Because it makes them look smaller. Because reality.

Because it would make Greenland look far smaller and uninteresting for Trump.

Racism and white supremacy. Typical.

Some critics of the Mercator projection suspect it has remained widely used because it enlarges and centers Europe, as well as other Western regions such as North America, perpetuating ideas of European superiority.

The UN resolution notes “with concern that this distortion contributes to minimizing the perceived sizes of Africa, Latin America and South Asia, and perpetuating an unbalanced view of the world.”