On his Monday night show, conservative commentator Sean Hannity floated the idea that the United States should offer $100,000 to every resident of Greenland as part of President Donald Trumps push to bring the vast Arctic territory under U.S. control a proposal that would cost roughly $5.6 billion based on Greenlands population of about 56,000.
The suggestion mirrors internal deliberations already circulating inside the administration. Earlier this month, Reuters reported that Trump officials have discussed direct payments to Greenlanders ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 per person as a way to pry the semi-autonomous Danish territory away from Copenhagen.
Donald Trumps forever in a state of negotiation, Hannity said during an interview with Eric Schmitt. Everythings negotiable. A hundred thousand dollars for every person in Greenland on average making 60 grand a year Denmarks not exactly been generous to them.
Hannity argued that Denmark lacks the capacity or will to develop Greenlands vast mineral and energy resources, contending that U.S. ownership would enrich every person in Greenland. He also invoked one of the darkest chapters in Denmarks colonial history, referencing the forced sterilization of Greenlandic women during the 1960s and 1970s.
I dont know. Seems like a no-brainer to me, Hannity said.
Schmitt, a close Trump ally, embraced the idea and signaled that the proposal aligns with the presidents thinking.
This is very top of mind for him, Schmitt said. This is something that hes very serious about, and I am glad he is.
The senator went further, urging European leaders to abandon what he described as misplaced pride and accept American dominance over the Arctic island.
They need to understand the United States of America is the only country on the planet that can protect Greenland and the NATO alliance by acquiring Greenland, Schmitt said.
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This is the same GOP that can’t find any money to cover ACA healthcare subsidies.
The benefits they get from being in Denmark and the EU include free education through university, free health care and income maintenance which is especially valuable in a country with minimal prospects of employment. They also get duty-free access to EU good and services, and the right to live in any EU country. It would probably have to be an endowment costing over a million dollars, per person, to match the current benefits. And that doesn’t include paying Denmark for its infrastructure investments, and paying off the claims of the indigenous people’s for mineral rights. –It is better to preserve NATO, preserve the alliance with Europe, an exploit the treaties to restore the network of bases the we had in Greenland for the cold war.
If the govt cannot afford to continue med insurance subsidies for its own citizens why give 100k to a Greenlander. FWIW someone should educate our president that Greenland isn’t a massive piece of ice.