Why so stingy? The Greenland population is about 56,000. You could offer every Greenlander a million dollars, and it would only come to $56 billion, still a bargain in the grand scheme of things. If you actually want to buy someone's country out from under them, that's the kind of money you need to be talking about.
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And...then?
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Greenland still belongs to Denmark even if you give 99999999 gazillion to each Greenlander
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I don't think anyone in Greenland is dumb enough to sell out their country for 10k to then live in a country where you will pay out of your ass in taxes, handing those 10k right back to the IRS in 5 years tops.
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Greenlanders would have to call themselves "Americans" henceforth, which is considered an insult and lower class of civilization world-wide.
The fuck?! As if Kalaaliit culture is worth only 10K to each person. US can get stuffed. Culture is priceless.
If it makes you feel any better, America doesn't care about their culture and only wants their natural resources and strategic location. Oh wait, that probably won't make you feel better.
Think about all the fucking starbucks you can buy with $10k! That's like a coffee and bagel everyday for a year. Fucking startbucks man! C'mon it'll be great
10,000 * 56,583 ~= 566 million < 600 million.
Bruh, he doesn't even want to pay out the annual subsidy once.
10k of MY FUCKING TAX MONEY, you stupid ape!
McDonald's do your job already. This is getting ridiculous.
Would that even pay for the first year of medical insurance that you will need?
The insurance? Sure, it would easily cover that.
The cost of medical care, even with insurance? Not even close.
I read someplace that theres about 17 trillion in minerals and oil in greenland. ~57000 population of greenland, so paying for just the mineral wealth not the land and other resources, he'd owe each inhabitant about 298 million. each. So he's paying them 1 /30,000th of what he should be offering.
Take the money and tell him to fuck off. He's a con artist. Have him lose at his own game.
If it was taken seriously, Trump would promise the million after annexing them. Then would never pay and say he did. (Also absolutely insane that this is even a conversation)
Who in their right mind would trust the US right now? Or ever really…the US undid so much precedent over the last few months that it is laughable to even consider trusting them.
Even before that, who would want to be in part of America by choice? The health care horror show and massive inequality are but two reasons.
Fuck you revolting jackass. How's about you spend 10k per person on healthcare and housing subsidies.
What use is $10,000 if it destroys their economy?
"America First!" -> garbage $600,000,000 bribe to Greenland citizens
[edit: whoops, you're right, I left off three 0s]
600k? You dropped some zeros there. It's $600,000,000.
He'd have to go a lot higher than 10k p.p. to even make them consider it, so that'd be billions. Luckily he has millions of tax payers who can fund his little obsession!
"A Trump never pays hus bills"
Trump is a known liar and a thief.
Lol, literally fucking stealing from tax payer after crashing the economy so that he can pay off a foreign country to join the scam
So if that's valid, could some states get bought by other countries? Hell, I bet many residents in some states would pay to have it be part of a different country.
Hey when are we gonna get our $5000 Donny? I really need it to start building my crypto factory in order to become a billionaire by the summer.
Is that what 30 pieces of silver is worth in this market?
Typical out of touch rich boomer thinking. That anyone can be bought. That everything is a matter of cost.
Or that 10k is remotely enough.
Why do we need Greenland? Is it so we can easily attack Russia or something? Isn't Alaska pretty fucking close? Like what is the reason for annexing Greenland?
Mineral rights and control of what will be a major shipping route as the North opens up due to climate change.
Fuck that's insane. Makes perfect sense but holy shit. I fucking hate this planet and this country even more.
There is a shipping route opening up that would enable Asian-Europen-American trade via a about 2/3 shorter route than currently possible. It would make any route through the Suez canals or around Africa pointless. This might not sound important right now, but it would fundamentally change the fortunes of countries and reshape the world.
https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/future-northern-sea-route-golden-waterway-niche/
And he'll totally get that money out to you any day now. The check is in the mail.
President Sundowner isn't going to do shit.