Greenland says they don't want to join America

[konradv]

Is Pete drunk-posting again?!

 

[eagle1462010]

Is Pete drunk-posting again?!

They need to just say....

How much for the Rare Earth minerals. We want to stop buying frombChina.

 

[Jim H - VA USA]

It must really hurt MAGA feelings the rest of the world isn’t ogling the US. They like to think the world worships us because it gives them an undeserved sense of self-importance by extension. The reality must be sobering. Even more sobering considering Trump is president.

Greenlanders overwhelmingly oppose becoming part of the United States, poll shows

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -An opinion poll indicated that 85% of Greenlanders do not wish their Arctic island - a semi-autonomous Danish territory - to become a part of the United States, with nearly half saying they see interest by U.S. President Donald Trump as a threat. Trump said earlier this...

www.yahoo.com

They have not yet been offered $100k each yet. That's only $6 billion. Guess how they will vote if there is a referendum about joining the USA and getting lots of cash?

 

[Independent thinker]

I have no idea. Trump lacks the conviction to actually spell that out, doesn’t he? I guess he’s too much of a pussy to just lay his cards out on the table. He would rather say ambiguous, vague statements to test the waters.

It was one of the lefties on here who said Trump had plans to annex Greenland and I was just asking them what the details of those plans were.

 

[Billy000]

They have not yet been offered $100k each yet. That's only $6 billion. Guess how they will vote if there is a referendum about joining the USA and getting lots of cash?

Even if shamelessly bribing them did work, it’s clearly the only thing that would work. Otherwise they don’t see any benefit of becoming a US territory. That’s not some kind of endorsement of the US in general

 

[Hollie]

That's easy..........
As usual, Trump will lie his ass off, claiming there were millions of Greenlanders, greeting his little puppet.
So many, that they had to retreat to a military base.

As conspiracy theories go, little lady, yours are not very entertaining.

 

[Hollie]

So we don't agressively take over against the will of the people of Greenland! What is so hard to understand?

Who is going to “ take over” Greenland?

 

[Edgetho]

It was one of the lefties on here who said Trump had plans to annex Greenland and I was just asking them what the details of those plans were.

 

[konradv]

They have not yet been offered $100k each yet. That's only $6 billion. Guess how they will vote if there is a referendum about joining the USA and getting lots of cash?

Where’s my $100K? I paid taxes; Greenlanders haven’t.

 

[Jim H - VA USA]

Where’s my $100K? I paid taxes; Greenlanders haven’t.

You don't care where your money goes. You advocate resisting cuts to wasteful government spending.

The $100 k per resident (along with paying Denmark billions and perhaps some other stuff) is in exchange for trillions in minerals and ores and increasing national security; it's not a handout. It's to make the deal win-win.

 

[Jim H - VA USA]

Even if shamelessly bribing them did work, it’s clearly the only thing that would work. Otherwise they don’t see any benefit of becoming a US territory. That’s not some kind of endorsement of the US in general

Making a deal win-win is not a bribe; it's business.

 

[konradv]

You don't care where your money goes. You advocate resisting cuts to wasteful government spending.

The $100 k per resident (along with paying Denmark billions and perhaps some other stuff) is in exchange for trillions in minerals and ores and increasing national security; it's not a handout. It's to make the deal win-win.

A one-time payment? Why would they do that when their mineral wealth, properly tended, will sustain generations?

 

[Billy000]

What Trump has been saying is that he wants the people of Greenland to decide. Maybe that goes beyond what the self-interested prime minister has to say. As with the Panama Canal, Trump will get what he wants, and Greenland will be better for it.

Well they don’t want to join us so…

 

[eagle1462010]

Well they don’t want to join us so…

Good

 

[toobfreak]

Who is going to “ take over” Greenland?

Greenland is ours, they just don't know it yet. Trump has a plan to win them over.
He will make them an offer they just cannot refuse.

 

[AntonToo]

When was that on the table other than your TDS fever dreams?

Dumbass since Trump put on the table:

"We need Greenland, very importantly, for international security — we have to have Greenland. It's not a question of 'Do you think we can do without it?' We can't," Trump said Friday. "We're not relying on Denmark or anybody else to take care of that situation."

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5343555/vance-greenland-visit

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-wont-rule-out-military-economic-action-he-seeks-control-panama-canal-2025-01-07/

 

[Jim H - VA USA]

A one-time payment? Why would they do that when their mineral wealth, properly tended, will sustain generations?

$100k was just a made up example. A one-time payment is probably in the interests of the US, but a share in the mineral rights might naturally be part of the deal, kind of like how the residents of Alaska get some of the oil revenue...

 

[initforme]

Do we really need the minerals there?

 

[Couchpotato]

Dumbass since Trump put on the table:

"We need Greenland, very importantly, for international security — we have to have Greenland. It's not a question of 'Do you think we can do without it?' We can't," Trump said Friday. "We're not relying on Denmark or anybody else to take care of that situation."

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5343555/vance-greenland-visit

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-wont-rule-out-military-economic-action-he-seeks-control-panama-canal-2025-01-07/

Can you highlight the part where he talks about invading Greenland and taking it by military force? I’m guessing it was right before or after he talked about invading Canada

 

[Jim H - VA USA]

Do we really need the minerals there?

A 2023 survey showed that 25 of 34 minerals deemed “critical raw materials...”

There is likely lots of gas and oil too, but extraction is currently prohibited.

https://www.mining.com/web/factbox-greenlands-rich-but-largely-untapped-mineral-resources/

But it's about more than just that...