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The plan would replace the $600 million in subsidies Denmark gives the island each year

The Donald Trump administration is reportedly considering giving about $10,000 to each Greenland resident as part of its plan to annex the island.

The possibility would seek to replace the $600 million Denmark gives the territory in subsidies every year, and has stopped being mere rhetoric to become official U.S. policy, according to The New York Times.

The outlet detailed that the plan already includes several cabinet departments and that the White House's National Security Council has met several times to advance on it, recently sending specific instructions to different offices.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

At my last job, I started shortly after the union had negotiated a one-time payout of $500 for every associate, at the cost of the $2000+ bonuses department heads received yearly. The savings for the company were immense of course, because the recurring cost of paying bonuses was gone. And the masses were happy to vote for a free (as far as they were concerned) $500 payment. I still find myself wondering how many yay votes ended up as department heads down the line and realized how utterly stupid that was. But most won't have done, and simply got free money.

I'm not sure that tactic could possibly work here - there would have to be a contingent of people who actually wanted that in the first place - and as far as I can tell, no Greenlander even wants to touch the US with a 1,300 mile pole.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

10k is a car repair bill.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

So, Greenlanders...is this your price? A one-time $10k pay-off, to purchase your loyalty to the King of America?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

My price is $1 million, and Skum's public execution streamed on the Internet.

Then I'd vote against it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Hey but you get to live under the control of the Orange Turd! What a deal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Why is he so interested in Greenland? Is it just the natural resources?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The natural resources, a tacit admission that Global Warming is real, continued control over a strategic area even after completely fucking over the perfectly good allies the US has now, and even though it's under the second largest ice sheet in the world, the island is just a tiny bit larger than the Louisiana Purchase, so I'm sure there's a huge ego factor.

I suppose it's a relief they're not talking about invading (for now), but Jesus what beatdown this all is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mineral rights and control of what will be a major shipping route as the North opens up due to climate change.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Fuck that's insane. Makes perfect sense but holy shit. I fucking hate this planet and this country even more.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Unlike himself, he won't follow through

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Fucking LOL.

Greenlanders: if he’s handing you money, take it I guess, and then in the referendum I assume would be required here, vote “fuck no”.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

lol .... as if .... he's the kind of scam artist that would tell everyone that would agree to this deal that the money is in the mail and will appear at their house in a month ... then the next month, then next year ... then once they take over the country, no one is getting any money

Anyone that believes a word coming from this orange bean bag salesman deserves to be ripped off

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

DOGE gonna cut this waste?

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