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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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[–] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 132 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Enough to barely cover your first ambulance ride.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month 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 month 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 113 points 1 month ago

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

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 68 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yeah. Someone else suggested it might cover your first ambulance ride. I'm thinking maybe your first year health insurance?

Edit - it was just a wild guess, but here's a badly formatted table copied from an article in Forbes:

Age of member Average monthly costs

  • Age 21 $445
  • Age 27 $467
  • Age 30 $505
  • Age 40 $569
  • Age 50 $795
  • Age 60 $1,208

So, for my age, my guess was almost exactly right!

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

You pay that per month, and still get denied healthcare.

It's a racket

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Best country in the world they keep telling us.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Best country in the world for billionaires.

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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

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

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 62 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 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

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Just FYI, loose and lose have different meanings. Kinda like desert and dessert.

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 month ago

Yes it was a typo. Sometimes when im tired in the morning or night my spelling gets funky. I have spelt english words in hungarian and hungarian words on english before, i think its because im bilingual.

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[–] AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 55 points 1 month 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 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Trail of Tears 2 Electric Boogaloo

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[–] Auzy@aussie.zone 10 points 1 month 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

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

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

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

10k*

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

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month 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.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month 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.

[–] KraeuterRoy@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago

Imagine his surprise should he ever go there and see very little trees and grass

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

I’m so sick of all his shit.

[–] stephen@lazysoci.al 32 points 1 month 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 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] toofpic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's 65774 DKK. With 40k/mo salary average in Denmark (so like 25 after taxes),this is a few months worth of money. Ok, maybe salaries are lower because whole Greenland is in the middle of nowhere, but it's also not some war-torn African country - people don't live on five bucks a month

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Ok, maybe salaries are lower because whole Greenland is in the middle of nowhere, [...]

Having visited Iceland, the cost of living is higher on islands with limited agriculture and high cost of imports.

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

Fuck you trump.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 month 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 month ago

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

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 14 points 1 month ago

That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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?

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

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

[–] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

Bold of you to assume USD is worth anything

[–] Аноним@lemmy.nz 7 points 1 month ago

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

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

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

[–] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

In this new era, these crooks will float an idead on the webs, then measure the response with AI fucking crawlers. I should just switch off wifi or something.

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