The flotsam of the contemporary news cycles moves by us so quickly and is soon forgotten. Our Orange Dynast is a child whose attention flits quickly from one subject to another, more-or-less effectively dragging the news cycle with him. Hey! It would be cool to buy Greenland. Look! There are protestors at my rally! Wow! That one is fat! We need more background checks. Oooh, something shiny! We have lots of background checks. I'm the Chosen One. That was a joke. Isn't it time for another infrastructure week? Anyway, about buying Greenland ... the thought that occurs to me is that Trump must have figured Greenland is HUUUUGE because he probably doesn't understand Mercator projection, and the fact that areas near the poles aren't as large as they seem to be on a standard map. Portrayed as above, it is still impressive but not quite so HUUU... Also, Trump probably has heard that Jefferson bought a large territory from Napoleon, that Andrew Johnson bought A...