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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/36161826

The Trump administration is reportedly considering giving about $10,000 to each Greenland resident as part of its plan to annex the territory

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250411133253/https://www.latintimes.com/trump-admin-considering-giving-10000-each-person-greenland-annex-island-580455


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[–] AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 54 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Get 10k now!!

And all it will cost you is Healthcare, Education, Employee rights and self autonomy!!

What are you waiting for, don't miss out on this one time offer to get 10k!!

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

They'll either kill them, force them onto reservations or kick them off the island.

And, since Trump is involved, the promised $10k might never get paid.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Yeah Giuliani could probably use some of the money Trump owes him so he can pay his own legal fees.

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Trail of Tears 2 Electric Boogaloo

Or just pollute the hell out of their towns by building strip mines.

[–] Auzy@aussie.zone 10 points 6 days ago

Yeah. As an Aussie, I can't tell you how awesome free/cheap healthcare is

Don't forget Trump also wanted to get rid of generic medicine here in Australia, so it was also cost cheap medicine too

Then we can expel them as immigrants since they were Danish citizens.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

10k*

*minus dealer prep, handling fees, transaction fees, documentation fees, implementation fees, conveyance and escrow fees, and miscellaneous charges and fees.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

How about giving that to everybody who voted against you, for having to put up with four more years of your shit?

How about if everyone gives $1,000 and we pay him and Vance to resign.

[–] Аноним@lemmy.nz 7 points 6 days ago

😂😂😂😂 oh really, is he asking Musk to.pay cause I know he wont

[–] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago

Bold of you to assume USD is worth anything

It would take a lot more than $10,000 to go from benevolent rule by Denmark to being dogs for Trump.

[–] madcnt@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

He’s reading the intelligence of the people in Greenland. Thankfully they are not dumb

[–] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 131 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Enough to barely cover your first ambulance ride.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago

which you'll eventually need because you'll stop going to the doctor for anything less that being literally seconds away from death.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 19 points 1 week ago

Will that even be enough in Greenland, unless you live around Nuuk?

This makes a good point - a country like Greenland without strong government and a strong security net would simply become uninhabitable for normal people.

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 112 points 1 week ago

Ohh, a promise from trump, the king of lies who famously never pays anyone.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 67 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It seems as though they can't understand why anyone wouldn't want to be American, which is kinda nutty.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Oh, they know this is junk. It's just noise to split focus away from what they're really doing.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 24 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Yeah, you'd have to pay me a lot more to even consider it, $10000 seems laughably low.

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[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 61 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Fun fact denmark already sends more money than that so by accepting this deal they not only would they become american but also loose gdp. No matter how you look at it its a lose lose for greenland lol

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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (2 children)

God this guy isn't gonna stop slobbing Putin's knob is he?

Just chill, Donnie. The markets can smell your fear.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

It's hard not to smell those soiled Depends.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wonder if he would even know that Greenland exists if his handlers hadn’t pointed it out to him and said they want it.

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[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago

I’m so sick of all his shit.

[–] stephen@lazysoci.al 32 points 1 week ago

But then all of the people in Greenland won’t work! Remember when the United States gave us all in the midst of the COVID pandemic and none of us returned to our jobs and now all live on yachts? This would be even worse!

[–] wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (3 children)

All other idiocy aside, this number is just so fucking offensive. 10k, really? That's it?

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Someone in a cross post said: a million dollars would be insulting. Ten k is beyond insulting

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[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Fuck you trump.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It is funny, people always seem to default to the lowest number of a big number they can think of when thinking of a big number.

"I want a hundred"

"I want a thousand"

"I want ten thousand"

"I want a hundred thousand"

"I want a million"


I realize that for Trump and the US ten thousand dollars is like throwing pennies at a poor person assuming they will be overwhelmed by seeing "ten thousand".

Same in movies, unless a guy is supposed to be super smart, they will only refer to money as:

  • 100
  • 500
  • 1000
  • 5000
  • 10000
  • 50000
  • 100000
  • 500000
  • 1000000
  • 5000000

They very seldom go, "I want 370000" unless there is a reason in the plot, never to just get more money.

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

We're paying extra for bread to give people in greenland 10k?

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