Current Events > Should the US buy Greenland from Denmark?

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Verdekal
08/16/19 3:36:43 AM
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Why not? What good can Denmark do for them? It's melting and has oil and we could improve their lives better than Denmark could.

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DeadBankerDream
08/16/19 3:40:37 AM
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I really don't think Denmark can just sell it. There would probably need to be a referendum on Greenland. And also, why would Denmark agree to sell it?

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08/16/19 3:44:13 AM
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Alteres
08/16/19 3:45:20 AM
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If they don't have the resources to develop it, it would make sense to sell.

I remember watching something on Netflix about how they send two dudes out on a dog sled every year to patrol it to maintain their claim of ownership.
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KStateKing17
08/16/19 4:04:25 AM
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So we have money to buy this whole island, but Flint pipes, Puerto Rico, and struggling citizens in general take a back seat?
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Hulkasaurusrex
08/16/19 4:05:23 AM
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I call dibs on behalf of canada.
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Crazyman93
08/16/19 4:06:35 AM
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We tried after WWII, Denmark refused. And if they refused when they were broke as hell, they're not gonna agree now.

DeadBankerDream posted...
I really don't think Denmark can just sell it. There would probably need to be a referendum on Greenland. And also, why would Denmark agree to sell it?

Being that Denmark is a Monarchy, it could theoretically be that easy.
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OpenlyGator
08/16/19 4:21:04 AM
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what the hell is in Greenland?
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BalanceLost
08/16/19 4:29:33 AM
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Crazyman93 posted...
We tried after WWII, Denmark refused. And if they refused when they were broke as hell, they're not gonna agree now.

DeadBankerDream posted...
I really don't think Denmark can just sell it. There would probably need to be a referendum on Greenland. And also, why would Denmark agree to sell it?

Being that Denmark is a Monarchy, it could theoretically be that easy.

Denmark is a Constituational Monarchy run by a parliament and prime-minister.
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EternalDivide
08/16/19 5:05:53 AM
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I know we have a base up there. But is there anything of note resources wise? I guess if it had oil or something it would be worth it but I doubt it because if it did our government would have been all over this idea decades ago.

How much would they want for it? I guess that would be the big question. They don't do anything with it and there's all of 56k people on the whole thing. They would probably sell it for the right amount. Bigger than Alaska and not even a tenth the population. Of course who would want to live there really. Most of it is frozen.
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The_Doge
08/16/19 6:19:53 AM
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Sell it to Doge

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Foppe
08/16/19 6:24:52 AM
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EternalDivide posted...
I know we have a base up there. But is there anything of note resources wise? I guess if it had oil or something it would be worth it but I doubt it because if it did our government would have been all over this idea decades ago.

How much would they want for it? I guess that would be the big question. They don't do anything with it and there's all of 56k people on the whole thing. They would probably sell it for the right amount. Bigger than Alaska and not even a tenth the population. Of course who would want to live there really. Most of it is frozen.

Could be as simple as not needing to tell somebody else when they have a nuclear accident there.
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Zikten
08/16/19 11:21:32 AM
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It would be kinda cool to see this happen in our lifetime. I wonder if it would become a state
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DeadBankerDream
08/16/19 2:56:33 PM
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How the hell would Greenland become a state if Porta Ricka isnt?

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creativerealms
08/16/19 3:20:39 PM
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Trump should sell America to Denmark.
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DeadBankerDream
08/16/19 3:21:22 PM
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creativerealms posted...
Trump should sell America to Denmark.
Why would Denmark want it?

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creativerealms
08/16/19 3:21:36 PM
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OpenlyGator posted...
what the hell is in Greenland?

It's the lost continent of Atlantis.
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hockeybub89
08/16/19 3:21:47 PM
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Zikten
08/16/19 3:21:49 PM
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creativerealms posted...
Trump should sell America to Denmark.

they can't afford us. the entire point was that they are going broke and Trump was offering to pay them money
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DeadBankerDream
08/16/19 3:22:31 PM
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Zikten making up complete lies again.

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creativerealms
08/16/19 3:23:39 PM
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Zikten posted...
creativerealms posted...
Trump should sell America to Denmark.

they can't afford us. the entire point was that they are going broke and Trump was offering to pay them money

I was making a joke.
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NeoShadowhen
08/16/19 3:28:14 PM
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Zikten posted...
It would be kinda cool to see this happen in our lifetime. I wonder if it would become a state


It would probably become a territory like the US Virgin Islands.
Guess who we bought those from.
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Damn_Underscore
08/16/19 3:29:32 PM
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If the entire US population moved to Greenland the population density would only be about 394 people per square mile.

Ultimate global warming insurance.
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TroutPaste
08/16/19 3:31:34 PM
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Verdekal posted...
we could improve their lives better than Denmark could.


how so
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DeadBankerDream
08/16/19 3:33:06 PM
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Damn_Underscore posted...
If the entire US population moved to Greenland the population density would only be about 394 people per square mile.

Ultimate global warming insurance.
Is that before or after global warming melts all the ice on Greenland leaving a minor archipelago in its place?

