I don't agree with Trump much but his proposal to acquire Greenland was very interesting. Greenland provides tremendous strategic, military and in the future monetary value as the arctic gets warmer. Ofcourse Trump went the wrong way about it. The reality is Denmark doesn't need to be involved at all. It doesn't matter if they want to sell Greenland or not. According to their constitution Greenland has the right to self determination and can declare independence from Denmark anytime with a referendum voted on by the people of Greenland.
Greenland's population is only ~56,000 people. What if we grease the wheels to get them to declare independence from Denmark and join the US? What if the US offers 1 million dollars to every Greenlander to declare independence from Denmark and pledge to join the US, financially, this will only cost 56 billion, this is basically pocket change for the government and a small investment that will pay huge dividends. Plus we match the yearly subsidy they get from Denmark. Plus each Greenlander gets a US citizenship. Plus they get representation in congress. We can sweeten the pot a bit more if needed by offering various perks like sklll/education training for current greenlanders at US institutions for free and some pledges to develop infrastructure in Greenland.
I cannot see how the people of Greenland could say no that offer. Do you think this approach would work?
This is actually one of the best posts on this forum. Not intentionally; but it's the best encapsulation of the stale, embarassing circus act known as American exceptionalism that I've seen:
Nah, you're responding to someone who is likely a child or underdeveloped in some other way, but you know that. Literally nobody, "American Exceptionalists" included, is seriously interested in obtaining Greenland. Its not a serious point of debate, full stop. Yeah, there was a funny moment last year when Donald Trump threw a temper tantrum for a day and people let their imaginations run wild, and that was the extent of it.
This post WAS however a good excuse for some good old anti-American whining, and you certainly didn't miss a beat there.
