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

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

The possibility would seek to replace the $600 million Denmark gives the territory in subsidies every year, and has stopped being mere rhetoric to become official U.S. policy, according to The New York Times.

The outlet detailed that the plan already includes several cabinet departments and that the White House’s National Security Council has met several times to advance on it, recently sending specific instructions to different offices.

  • WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social
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    8 days ago

    Ok so as a nation Denmark accepts the offer and let’s assume everyone gets their $10k, pays off some debts, buys some luxuries, has a holiday, banks a decent amount. What about the negatives? For example now healthcares no longer free. Seems like it would cost more than you’d gain.

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      8 days ago

      Oh definitely. I think they’re being offered a horrible deal. But I can see how some might be inclined to take the shitty deal if their current financial situation is in fact one of desperation. I hope their citizens are in better shape than Americans.

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        8 days ago

        It’s like Brexit…didn’t matter how much time people spent pointing out the negatives, there’s still people that bought into it, for numerous reasons.