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Maybe I've taken a bit of creative liberty with the title, but I certainly didn't expect a sitcom from the 1980s to casually suggest using Greenland in a geopolitical game. 

Apparently, the solution to the Middle East conflict was to take Greenland and give it to the Palestinians. 

As a Dane, I have just one thing to say: 

Senior citizens of America, please stop trying to give away parts of the Kingdom of Denmark. 

Watching this in 2026, especially as a Dane, was almost surreal. A decades-old sitcom casually treating Greenland as a geopolitical bargaining chip has somehow become much more topical than the casual gag the writers intended.  

The episode is Empty Nests: Season 2, Episode 26. 

I was watching an old Golden Girls episode and uncovered something I, as a Dane, found just a tiny bit interesting. 

In Season 2, Episode 26, a character suggests solving the Middle East conflict by giving Greenland to the Palestinians. 

Now, decades later, Greenland is once again a hot topic.  

I'm not saying The Golden Girls are behind today’s conflict, but maybe we should investigate why senior citizens are so determined on territorial acquisitions.