Global Real Estate Deals
The President of the United States is ridiculing some countries and is, in turn, being ridiculed for his ridiculous idea of simply buying some places he wants. It may be, however, that he was a better student of history than he was a businessman. Such deals have been done. Louisiana and Florida were purchased, as was Alaska, and the Danes sold to the Americans their much warmer properties in the Caribbean.
It is generally thought these days that areas were simply possessed (mainly by Europeans), rather than purchased. That was not aways the case. For examples see the Wikipedia entry for: "List of Territory Purchased by a Sovereign Nation From Another Sovereign Nation."
Post Script:
When Wikipedia first appeared it was also the subject of ridicule and feared, particularly by those who answered questions in libraries. It seems, however, that it works well and I doubt if AI alone would have come up with a list such as the one provided above. If you don't have enough money to buy even a bungalow, perhaps a donation to Wikipedia would make you feel better. Then, to make sure it is still around for a while, send some money to the Internet Archive since you may have noticed that some things that you used to look at on the Internet are now found only on the Internet Archive. Both are provided free from non-profit organizations that exist mainly because of volunteers.
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