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The plan would replace the $600 million in subsidies Denmark gives the island each year

The Donald Trump administration is reportedly considering giving about $10,000 to each Greenland resident as part of its plan to annex the island.

The possibility would seek to replace the $600 million Denmark gives the territory in subsidies every year, and has stopped being mere rhetoric to become official U.S. policy, according to The New York Times.

The outlet detailed that the plan already includes several cabinet departments and that the White House's National Security Council has met several times to advance on it, recently sending specific instructions to different offices.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

10k to live in a dictatorship, or wait 6 months and stay in a sane country? He's stupider every day.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago

Given what Trump is doing to the American economy, it might be better to offer Chinese Yuan.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He will take most of it away in taxes.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Why so much? 10 cent would be enough. That of course, is if you want to insult them.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It would be to be per year to match Denmark's contribution and I don't believe anyone would trust to pay his debts.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago

A Trump NEVER pays his debts.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Even $5 million would probably be cheaper than what it would cost to take it by force.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

I haven't read Fart of the Meal or whatever it's called, but I feel like asking Greenlanders what it would take for them to want to be annexed may be a better (but still not good) way to broach the subject. And, if they say there's nothing at all the US can offer them, then take that as a blatant hint to back the fuck off.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Greenland should say “we’re interested, but we’d need statehood and voting representatives in the house and Senate” - which would effectively end GOP control of the Senate for a generation.

[–] floofloof 15 points 3 days ago

If he tries anything like this in Canada I very much hope our leaders don't say that. Those of us who haven't fallen into the MAGA black hole don't ever want to be part of the USA, even with representation in their rotten system of government. I'm fairly sure Greenlanders would feel similarly.

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