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

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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

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Glendaruel · 10/01/2026 15:28

Our land doesn't belong to us, we are custodians for future generations.

NemesisInferior · 10/01/2026 14:42

OhNoSummer · 10/01/2026 12:57

Greenland has been happy enough to benefit from US military protection for decades. I don't see what would be massively different for them.

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I mean, it's not hard really to work out what the difference would be.

Last poll showed that 96% of greenlanders oppose being part of the US. That should be good enough for the orange twatbadger to leave them the fuck alone.

LadyMacbethssweetArabianhand · 10/01/2026 14:29

It didn't work out for Scotland in the 1700s. Robert Burns wrote about it 'A parcel of rogues for a nation.' And it led to the union of parliament which didn't do much for Scotland.

Greenland don't see themselves a 'colony'.

Parasoltennisball · 10/01/2026 14:20

Your $100,000 or even $1,000,000 will not go far once you have to pay additional taxes, private healthcare and education costs for your entire family. And if you are planning to leave? Even $1,000,000 would not buy much of a new house and life in most nearby countries. You'd be leaving your entire ancestral lifestyle if you left too.

Dgll · 10/01/2026 14:16

Definitely!

hellsbells99 · 10/01/2026 13:59

The female population has already been severely mistreated by Denmark with teenage girls forced to have coils fitted without their consent - the government should have been prosecuted over this.

Echobelly · 10/01/2026 13:51

Not if it meant the country becoming like America, because a million wouldn't be recompense for the obscene 'healthcare' system which can bankrupt you if you become seriously ill and happen to be working at the time (or lose your job because of it); the awful work culture which owns you a gives you barely any holiday, but can drop you at almost no notice; the ownership of guns putting lives in danger. No thanks.

GRCP · 10/01/2026 13:38

No

OhNoSummer · 10/01/2026 13:37

RollingValleys · 10/01/2026 13:32

But although there may only be 55,000 Greenlanders, they are Danish nationals, and whatever happens to Greenland will impact all Danes.

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whatever happens to Greenland will impact all Danes.

Will it? How? Imagine if Argentina had won the Falklands War. Would that have impacted all Brits?

OhNoSummer · 10/01/2026 13:35

ShowMeTheSea · 10/01/2026 13:32

Crikey, OhNo answers and replies fast 😳

I'm putting off doing some housework 😆

Or am I a far right Republican troll... 🤔

RollingValleys · 10/01/2026 13:32

Lamelie · 09/01/2026 22:30

A million?! Of course.
And I’ve just checked there are 55,000 inhabitants, it’s not a completely out of the question proposal 😳

But although there may only be 55,000 Greenlanders, they are Danish nationals, and whatever happens to Greenland will impact all Danes.

ShowMeTheSea · 10/01/2026 13:32

Crikey, OhNo answers and replies fast 😳

OhNoSummer · 10/01/2026 13:29

LadyMacbethssweetArabianhand · 10/01/2026 13:26

I'm Scottish too. Absolutely not. The man wouldn't pay up if you said yes. He has history in Scotland of not paying his debts. In addition, it's morally wrong.

How is it "morally wrong"? Greenland is already a colony. They would just be changing who their colonisers were. And making some money from the change! 😄

LadyMacbethssweetArabianhand · 10/01/2026 13:26

I'm Scottish too. Absolutely not. The man wouldn't pay up if you said yes. He has history in Scotland of not paying his debts. In addition, it's morally wrong.

HipHopDontYouStop · 10/01/2026 13:20

God no.

OhNoSummer · 10/01/2026 13:03

TheatreTheatre · 10/01/2026 13:02

U.S. military protection has been entirely for the benefit of the U.S having a foothold closer to Russia etc.

This is how a defence alliance works.

Countries do not need to own, control or run an ally’s country to be part of a defence alliance.

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So why did Denmark agree to it? And why haven't they tried to stop it, if it's of no benefit to Denmark or Greenland?

TheatreTheatre · 10/01/2026 13:02

OhNoSummer · 10/01/2026 12:57

Greenland has been happy enough to benefit from US military protection for decades. I don't see what would be massively different for them.

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U.S. military protection has been entirely for the benefit of the U.S having a foothold closer to Russia etc.

This is how a defence alliance works.

Countries do not need to own, control or run an ally’s country to be part of a defence alliance.

MrsLeonFarrell · 10/01/2026 12:58

NemesisInferior · 10/01/2026 12:55

It would always be the us though. Fuck that.

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Exactly. I don't want to be under the sway of a country who looked at Donald Trump and thought he was the best leader.

OhNoSummer · 10/01/2026 12:57

NemesisInferior · 10/01/2026 12:55

It would always be the us though. Fuck that.

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Greenland has been happy enough to benefit from US military protection for decades. I don't see what would be massively different for them.

NemesisInferior · 10/01/2026 12:55

OhNoSummer · 10/01/2026 12:29

It's not always going to Trump though, is it?

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It would always be the us though. Fuck that.

Notmycircusnotmyotter · 10/01/2026 12:47

10 million yes

bengalcat · 10/01/2026 12:45

No

MidnightMeltdown · 10/01/2026 12:43

Would every other citizen get the same deal? If so there would be massive inflation!

Ygfrhj · 10/01/2026 12:40

Yes. Presumably I could move to Denmark with my $1m and enjoy life. Better than saying no and being invaded later.

In reality.... I wouldn't trust him to honour the agreement.

MandingoAteMyBaby · 10/01/2026 12:38

I would not want to live in a country where kids get shot at school and where random untrained fake “law enforcers” execute people summarily in the street.