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Re:Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Nethe... by bojan on Sunday January 18, 2026 @12:13PM (#46669728)
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.

Re:Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Nethe... by adventured on Sunday January 18, 2026 @12:38PM (#46669992)
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.
Re:Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Nethe... by coffeebeqn on Sunday January 18, 2026 @02:07PM (#46671055)
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
Re:Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Nethe... by esseph on Sunday January 18, 2026 @07:35PM (#46673718)
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...

Re:Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Nethe... by hobs on Sunday January 18, 2026 @01:07PM (#46670354)
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.
Re:Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Nethe... by esseph on Sunday January 18, 2026 @01:38PM (#46670746)
Politically if he gave out $5mil per Danish citizen in Greenland he would face an actual revolt at home.
Re:Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Nethe... by hermanzegerman on Monday January 19, 2026 @06:18AM (#46677684)
They still wouldn't want to live in the Nazi Shithole then. This approach might work under another administration