Threatening taxes to buy islands is peak diplomatic genius

A stick figure meme depicting the USA (with American flag) being laughed at by other world leaders (Canada, EU, China, Japan, UK, Australia). The joke criticizes an absurd and poorly-conceived foreign policy threat, mocking the illogical nature of threatening to tax citizens as leverage for acquiring territory. Extracted text: "Give us Greenland or we will increase taxes on American citizens for things that they buy" is such a masterpiece of foreign policy