It really wouldn’t be the end of NATO. Greece and Turkey have had numerous spats while both NATO countries. An Article 5 resolution can be vetoed by any other NATO member. The US would assuredly do this.

A much more worrying possibility would be Denmark specifically withdrawing from or reducing cooperation with NATO. Forget Greenland, Denmark itself is in a very strategic location, considering its place in the Baltic.

He’s one of the lesser known Snow White dwarfs. Explody.

Please elaborate. You clearly feel a more detailed explanation is necessary. Please outline which countries specifically you are referring to, and what the differences in KYC laws are that you feel I missed. Don’t simply complain; provide meaningful and useful information yourself. I am discussing in general terms, as OP is likely from the US or somewhere with similar KYC laws. If you feel a more detailed discussion is needed, now would be a good time for you to bring that discussion into this conversation. This is a topic that you clearly desire more information to be available on, so I would encourage you to provide the elaboration you clearly think is warranted.

I am discussing only in general terms most likely to be applicable to OP. If you want to expand this discussion to a more comprehensive answer, then please do that homework for us. If you desire to move the conversation in that direction, then that is an assignment for you to undertake.

Try to stay in context of the question. I’m not interested in arguing about every jurisdiction on the planet. OP specifically asked about crypto without KYC. This implies they live in an area that requires it.

You can buy with cash if you want, but certain types of transactions are regulated, yes.

I mean, this is explicitly illegal. So if you want to do it, you’ll have to go through people who don’t mind violating the law. Finding a drug dealer would probably be your best bet. Find some drug dealer that has some crypto. Give them the cards for crypto with a substantial transaction fee. (Like give them $100 in gift card for $80 in crypto. That’s pretty much your only option. It’s illegal to sell without CYK. That pretty much requires you to work with pretty shady characters if you want to obtain crypto without having it tracked to your identity. I would recommend not doing it. But if this is really something you’re set on, your best bet would probably be to talk to a dealer.

He’s out there with a hair dryer trying to melt it faster…

Specifically, the program would have to have a name that only a tech bro could love. So it will be called Universal Basic Ketamine (UBK.)

Here age is a big factor. If Musk is planning to try and seize real political power, he doesn’t have to ever challenge Trump. Implicit in their Devil’s bargain is the understanding that, in almost any universe, Musk is going to outlive Trump by a very long time. Elon need never challenge Trump directly, as he can simply let the reaper do that work for him. If Elon is MAGA’s heir apparent, then he can take over the movement after Trump is term limited, incapacitated, or dies.

And don’t rule out the idea of Musk vying to serve as president himself. As he was not born in the US, he cannot be elected president. But in theory he could become Acting President, which in terms of powers is indistinguishable from being President. He would run two lackeys for President and Vice President. Musk would be appointed Speaker of the House. Then, once elected and sworn in, the two lackeys would immediately resign. This would immediately make Musk Acting President. The two lackeys would run their whole campaign openly announcing this as their intended action; they’re not deceiving anyone.

And, as weird as it sounds, according to a strict literalist interpretation of the Constitution, the requirements of being President only apply to being elected President, not appointed by succession as the Acting President. In theory, anyone can be Acting President. If Trump goes for a third term, it would be through this mechanism. And that same loophole would allow Elon to hold the powers of the presidency. MAGA is all about finding weird legal loopholes to seize power at any cost. With a compliant Supreme Court in your pocket? Certainly achievable. The very bargain could be something like “Trump remains president until he dies, after which Elon takes the reins.”

No. No. Ok. I have a brilliant plan. Forget conquering Britain militarily. We will simply revoke The Declaration of Independence. The Act passed through Congress doing this will be called The Declaration of Dependence.

We’re now all just in the UK, and we Demand proportional representation in Parliament.

Obviously you’re meant to read between the lines. You’re reading too literally. And also, you are wrong about this needing Denmark’s blessing.

As part of the self-rule law of 2009 (section §21), Greenland can declare full independence if they wish to pursue it, but it would have to be approved by a referendum among the Greenlandic people.

Greenlandic Independence

Since you want it spelled out, here is the process of what US ‘buying’ Greenland would look like:

1. Run a campaign announcing that the US wants to buy Greenland, and they’re willing to give each Greenland citizen $10 million in order to do it. Assuming the population could be made agreeable to it, the next steps proceed.

2. The Greenland parliament announces a referendum declaring full independence from Denmark, a right they already have under existing Danish law and that they can exercise at any time.

3. The people of Greenland approve the referendum. Greenland gains independence from Denmark.

4. The new independent nation of Greenland signs a treaty of annexation with the US. One of the terms of that treaty is that every current Greenlandic resident will receive a check for $10 million USD.

If you think “aktually, you can’t buy Greenland!!!” is a valid criticism to this idea, you’re just thinking way too literally. You can, in practice, actually buy Greenland if the people there were willing to go for it. You’re not literally buying Greenland down at the store. You’re making a huge cash payment to each citizen a term in a treaty of annexation.

If the US want to peacefully annex Greenland, they don’t have to convince Denmark of anything. Denmark has already given the citizens of Greenland the full right to choose their own fate. All you need to do is to convince the 50,000 or so Greenlanders that being annexed by the US is a good idea. And their numbers are small enough that, unlike ideas of annexing Canadian territory, it would be practical just to write massive checks to every citizen of Greenland.

“Buying Greenland” sounds like an incredibly ridiculous idea. But in terms of potential territorial expansions that Trump has floated, it’s actually the most practical by far.

Honestly, buying Greenland is the most feasible of Trump’s territorial expansion proposals. There aren’t that many Greenlanders. They number 50,000 or so, and they all have Danish and EU citizenship.

The US could cut a check for $10 million USD to every man, woman, and child in Greenland, and the cost would come to about $500 billion. That’s a song for a territory that large and of such long-term significance.

And you wouldn’t be actually taking anyone’s land. Existing land ownership would be respected. All that would change is that Greeland would be part of the US, not Denmark. And if any Greenland citizens don’t want to live in the US, they can retire to Denmark and live well off the $20 million USD a couple of two would get.

The small population of Greenland makes otherwise impractical strategies like this possible. There’s so few Greenlanders that we could just cut them each enormous checks in order to buy them all out.

I think King Charles should instead order Elon Musk dissolved.