Trump’s Threats Push Greenlanders Closer to Denmark

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President Trump has frequently said that he covets Greenland, a self-ruled part of the Danish kingdom, for its strategic position in the warming Arctic and largely untapped natural resources. In this pursuit, the White House had hoped to capitalize on the resentment that many Greenlanders feel about Denmark’s colonial legacy...

But for now, at least, this pressure from Washington has had an opposite effect on the 56,600 Greenlanders, most of whom are indigenous Inuit people who jealously guard their culture. In recent weeks, Greenland and Denmark have moved closer together as officials in Nuuk and Copenhagen sought to reinvigorate their relationship and to look with fresh eyes at outstanding problems.

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[Will B Good]

The problem is, with only 56,600 Greenlanders, the US could pay them all off (or 51% of them?)........are they going to refuse a million dollars a piece?

[blaze master]

1 hour ago, Will B Good said:

The problem is, with only 56,600 Greenlanders, the US could pay them all off (or 51% of them?)........are they going to refuse a million dollars a piece?

 

A lot of people would take the money let's be realistic right. 

[Will B Good]

1 hour ago, blaze master said:

 

A lot of people would take the money let's be realistic right. 

 

Exactly.....I would for sure.

[JAG]

3 hours ago, Will B Good said:

The problem is, with only 56,600 Greenlanders, the US could pay them all off (or 51% of them?)........are they going to refuse a million dollars a piece?

The United State's record with keeping promises to  and paying off/compensating indigenous peoples is not particularly good historically.

 

57 million dollars is not, in the big picture, such a large amount; however if promised would it ever materialise?

[blaze master]

9 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

Exactly.....I would for sure.

 

I'll become American for a million bucks. 

 

Fore score and seven blunts ago....