The US is reportedly contemplating an effort to bribe Greenlanders to depart Denmark and be a 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 change for the residents to secede from Denmark.
Denmark is dwelling to a inhabitants of roughly 57,000. Subsequently, the pay plan to persuade the Greenlanders to depart for the US is an formidable one. Moreover, authorities in Copenhagen and Nuuk have insisted that Greenland isn’t on the market. Nevertheless, Trump has spoken a number of instances previously.
Trump and the USA Need Denmark, One Approach or One other
Donald Trump has lengthy argued that the U.S. wants to amass Greenland on a number of grounds, together with that it’s wealthy in minerals wanted for superior army functions. He has additionally mentioned the Western Hemisphere broadly must be below the geopolitical affect of Washington. Subsequently, as a substitute of controlling the nation, he hopes to purge it of its residents.
The tactic is amongst numerous plans being mentioned by the White Home for buying Greenland, together with the potential use of the U.S. army. 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 submit on Sunday after U.S. President Donald Trump once more informed reporters the U.S. wanted to amass the island.
Different European powers have additionally spoken out towards the US plan to grab Denmark and secede its individuals 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.
