Die Trump-Regierung erwägt Zahlungen, um Grönländer zum Beitritt zu den USA zu bewegen

U.S. officials are considering offering lump sum payments between $10,000 and $100,000 to Greenlanders to encourage them to secede from Denmark and potentially join the United States, a plan that could total nearly $6 billion. This approach has sparked criticism for its transactional nature and could undermine Greenland’s long-standing desires for true independence. European leaders, particularly Denmark, have emphatically stated that decisions about Greenland’s future must be made solely by its citizens and the Danish government. Additionally, while some U.S. discussions include exploring a Compact of Free Association, polls reveal that many Greenlanders favor independence but do not wish to join the U.S.

Paying them the equivalent of a down payment on a house and it totalling 5.7 billion is honestly a pathetic offer.

This is madness. He’s effectively proposing to buy a populations votes – that isn’t buying land.

The population then has 2 choices: stay in Greenland under new American rule (of which they are now indebted to Trump) or displace with the cash. This is a small economy and community of mostly protected indigenous Inuits we’re talking about.

If they stay put and they each get £1m each as discussed: what happens to healthcare or services when people decide they don’t want to work their boring job anymore? If they leave what happens to those that stay? They just now live in a world where half of their community is gone and they have shittier services and less taxes in their already tiny economy.