"Ron Lauder, the cosmetics heir and confidant to both Trump and Putin, initially approached Trump with the idea to buy Greenland in 2017. According to the 2022 book The Divider by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, Trump took it to his National Security Adviser, John Bolton, saying, “A friend of mine, a really, really experienced businessman, thinks we can get Greenland.” Lauder even volunteered to serve as a “back channel” to the Danish government and help drive the negotiations."
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