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Damn_Underscore
08/16/19 3:37:38 PM
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DeadBankerDream posted...
Damn_Underscore posted...
If the entire US population moved to Greenland the population density would only be about 394 people per square mile.

Ultimate global warming insurance.
Is that before or after global warming melts all the ice on Greenland leaving a minor archipelago in its place?


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Ivynn
08/16/19 3:38:33 PM
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TroutPaste posted...
Verdekal posted...
we could improve their lives better than Denmark could.


how so


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Phantom_Nook
08/16/19 3:40:09 PM
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creativerealms posted...
Trump should sell America to Denmark.

He only wants to sell America to Russia.
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Hanky_Bannister
08/16/19 3:40:41 PM
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Trump has made america a mess. he needs to fix his dumb mistakes before taking on new challenges.
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thronedfire2
08/16/19 3:42:18 PM
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Phantom_Nook posted...
creativerealms posted...
Trump should sell America to Denmark.

He only wants to sell America to Russia.


Hell probably turn around and flip Greenland to Russia. Theyd love to have a base there
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nevershine
08/16/19 3:42:23 PM
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I bid 20 dollars!
i can has?

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bknight
08/16/19 4:13:29 PM
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Meh, why bother trying to buy it, just declare war on Denmark, have them surrender in one day and annex Greenland, ez pz.
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BillyKidd
08/16/19 4:14:24 PM
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KStateKing17 posted...
So we have money to buy this whole island, but Flint pipes, Puerto Rico, and struggling citizens in general take a back seat?


They've already received hundreds of millions of dollars, supplies, etc.... what more should be given?
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uwnim
08/16/19 5:34:37 PM
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EternalDivide posted...
I know we have a base up there. But is there anything of note resources wise? I guess if it had oil or something it would be worth it but I doubt it because if it did our government would have been all over this idea decades ago.

How much would they want for it? I guess that would be the big question. They don't do anything with it and there's all of 56k people on the whole thing. They would probably sell it for the right amount. Bigger than Alaska and not even a tenth the population. Of course who would want to live there really. Most of it is frozen.

There probably is oil there or off shore, but all that ice would make it too expensive to access currently. Thats why some folks really like global warming, it will melt that pesky ice.
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ASithLord7
08/16/19 5:36:28 PM
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Verdekal posted...
Why not? What good can Denmark do for them? It's melting and has oil and we could improve their lives better than Denmark could.

Denmark has a better quality of life than the shit-ass US and its not even close
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ASithLord7
08/16/19 5:37:47 PM
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Zikten posted...
creativerealms posted...
Trump should sell America to Denmark.

they can't afford us. the entire point was that they are going broke and Trump was offering to pay them money

Denmark isnt going broke LMAO

God do you ever do anything other than talk out of your ass
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Sunburst
08/16/19 5:40:25 PM
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Yes, and both Greenland and Puerto Rico should become states. Just like how Hawaii and Alaska became states around the same time.
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Machete
08/16/19 5:41:20 PM
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Nah. The US should donate donald trump to North sentinel island.
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SapphireTech462
08/16/19 6:59:41 PM
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Sure why not.
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Crazyman93
08/16/19 11:58:00 PM
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EternalDivide posted...
I know we have a base up there. But is there anything of note resources wise? I guess if it had oil or something it would be worth it but I doubt it because if it did our government would have been all over this idea decades ago.

It doesn't directly have oil, but it's Economic Exclusion Zone does. And we really don't have a claim to that area, but Canada, one of our strongest allies, does. We've been trying to amp them up into making a fuss over it for years apparently. Canada doesn't care. And again, if Denmark, while broke as fuck from helping pay for their liberation in WWII and having what they couldn't hide away stolen by the Nazis didn't want to sell Greenland, they won't now.
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yunalenne10
08/17/19 12:02:44 AM
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Remember, Greenland is the real "ice" land. Iceland actually has more green.
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Skye Reynolds
08/17/19 12:04:11 AM
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Trump would go and fuck up our flag by making Greenland the 51st state.

<_<
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Crazyman93
08/17/19 12:30:42 AM
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Skye Reynolds posted...
Trump would go and fuck up our flag by making Greenland the 51st state.

<_<

Puerto Rico has a better claim to that honestly, or DC proper. Or allowing the northern most counties of California secede from California to be their own state. And the U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry has already designed a 51-star flag. It looks basically the same.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/US_flag_51_stars.svg

Also, the US AIH has said the flag never becomes obsolete. Most places with 50 star flags would likely keep using them until they weren't serviceable. Especially businesses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st_state
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brestugo
08/17/19 12:53:06 AM
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CrimsonRage posted...
doesn't greenland have too many "scary minorities" (inuit) for trump to want?

"They're sending their dogs, they're sending their sleds and some of them I'm sure are very fine people."
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brestugo
08/17/19 12:55:17 AM
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KStateKing17 posted...
So we have money to buy this whole island, but Flint pipes, Puerto Rico, and struggling citizens in general take a back seat?

+1
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Vita_Aeterna
08/17/19 12:55:59 AM
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I hope not. This is just Trump trying to play James K. Polk/ Thomas Jefferson.
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FL81
08/17/19 12:56:38 AM
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