At a press conference Friday in Denmark, which exercises nominal sovereignty over Greenland, Egede said he accepted that Greenland was “a place that the Americans see as part of their world” and that while he has not spoken with Trump, he was open to “discussions about what unites us.”...
“We have a desire for independence, a desire to be the master of our own house … This is something everyone should respect,” he said. “Greenland is for the Greenlandic people. We do not want to be Danish, we do not want to be American. We want to be Greenlandic.”
January 12, 2025
"We are ready to talk. Cooperation is about dialogue. Cooperation means that you will work towards solutions.”"
Said Múte Egede, the prime minister of Greenland, quoted in "Greenland leaders ready to talk with Trump after prez-elect expressed interest to make territory part of America" (NY Post).
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It's US bases in Greenland in return for taking up the Danish welfare state and free STD clinics.
According to Tété-Michel Kpomassie “An African in Greenland” the natives are sexually promiscuous, alcoholic, unemployed and have a high AIDS infection rate.
Things might have improved but they hadn’t as of 2005.
via Derb.
The PM of Denmark stated in effect that Denmark would defer to whatever Greenland decides, i.e., it's their choice, not Denmark's.
So, not such folly after all? Isn't it interesting how he who envisions it, can sometimes initiate the movement toward its becoming a reality.
Europe should welcome the move. Otherwise it's China or Putin.
(pick)
Remember 9/11?
The most phenomenal aftermath event was Air Traffic control clearing the skies of traffic, landing them in a welcoming Greenland.
Is this one of those ironic NY Post headlines?
A guy named "Múte" says "Cooperation is about dialogue." "Greenland leaders ready to talk with Trump... (NY Post)."
One of us pays the other for half...
Yeah, you fucking mute!
Greenlandic! Excellent!
A thousand years from now Greenland will still be covered 80%+ of ice. It probably isn't worth anything at all but, if the Greenlanders are smart, they will declare independence and sell the island to the U.S. and then move Martha's Vineyard or the Hamptons- stay out of Pacific Palisades, however.
Someone suggested renaming it Orangeland after the acquisition. I like it. And not just to honor their liberator. Give everyone there a Hummer to change their climate back to what it used to be, and cultivate orange orchards everywhere. It will be like early California before the Democrats turned it into a hellscape.
Look for the new US CG Icebreaker base, just outside of downtown Melaniapolis !
Greenland is the island nation formerly billed as green in warmer times before climate change froze its assets.
Government of Greenland probably already realizes it's far more advantageous for native Greenland residents to be governed as a colony or state of USA than Denmark. Greenland is a frigid Puerto Rico, in regards to the governance costs associated with significant social problems of its residents, as noted by Hardin in 1st post here.
I sure do NOT want us to "own" Greenland. Heaven forbid the loose talk about adding states come to fruition. BUT.... if we get a commitment for strategic issues that are cost effective, leaving Greenland to the Greenlandies well and good.
The Art of the Deal.
Brass DJT Balls.
Funny.
The US already has bases they need in Greenland without paying anything (at lease publicly). And it's the Danish Govt. that is paying for the wlefare state for Greenlanders. So solely from a security point of view, the US currently has the best deal it can get in Greenland.
This is not about US security, but about the natural resources that Greenland may have.
Bingo. There is a deal to be made. I say make it a state and carve out eastern WA, OR, and CA as new Red states.
The PM of Denmark has no choice in the matter as Greenland is not Denmark's to sell. Greenland's colonial status ended in 1953 and in 1979 it got home rule.
I think that was New Foundland which is in Canada.
Presently reading The Prize by Daniel Yergin, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This has influenced my thinking for why we need to "join ranks" with Greenland and Canada. Plus, if global warming continues, that northern land won't be quite so frigid.
Correct Amexpat.
It's not easy being Greenlandic.
I’m taking the “over” that Trump gets a deal done.
"the natives are sexually promiscuous, alcoholic, unemployed"
They have a long, cold & dark winter ... it's not really surprising :-)
When I was graduating from school in the early 70’s the big engineering companies were recruiting like crazy for engineering and construction people to sign up for two year assignments in Thule Greenland. They were paying 3X the going rates in the U.S.
I thought about it for a while , but there was this cute little blond girl that I wanted to marry …
"the natives are sexually promiscuous,..."
It's recently come to light that the Danes subjected young Greenland girls, down to the age of 13, to involuntary birth control devices. I think this went on as late as the early 70's. This and other scandals have given added motivation to the Greenlanders wanting full independence. From what I've read in the papers here in Norway, it's a matter of when and not if Greenland will be independent.
Our country is a huge homogenization machine. Greenland wants to stay Greenland. Good for them. Things might have been different decades back, but those days are gone.
Cooperation? I was looking forward to the invasion.
When I came here this morning, there was a strange message on the website:
Den här webbplatsen använder cookies från Google för att tillhandahålla tjänster och analysera trafik.
Either the VPN that makes people think I am in Sweden is working or we have already been invaded and conquered by Greenland.
The Danes treat everyone else like zoo creatures. I don’t want to pick up the feeding and watering tab if Greenlanders are happy that way. We don’t need another welfare state: we have homeless Kardashians to deal with.
may be possible to plant citrus under glow/grow lights in igloo?
Make Greenland like Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam... A US Territory. Simple, no? Be the 6th US Territory.
Does being "Greenlandic" mean being actually independent or shopping around for the biggest subsidies?
Tina, I think 30 or 40 thousand Greenlanders will be cheaper to accomodate than one Kardashian.
I think that's the idea. We get to build bases. They get protection, Medicare and pay no US taxes.
I find it helpful to imagine Trump as a 78 year old version of Eric Cartman. After that, it is much easier to not react to anything he says.
The US already has the bases in Greenland for free and no need to pay subsidies or get entangld in any domestic Greenland problems. Can't be more cost effective than that. But this isn't about US military security, this is about controlling Greenland's resources.
I finally got around to watching the latest All-In-One Podcast last night and Chamath presented a whole new way of looking at Trump's statements regarding both Greenland and Canada. Answer: Artic shelf melting and shipping lanes. I tried to do the hyperlink, but failed.
https://x.com/theallinpod/status/1878492812150206811
My roommate at the time (maybe a few years later) and his band got a DoD gig that took them all over the world in about a month. They played on aircraft carriers and land bases, including a few days in Greenland.
They said that the Danish government paid multiples of Danish wages to get people to work there for a few years, and they ended up with a lot of turd-tampers who didn't need women.
It's not working.
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