The USA is reportedly contemplating an effort to bribe Greenlanders to go away Denmark and be part of the US, providing $100,000 as a reward. Sources inform Reuters that U.S. officers, together with White Home aides, have mentioned figures starting from $10,000 to $100,000 per individual in alternate for the residents to secede from Denmark.
Denmark is house to a inhabitants of roughly 57,000. Due to this fact, the pay plan to persuade the Greenlanders to go away for the US is an formidable one. Moreover, authorities in Copenhagen and Nuuk have insisted that Greenland just isn’t on the market. Nevertheless, Trump has spoken a number of occasions prior to now.
Trump and the USA Need Denmark, One Means or One other
Donald Trump has lengthy argued that the U.S. wants to accumulate Greenland on a number of grounds, together with that it’s wealthy in minerals wanted for superior navy functions. He has additionally stated the Western Hemisphere broadly must be beneath the geopolitical affect of Washington. Due to this fact, as a substitute of controlling the nation, he hopes to purge it of its residents.
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The tactic is amongst numerous plans being mentioned by the White Home for buying Greenland, together with the potential use of the U.S. navy. Nevertheless, it dangers coming off as overly transactional and even degrading to a inhabitants that has lengthy debated its personal independence and its financial dependence on Denmark. “Sufficient is sufficient … No extra fantasies about annexation,” Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen wrote in a Fb publish on Sunday after U.S. President Donald Trump once more instructed reporters the U.S. wanted to accumulate the island.
Different European powers have additionally spoken out in opposition to the US plan to grab Denmark and secede its folks to the US. On Tuesday, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Britain, and Denmark issued a joint assertion, saying solely Greenland and Denmark can resolve issues concerning their relations.
