r/Republican • u/vurbil • 7d ago
Trump Doesn't Really Want Greenland Discussion
Trump keeps bringing up buying Greenland for some reason other than actually wanting to buy Greenland. How do I know? Because if he actually wanted to acquire Greenland, these public pronouncements are the last thing you'd do.
What you'd actually do is:
Start developing a relationship with the natives. Economic projects, etc.
Negotiate for some large American project on the island that requires a ton of labor. A large construction project of some sort. Then recruit your most ardent supporters for the job and offer massive incentives for them to stay in Greenland.
Continue to offer massive economic incentives for Americans to go to Greenland, such as mining rare earth minerals.
Once the population of Americans on Greenland exceeds the native population, then and only then do you start quietly planting the idea of annexation in the minds of the Americans in Greenland. You say nothing about it publicly at this point. It has to be an organic thing happening in Greenland.
Only once the situation is ripe and the whole thing has become a massive problem for Denmark, then you come out and start saying things like Greenland should have self-determination. Perhaps a referendum on Greenland's future should be held. And that's when you quietly--quietly--go to Denmark and offer them a deal to buy it.
Is this scenario wildly unrealistic? Perhaps. But it's a lot more realistic than just blurting out that you want someone's territory. That doesn't really go over too well in this world order that we've created. That's what leads me to believe that Trump has no real hope of acquiring Greenland. He is either putting this out there as the opening of a negotiation to get some kind of military basing or mining rights on Greenland, or he is throwing out flares to distract the media from what he really wants to do, or he is just bored waiting to take office and wants to troll.
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u/SiberianGnome 7d ago
Ah, I see what you’re arguing there.
The old way may work. But you’re also describing colonization and can also lead to “worldwide condemnation”
You’re literally arguing to send a bunch of Americans to live there and then when they outnumber the locals, to have them ask to be part of the US instead of Denmark.
Your method is slow, and it harms everyone except the US. You make Greenland a problem for Denmark, and you go against the will of the current local population by outnumbering them with transplants.
Alternatively, you could make an offer that is beneficial to Denmark, as well as an offer to the local population that benefits them.
Why not be upfront and transparent, rather than try to manipulate and deceive?