cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/36161826

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

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250411133253/https://www.latintimes.com/trump-admin-considering-giving-10000-each-person-greenland-annex-island-580455


Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

  • @foggy@lemmy.world
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    361 month ago

    God this guy isn’t gonna stop slobbing Putin’s knob is he?

    Just chill, Donnie. The markets can smell your fear.

  • @AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee
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    361 month ago

    Get 10k now!!

    And all it will cost you is Healthcare, Education, Employee rights and self autonomy!!

    What are you waiting for, don’t miss out on this one time offer to get 10k!!

  • WideEyedStupid
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    181 month ago

    All other idiocy aside, this number is just so fucking offensive. 10k, really? That’s it?

    • toofpic
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      41 month ago

      It’s 65774 DKK. With 40k/mo salary average in Denmark (so like 25 after taxes),this is a few months worth of money. Ok, maybe salaries are lower because whole Greenland is in the middle of nowhere, but it’s also not some war-torn African country - people don’t live on five bucks a month

    • @Revan343@lemmy.ca
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      21 month ago

      Someone in a cross post said: a million dollars would be insulting. Ten k is beyond insulting

  • Lovable Sidekick
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    1 month ago

    How about giving that to everybody who voted against you, for having to put up with four more years of your shit?

  • @middlemanSI@lemmy.world
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    31 month ago

    In this new era, these crooks will float an idead on the webs, then measure the response with AI fucking crawlers. I should just switch off wifi or something.

  • @madcnt@lemm.ee
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    21 month ago

    He’s reading the intelligence of the people in Greenland. Thankfully they are not dumb

    • @Kirp123@lemmy.world
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      291 month ago

      Greenland already receives around 600 milion Euro PER YEAR from the Danish Government. Trump wants to give them less, and as a one time payment.

      Greenland, as part of Denmark has free state funded education, with special grants for Greenlanders that want to attend education in Denmark itself. They have free healthcare and access to some of the best social safety nets in the world.

      As Danish citizens they also have access to the EU free travel zone which allows them to visit any EU country without requiring a visa or even a passport.

      There are more benefits that I’m forgetting for sure.

      Unless the Trump administration offers to match all of the above then Greenlanders would take a losing deal. Sure, almost everyone has their price, but this deal is like offering you 100 bucks for me to come live in your house forever afterwards, ask you for money if you wanna send your kids to school or you want to go to the doctor.

    • @Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      261 month ago

      Yes, it is. The people of Greenland have repeatedly told him “hell no!” and expecting them to abandon their principles for the 2027 price of a dozen eggs in the US is selling them short, pun intended.

    • @TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
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      201 month ago

      Lol, yes it is. Greenland only has a pop a little over 55k people. Meaning that trump is offering a little over 500m dollars for an island who’s gdp is well over 3 billion dollars a year.

      Not only is he being incredibly stupid, he’s being super cheap about it at the same time.

      • TXL
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        1 month ago

        Might be hoping for some Brexit type stupidity where enough people heard somewhere that they get 10k if they vote yes.

    • @fishfriedi@discuss.tchncs.de
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      121 month ago

      Thats true but $10.000 is quite little compated to how they benefit from the current government. Free healthcare, free education just to name two.

      • @floofloof@lemmy.ca
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        1 month ago

        You have to factor in the cost of living under a fascist autocracy too, where you can get kidnapped and sent to a secret prison for life because you didn’t respect the leader enough, even though the leader is a corrupt moron. Which is a pretty damn high cost, and $10,000 doesn’t even begin to balance it out.

    • @PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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      101 month ago

      Nah, it’s the stupidest idea, it’s a massive waste of my tax money for something that no American actually wants or gives a shit about. Why can’t we just leave people alone, why is the only other option war?