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
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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.
Yep, that $10000 will be gone with the first doctor’s visit.
Okay, maybe Greenland should take the US. We can be their red white and blue land. It’s a pretty strategic location.
Being annexed by Canada would be a good option as well.
Greenland is not a part of the Schengen Area, and a passport is required for travel to most of the EU, except travel to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden where any photo ID is acceptable, if perhaps not entirely practical.
Yeah, the 10k per person would be about half a billion dollars one time. So it makes no sense to get less than that only one time.