Trump admin considering giving $10,000 to each person in Greenland to annex the island

That won't even cover the costs of moving to a non-fascist country.

The fuck?! As if Kalaaliit culture is worth only 10K to each person. US can get stuffed. Culture is priceless.

Why so stingy? The Greenland population is about 56,000. You could offer every Greenlander a million dollars, and it would only come to $56 billion, still a bargain in the grand scheme of things. If you actually want to buy someone's country out from under them, that's the kind of money you need to be talking about.

Real pro move is Greenland makes completely open borders, offers to bring anyone up there who wants to move to the US and make them citizens of Greenland and then get an agreement that every Greenland citizen has to immediately become a US citizen.

And he'll totally get that money out to you any day now. The check is in the mail.

$1m would be insulting.
$10k is beyond insulting. That's probably one the cheapest entry fees to one of his disgusting Mar-a-Lago fundraisers.
Trump really has a knack for insulting people. He's basically saying "You're worth a fifth of a Tesla car". How cheap can you be...

Would that even pay for the first year of medical insurance that you will need?

And...then?

1. Greenland still belongs to Denmark even if you give 99999999 gazillion to each Greenlander

2. I don't think anyone in Greenland is dumb enough to sell out their country for 10k to then live in a country where you will pay out of your ass in taxes, handing those 10k right back to the IRS in 5 years tops.

3. Greenlanders would have to call themselves "Americans" henceforth, which is considered an insult and lower class of civilization world-wide.

Typical out of touch rich boomer thinking. That anyone can be bought. That everything is a matter of cost.

Ten thousand US dollar as personal money for leaving democracy and entering a dictatorship (or at least an autocracy)? Err…

"We'll give you ten grand for the opportunity to be deported to an El Salvadoran prison if we don't like you. It's a great deal!"

"America First!" -> garbage $600,000,000 bribe to Greenland citizens

[edit: whoops, you're right, I left off three 0s]

10,000 * 56,583 ~= 566 million < 600 million.

Bruh, he doesn't even want to pay out the annual subsidy once.

I read someplace that theres about 17 trillion in minerals and oil in greenland. ~57000 population of greenland, so paying for just the mineral wealth not the land and other resources, he'd owe each inhabitant about 298 million. each. So he's paying them 1 /30,000th of what he should be offering.

Take the money and tell him to fuck off. He's a con artist. Have him lose at his own game.

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

A quick google tells me Greenland has a population of ~57,000. At $10k per resident, that's $570 million.

On money alone, his offer is less than what they already receive, and unless he's pitching for some sort of UBI it'll be a one-time payment instead of annual. Is this the art of the deal they keep talking about?

10k of MY FUCKING TAX MONEY, you stupid ape!

McDonald's do your job already. This is getting ridiculous.

Who in their right mind would trust the US right now? Or ever really…the US undid so much precedent over the last few months that it is laughable to even consider trusting them.

Hey when are we gonna get our $5000 Donny? I really need it to start building my crypto factory in order to become a billionaire by the summer.

Oh gee Mr Trump a whole 10000, I can buy so many bubblegum with that

So if that's valid, could some states get bought by other countries? Hell, I bet many residents in some states would pay to have it be part of a different country.

Trump is a known liar and a thief.

Shut the fuck up. Enough.

Not you, MicroWave. The Republican president.

Is that what 30 pieces of silver is worth in this market?

Lol, literally fucking stealing from tax payer after crashing the economy so that he can pay off a foreign country to join the scam

"A Trump never pays hus bills"

Trump is notorious for stiffing people he owes money to

President Sundowner isn't going to do shit.

For anyone who voted for Trump because your cost of living is too high... How y'all feeling about this?

Trump wants to give everyone in Greenland $10k. Where's your $10k? What the actual fuck has this guy done to help you out so far?

How is it that DOGE has to force your grandma to walk to an office for her social security because a phone line was too expensive, but Trump has money to throw $600m a year at this?

US should pay at least 5 million to each person. That is how much Trump is selling his gold card visa anyway.

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?

WTF!!
What a moronic proposal, as it is, Denmark is helping them with much more than that each year.
Greenland only has 56.669 inhabitants, giving everyone including children would only amount to 567 million!!
In direct Regional financial support alone Denmark is sending about 600 million USD per year.
And that's apart from paying for instance police and military support.
And Greenland is tax exempt too!!

What a demeaning cheapskate offer.
I believe Greenland should have the right to decide for themselves.
But as a Dane, I find that offer insulting!

10k to live in a dictatorship, or wait 6 months and stay in a sane country? He's stupider every day.

Given what Trump is doing to the American economy, it might be better to offer Chinese Yuan.

Tax money?

Trump is going with step one in the art of the deal. Try and buy it for less than it's worth.

Greenland should say “we’re interested, but we’d need statehood and voting representatives in the house and Senate” - which would effectively end GOP control of the Senate for a generation.

He will take most of it away in taxes.

No.

Why so much? 10 cent would be enough. That of course, is if you want to insult them.

I haven't read Fart of the Meal or whatever it's called, but I feel like asking Greenlanders what it would take for them to want to be annexed may be a better (but still not good) way to broach the subject. And, if they say there's nothing at all the US can offer them, then take that as a blatant hint to back the fuck off.

It would be to be per year to match Denmark's contribution and I don't believe anyone would trust to pay his debts.

Even $5 million would probably be cheaper than what it would cost to take it by force.

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.

Better than Hawaii

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

10k is a car repair bill.

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

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

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

Then I'd vote against it.

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

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”.

Unlike himself, he won't follow through

DOGE gonna cut this waste?