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Original poster

If Trump offered you £1 million to vote for your country to become part of US, would you?

268 replies

Mochudubh · 09/01/2026 22:26

This is hypothetically one of the options available to Greenlanders.

We're Scottish. I say no, DH says take the money and move.

Sorry, for some reason I can't enable voting. I get a No Entry sign

OP posts:

Imbacknot · 09/01/2026 22:45

Give me the money.

TooBigForMyBoots · 09/01/2026 22:44

No.

Besides the fact that neither I, nor my country is for sale, it would be an inflationary disaster.

LochNessMunster · 09/01/2026 22:44

I’d like to say no, but in truth I would in a heartbeat.
I have dual citizenship. I’d take the million £, cash in all my current assets and have a great life in country 1.

5foot5 · 09/01/2026 22:43

Definitely no.

And suppose it happened and you were a Greenlander with £million. Presumably everyone else would have a £million too. For how long would you feel rich when you all have the same?

TheSalvadorsStickbymebaby · 09/01/2026 22:43

No I don't hate myself that much or fellow inhabitants of Scotland or the UK as whole for that matter.

PickAChew · 09/01/2026 22:43

Fuck no.

And I wouldn't trust him as far as I could kick him, anyhow.

Snowingtoday · 09/01/2026 22:43

Absolutely not.

LlttledrummergirI · 09/01/2026 22:42

Have you seen America at the moment?

Not a fucking chance.

MrsTerryPratchett · 09/01/2026 22:42

RudolphTheReindeer · 09/01/2026 22:35

No, but what happens if some say yes and some say no? If I thought it would end up happening anyway I'd take the money.

The prisoners’ dilemma. It’s a thought experiment that means that the selfish choice is best individually but the collective choice is best collectively.

I don’t know a lot about Inuit (specifically Kalaallit) culture, although I have spent some time with other First Nations as an honoured guest on their land. Northern indigenous culture tends to collectivity. So decisions won’t be made piecemeal.

Summerbean · 09/01/2026 22:41

No chance

DoubleFunMum · 09/01/2026 22:41

Absolutely not. Never.

Ihatethistimeline · 09/01/2026 22:41

Trump is notorious for stiffing contractors, not paying bills, changing his mind, not honouring contracts, lying and cheating. He has no honour.

Anyone making such an agreement with him/his regime would be a fool.

Original poster

Mochudubh · 09/01/2026 22:41

MigGirl · 09/01/2026 22:34

No because, I'd probably end up having to spend it all on healthcare. So not a great investment for me.

Good point.

OP posts:

Stopandlook · 09/01/2026 22:41

No. Not to him. Not to a rapist bully.

DanaScullysLegoHair · 09/01/2026 22:39

Fuck that.

dunroamingfornow · 09/01/2026 22:39

He doesn’t have the money

Zov · 09/01/2026 22:39

LavenderBlue19 · 09/01/2026 22:35

A million quid but live under Trump's rule? And everyone else has a million too, so house prices etc will go up because everyone else can afford a bigger house?

Nah.

Exactly. A million pounds will quickly become almost worthless there. And you're under the rule of Trump, and part of America?

HARD NO!

Garroty · 09/01/2026 22:39

Nope. Wouldn't be worth it for how much less safe and stable the country would be.

BillieWiper · 09/01/2026 22:38

I don't know...I would not trust him to give a million to each person and then just leave them alone.

Solaire18381 · 09/01/2026 22:38

No. No amount could take the place of personal safety and the problem they have with a particular aspect of that. Same healthcare, I wouldn't trade our NHS (or any government style healthcare) to have a US style insurance health "service".

I love visiting the USA and have been many times and visited many States. Would I want to be part of it, living in their territory? Not a chance.

Okayfenokay · 09/01/2026 22:37

If i lived in greenland fben of course i would. It's a complete no man land. Anyone with any nouse has left and gone ti denmark.

NotTerfNorCis · 09/01/2026 22:37

No. I wouldn't trust his promise, and also, if lots of people got a million then there would be massive inflation and the actual value of one million would crash.

DeepBlueDeer · 09/01/2026 22:36

Without the immediate threat of a swift invasion, it's a hard no.

Even under the threat of invasion, if there was any plausible prospect of repelling it, still a no.

In the position of a Greenlander, where it's looking increasingly like "take the money, or dont take the money and lose everything", it's a harder calculus.