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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 130 points 6 days ago

Enough to barely cover your first ambulance ride.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 45 points 6 days 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 20 points 6 days 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 110 points 6 days ago

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

[-] AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 51 points 6 days ago

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 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

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 6 days ago

Trail of Tears 2 Electric Boogaloo

[-] Auzy@aussie.zone 10 points 6 days 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

[-] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 68 points 6 days ago

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

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 26 points 6 days ago

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

[-] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

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 6 days ago
[-] AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago

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

It's a racket

[-] devfuuu@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Best country in the world they keep telling us.

[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago

Best country in the world for billionaires.

[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 5 days ago

How shitty Americans must think the world is.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago

Land of the fee

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days 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 63 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

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 14 points 6 days ago

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

[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 16 points 6 days 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.

[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

Kinda like pedant and pendejo.

[-] stephen@lazysoci.al 33 points 6 days 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!

[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 36 points 6 days ago

I’m so sick of all his shit.

[-] wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world 27 points 6 days ago

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

[-] toofpic@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

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 5 points 6 days 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.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Someone in a cross post said: a million dollars would be insulting. Ten k is beyond insulting

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago

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

[-] Аноним@lemmy.nz 8 points 5 days ago

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

[-] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago

Bold of you to assume USD is worth anything

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 14 points 6 days ago

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

[-] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days 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.

[-] madcnt@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

He’s reading the intelligence of the people in Greenland. Thankfully they are not dumb

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