US EditionU.S. Weighs Paying Greenlanders Up to $100,000 to Leave Denmark: Reuters
The U.S. considers lump-sum payments of up to $100,000 per Greenlander to encourage secession from Denmark and advance U.S. national security interests, sources say.
- U.S. officials have discussed sending lump-sum payments to Greenlanders to persuade secession from Denmark and possible U.S. accession, Reuters reports from multiple anonymous sources.
- President Donald Trump has long sought Greenland for security reasons, saying, `We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and Denmark is not going to be able to do it`, while White House aides say urgency grew recently after the Maduro operation.
- Officials discussed amounts from $10,000 to $100,000 per person, with a $100,000-per-person total of almost $6 billion for Greenland's 57,000 residents.
- European capitals and Copenhagen pushed back, saying only Greenland and Denmark decide their relations, while Denmark's defense ministry warned it would respond militarily to any invasion and Jens-Frederik Nielsen rejected annexation talk Sunday.
- Among options, aides floated a Compact of Free Association but COFA would likely require Greenland's separation from Denmark; Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet his Danish counterpart next week and Vice President JD Vance visits Pituffik on March 28.
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The White House is discussing direct compensation to encourage the island to break up with Denmark.
Buying the goodwill of Greenlanders with a handout of up to one million kronor per person may seem cynical on the surface. But similar bribery experiments at home have strengthened Donald Trump's power.
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Who offers more? The White House is contemplating to convince the inhabitants of Greenland with money of a connection to the USA. Of up to 100,000 dollars per person is the talk. But the EU can also make an attractive offer to the Arctic Island to deprive it of Trump's access. US President Donald Trump is serious about his intention to incorporate Greenland into the United States. So serious that government representatives are already discussing…
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