Senator Eagerly Takes Credit for One of Trump's Most Harebrained Ideas Yet
President Donald Trump’s insane plan to buy Greenland—to say nothing of his subsequent temper tantrum after being told the autonomous island territory is extremely not for sale—is the sort of crazy scheme worthy of Dr. Evil’s father. So it stands to reason that Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, arguably the dumbest man in the U.S. Senate, would be eager to take credit for the idea.
Speaking on Wednesday at an event hosted by his state’s Talk Business & Politics publication, Cotton claimed he was the one to suggest to Trump that America should buy a landmass covered almost entirely with ice (at least for now).