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2025-01-24 Home Front: Politix

How Donald Trump could make Greenland an offer they can''t refuse

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Posted by Fred 2025-01-24 10:46|| || Front Page|| [11150 views ] Top

#1 As long as I can remember, which happens to be a very long time, our leaders have been using Russia as an excuse to do all kinds of really stupid things. To me, this sounds like the same old shit.

If Trump can get the Danes to sell, OK. Otherwise, forget it.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-01-24 13:02|| 2025-01-24 13:02|| Front Page Top

#2
I see a lot of positives if Greenland came onboard initially as a territory of the United States.

But we need to look at the BIG Political Picture also. How would the GL citizens vote? MAGA or Liberal Democrat?

Casting out a MEGA What If. Canada!
About 22 million voter age people. Use to being liberally governed and provided many free basic things the US Dem's dream up of implementing. That could flip the House & Senate to uber liberal.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-01-24 13:59|| 2025-01-24 13:59|| Front Page Top

#3 There are currently only 50k folks there so it is not eligible for statehood. It would come in as a territory with a path to statehood. The only reason to purchase Greenland outright would be to exploit the natural resources in a place that the Dems have not had a chance to block off as monuments. The exploitation would result in an influx of new blue collar residents. Today’s electorate is not as important as the electorate at the time of statehood. My guess is that it would vote like Alaska.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-01-24 14:41|| 2025-01-24 14:41|| Front Page Top

#4 seems to me the best alternative would be for Greenland to be in a Compact of Free Association with the USA, like the Marshall Islands.

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-01-24 16:26|| 2025-01-24 16:26|| Front Page Top

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