Left only goes for remuneration when it benefits an alleged oppressed class and is paid for by parties that had absolutely nothing to do with prior atrocities.

Sure but they've got plenty of other assets to borrow against. Its one of many attractions of real estate as an investment asset - the potential for unlimited tax deferral without having to retain the same asset. I've always been surprised that as much as Buffett loves tax deferral he didn't invest more in real estate.

From a 64,000 foot vantage point it can't be bad for the people of Greenland to be the object of a bidding war. They just need to navigate the process to their best advantage.

There is one drawback to deferred tax liabilities: You're stuck with the appreciated asset for better or for worse.

Yep, we're seeing it the same way. But as usual it is all too convenient to blame Trump.

There does not seem to be a clear consensus of what Greenlanders want. Perhaps they don't even know what they want. Wanting "independence" comes with all types of consequences that no one wants to address. From an outside perspective the population now seems to be in a very good bargaining position and needs leadership and guidance from within.

Did you originally buy the coins or were they part of a collection? As a kid I was an avid collector; in fact vaguely remember when silver coins stopped being minted and had an Uncle who recommended that I keep all silver coins I get for change, etc... because they would be worth something someday. So I never actually bought any coins but have some silver dating as far back as the late 1700s. Never thought of selling it though since it is fun to look at every now and then and talk about with other collectors.

I've got hundreds of those old civil coins; curious, how much did they pay you per quarter?

Even if I was young, I'd allocate a small, but meaningful amount to Berkshire and gradually add over the years. Its been a LONG time since we've had a real, prolonged market downturn. Arguably it was the GFC in 2009 but even that was relatively short lived for financial markets. Intuitively it can never be a disadvantage to own the strongest balance sheet, the most investment capital and some of the smartest capital allocators. Berkshire's performance will be lumpy but IMO far better than most predict.