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Typical out of touch rich boomer thinking. That anyone can be bought. That everything is a matter of cost.
US should pay at least 5 million to each person. That is how much Trump is selling his gold card visa anyway.
And he'll totally get that money out to you any day now. The check is in the mail.
two weeks, tops
That won't even cover the costs of moving to a non-fascist country.
Lol yeah 10k in american healthcare is like 1 insulin shot 💀
The fuck?! As if Kalaaliit culture is worth only 10K to each person. US can get stuffed. Culture is priceless.
He spent 250k for banging stormy Daniel's.
fotgot legal fees, so x10 that.
If it makes you feel any better, America doesn't care about their culture and only wants their natural resources and strategic location. Oh wait, that probably won't make you feel better.
The culture will be immediately outlawed, too woke. What you're confusing for culture is actually South American gang activity.
Think about all the fucking starbucks you can buy with $10k! That's like a coffee and bagel everyday for a year. Fucking startbucks man! C'mon it'll be great
Right? I'm American and even I wouldn't take that deal. Mind you I'd take the money, but then if you want me off my land you're going to have to have a conversation with Mr. Glock.
Mr Glock, Mr FAL, Mr M2 Browning... choices could be endless :)
Fuck you revolting jackass. How's about you spend 10k per person on healthcare and housing subsidies.
"America First!" -> garbage $600,000,000 bribe to Greenland citizens
[edit: whoops, you're right, I left off three 0s]
"The party of small government". Tries to gobble up neighbours and allies.
600k? You dropped some zeros there. It's $600,000,000.
He'd have to go a lot higher than 10k p.p. to even make them consider it, so that'd be billions. Luckily he has millions of tax payers who can fund his little obsession!
If he doesn't actually know how much a hamberder costs any amount above the cup of covfefe is just as imaginary. Don't know why everyone's so upset about the value of the currency dropping, just release a meme coin and sell it all off.
Would that even pay for the first year of medical insurance that you will need?
No, and you would still have out of pocket costs.
The insurance? Sure, it would easily cover that.
The cost of medical care, even with insurance? Not even close.
My employer paid 26k last year, for their portion of my insurance.
I paid 235/month for it.
No lol not even close the way they charge for private insurance
Why so stingy? The Greenland population is about 56,000. You could offer every Greenlander a million dollars, and it would only come to $56 billion, still a bargain in the grand scheme of things. If you actually want to buy someone's country out from under them, that's the kind of money you need to be talking about.
And, at this rate, definitely not denominated in USD... In between ink drying, and checks paid, it would likely be worth half as much at the rate we are going.
A million? In this economy? I'd want at least $100m to sell out my own country.
No one wants America
Why do you assume they are ‘Merican?
This is the same government that brought us the Louisiana Purchase and Seward's Folly, both of which were really cheap land grabs. They just need to find a quasi-official way for someone to accept the terms and then execute the terms by force. The $10,000 agreement is their legal shield for taking the land by force.
It's not the same government though. The Alaska purchase was in 1867. The US has an entirely different kind of government than it did back then. And we're in an entirely different historical era. You can't just blindly assume what worked in 1867 is going to work or be remotely applicable in 2025.
Take the money and tell him to fuck off. He's a con artist. Have him lose at his own game.
He will never pay them either way. A Trump never pays their bills.
If it was taken seriously, Trump would promise the million after annexing them. Then would never pay and say he did. (Also absolutely insane that this is even a conversation)
And...then?
Greenland still belongs to Denmark even if you give 99999999 gazillion to each Greenlander
I don't think anyone in Greenland is dumb enough to sell out their country for 10k to then live in a country where you will pay out of your ass in taxes, handing those 10k right back to the IRS in 5 years tops.
Greenlanders would have to call themselves "Americans" henceforth, which is considered an insult and lower class of civilization world-wide.
Hey when are we gonna get our $5000 Donny? I really need it to start building my crypto factory in order to become a billionaire by the summer.