Why is he always standing next to Obama at these events?

Tf he wanna buy Greenland for?
It's mostly tundra
Unless he's gonna let his homies at Exxon slide some under the table for 1st dibs on drilling
Due to global warming and the Arctic becoming increasingly ice-free, the Northeast Passage between Europe and Asia will become increasingly viable in the coming decades. See, for example, here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Passage#Pacific-Atlantic_distancesAs things stand today, Russia would control most of this route, but controlling Greenland would be a tremendous asset in exercising influence or power projection on this shipping route of the future.