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0 pointsbojan2mo ago0 comments

That would be a horrible deal for the Greenlanders, and they know it - there were polls recently and Vance was pretty much told that when he visited there.

The US is allowed for decades to have a military presence on Greenland, but the US Army has been diminishing it's presence as the time went by.

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adventured2mo ago

Up it to $5 million per Greenlander then. The US can afford to pull the trigger on a $250-$280 billion acquisition. The EU can't afford to counter it. To put that sum into perspective for the US economy: that's merely 2.x years of operating income for Google. There's no scenario where the people of Greenland reject that $250b offer in a free vote.

hobs2mo ago

Sure they would, because it's fucking stupid. There's no need to entertain such fucking stupid thoughts, just say no to how stupid it is and move on.

coffeebeqn2mo ago

Where is that money coming from? The defense budget is 800B - this is a major budget item just throwing money in the trash along with most of your alliances

esseph2mo ago

Dear Leader already asked for something like 1.6 trillion for the military budget, but that probably doesn't even cover this.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-defense-spending-3bbea1ccc6...

esseph2mo ago

Politically if he gave out $5mil per Danish citizen in Greenland he would face an actual revolt at home.

hermanzegerman2mo ago

They still wouldn't want to live in the Nazi Shithole then. This approach might work under another administration

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0 pointsbojan2mo ago0 comments

That would be a horrible deal for the Greenlanders, and they know it - there were polls recently and Vance was pretty much told that when he visited there.

The US is allowed for decades to have a military presence on Greenland, but the US Army has been diminishing it's presence as the time went by.

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adventured2mo ago

hobs2mo ago

Sure they would, because it's fucking stupid. There's no need to entertain such fucking stupid thoughts, just say no to how stupid it is and move on.

coffeebeqn2mo ago

Where is that money coming from? The defense budget is 800B - this is a major budget item just throwing money in the trash along with most of your alliances

esseph2mo ago

Dear Leader already asked for something like 1.6 trillion for the military budget, but that probably doesn't even cover this.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-defense-spending-3bbea1ccc6...

esseph2mo ago

Politically if he gave out $5mil per Danish citizen in Greenland he would face an actual revolt at home.

hermanzegerman2mo ago

They still wouldn't want to live in the Nazi Shithole then. This approach might work under another administration

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