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Ocelot II

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10. Greenland can't be "sold" without Denmark's consent.

Reply to doc03 (Reply #9)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:05 AM

Jan 10

He can offer cash to the Greenlanders to get them to vote for independence, but the way the arrangement with Denmark is set up is that Greenland can't unilaterally remove itself from Denmark. Since Denmark funds Greenland's social programs, which include health care and other benefits the people wouldn't get as US citizens, those bribes wouldn't go very far if Greenland became a territory of the US (and it would be just a territory like Puerto Rico or Guam, with exactly zero electoral votes).

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If Trump orders a military invasion of Greenland, whose side will you be on: Denmark (and most of the world) or USA? [View all] Doodley Jan 10 OP

Why would you even ask? Ocelot II Jan 10 #1

This x 1000 Ferrets are Cool Jan 10 #3

This X 1000. MarineCombatEngineer Jan 10 #13

Can you imagine, a decade down the road, displacedvermoter Jan 10 #2

I stand with Denmark and Greenland. Irish_Dem Jan 10 #4

DUH n/t Timewas Jan 10 #5

Ha, ha, ha, ha! PJMcK Jan 10 #6

What if the US and Denmark are on the same side, and it's Donald Trump who's at odds with reality? NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 10 #7

Probably this. Treaties carry the weight of Law, and im pretty sure that Volaris Jan 10 #11

"It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners." ― Albert Camus Ping Tung Jan 10 #8

If he gets away with giving $100k to each person in Greenland it will divide doc03 Jan 10 #9

Greenland can't be "sold" without Denmark's consent. Ocelot II Jan 10 #10

Good point. He will try to divide Greenlanders, but should they decide? If a majority in a US state wanted Doodley Jan 10 #12