https://www.trtworld.com/europe/trump-jr-bribed-poor-residents-to-back-fathers-plan-to-buy-greenland-18252198Denmark's public broadcaster says Donald Trump's oldest son, who recently visited the mineral-rich Danish territory, bribed poor Greenlanders to show support for his father’s plan to annex the autonomous territory.The eldest son of US President-elect Donald Trump bribed poor Greenlanders to show support for his father's plans to annex the territory, the Danish public broadcaster has reported.Several sources said a portion of the people who appeared in a video by Trump's campaign team that was recorded at a restaurant in the capital city of Nuuk, and pictures on social media, are homeless and socially disadvantaged, DR said on Thursday.Trump's office did not return calls by the broadcaster to comment on, but his local supporters rejected the accusations."That some poor and socially disadvantaged people attended the dinner at the restaurant doesn’t mean they were bribed," said Jorgen Boassen, who called himself the biggest fan of Trump in Greenland."People are free to express their opinion whether they oppose or support Trump's plans," he added.Trump reignited his contentious proposal on Monday on his Truth Social platform."Greenland is an incredible place, and the people will benefit tremendously if, and when, it becomes part of our Nation. We will protect it, and cherish it, from a very vicious outside World. MAKE GREENLAND GREAT AGAIN!" he wrote.Trump's son, Don Jr, visited Greenland on Tuesday in a private capacity. A meeting between government leader Mute Egede and King Frederik was cancelled for scheduling reasons, according to Egede and the Danish palace.Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen attributed the timing of the investment to coincidence, but the announcement followed Trump's renewed interest in the region.
Meanwhile, a senior Greenland politician called Trump Jr.'s visit as "staged," and warned the US not to "invade us" given its historical treatment of Alaska's Indigenous people.Pipaluk Lynge, an MP from Greenland's largest party and chair of the parliamentary foreign and security policy committee, told POLITICO that Greenland wants "our own independence and democracy," not to be beholden to the US.'Greenland is not for sale'Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday that the future of Greenland would be decided by Greenland, and called the United States Denmark’s most important ally. "Greenland is not for sale," Frederiksen said, adding that "we need to stay calm and stick to our principles."The world's largest island, Greenland sits between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans and is 80 percent covered by an ice sheet. The autonomous territory has some 56,000 residents, most of them Indigenous Inuit people.Greenland's Prime Minister Egede has called for independence from Denmark, saying in a New Year's speech that it would be a way for Greenland to free itself from its colonial past. But Egede has also said he has no interest in Greenland becoming part of the United States, insisting that the island is not for sale.Independence has become a key issue ahead of an election for the Greenlandic parliament. A date hasn't been set, but it must take place no later than April 6.Aaja Chemnitz, a Greenlandic member of the Danish parliament, told the AP news agency she has no interest in Greenland becoming part of the US and said she hears the same sentiment from her constituents."Most people don't want it," she said. "I think some people find it quite disrespectful. And the way it has been done, and just the fact that you’re saying that you can buy another country."
A former colony of Denmark, Greenland in 1979 gained self-rule, which is exercises through its parliament. Copenhagen still exercises control over Greenland’s foreign and defence policy. A treaty with the United States, with the US base, also gives Washington say over the territory's defence.Denmark recently announced plans to increase defence spending on the island.
why the heck does trump want frost land, is he trying to build his freeze camps there instead of where they burn people alive they get turned into popsickles and fed mooses
>>1373528China is trying to buy denmark.Denmark is important to securing our national security. Also snowpussy.
>>1373528First, there are homeless people in Greenland?! 2nd, Greenland is covered in metres of ice, but melting rapidly and desalinising desalinizing desalting the Atlantic ocean and raising water levels .And the natural resources will be easier to access. The arctic are suppose to be off limits to oil drilling.
>>1373536Iceland is stone lavaland, and Greenland was Iceland, but soon really will be Green-nd? Global warming has me more confused than gender pronouns
>>1373534And I'm sure threatening to annex them will make them so much less willing to do work with the other side of the pond.
>>1373519>MAKE GREENLAND GREAT AGAIN!" he wrote.casually ignoring everything else he couldn't do but said he would.>>1373528>why the heck does trump want frost landIn a word: China.To add some more detail and context, after losing on several rounds of tit-for-tat tarrifs it's going to get very expensive (for you) to keep producing 21'st century technologies. It's cheaper to buy greenland.>>1373536>The arctic are suppose to be off limits to oil drilling.Aint oil. Any civilised country already hit peak oil and dependance on will plummet steadily from this point onwards everywhere else where progress is a factor. I suppose trump is thick as pigshit, but even he should know there's no future in oil.
A brief history of US attempts to buy Greenland from Denmark:1867: President Grant offered $5.5 million in gold for the island if they threw in the Danish West Indies. This was shortly after the US purchased Alaska from Russia. This was close to being finalized except the US Congress balked at the West Indies treaty.In 1910, President Taft discussed it but never came up with a specific offer.We came close again in 1946, when President Truman offered $100 million in gold. We had already used the island during WWII to defend Atlantic shipping lanes. We were also in discussions to purchase Iceland. We were turned down again.In 1975, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller discussed buying Greenland specifically for the mineral rights, but never came up with a specific figure.So we've been using the Monroe Doctrine for 150 years to try to buy Greenland, but no one made a big deal about it until Trump revived the idea.
>>1373544The last time was 1975 (read: literally 50 years ago) and none of them also had threats of military intervention like how Trump's doing. Not to mention they were all reaching out through proper official channels instead of doing retarded stunts like flying over there to hire a bunch of homeless people to pretend they'd love to be annexed.
>>1373545>none of them also had threats of military interventionFrom 1958-1966, the US dug a series of tunnels under the ice near Thule to hide nuclear Trident missiles aimed at Russia, as part of Project Iceworm. Denmark didn't find out about it until 1996.Try harder. We've been dicking around there for awhile now.
>>1373545History of Thule AB:The town of Qaanaaq was established in the winter of 1953 when the United States expanded Pituffik Space Base and forcibly relocated the population of Pituffik and Dundas 31 km (19 mi) to the north within four days. The settlement was subsequently moved another 100 km (62 mi) to the north.
>>1373547So a military operation in secret, that we then had to keep secret for 30 years, that didn't even involve actually seizing Greenland itself. Oh, and Denmark was actually pretty fucking pissed about it, and were correct to because there's nuclear waste leftover that's effectively an environmental ticking timebomb in the ice.
>>1373548The US dicks around all over the fucking earth. The problem is, this is because Denmark lets us. You retards clearly don't understand the difference between singular installations and a full fledged annexation that would likely provoke an international conflict with the EU.God remember when Trump initially brought shit like this up and Repubs were like "ha, he's only saying that to rile up the lamestream media", and now you're backflipping to defend how it's actually a good idea and not a joke at all?
>>1373545>all reaching out through proper official channels instead of doing retarded stuntsLike docile media.
>>1373549So Trump used Obama's time machine to do that? Holy shit.My point stands - no one made any fuss about this until Trump suggested it.
>>1373550Not a backflip on my part. Just a little simple research into the subject. Greenland possesses 8% of the world's fresh water and plenty of mineral rights and natural gas as well. Again, the US has been trying to buy the place for over 150 years. It is not a new idea unless you are maybe 12 years old. Are you 12 years old?
>>1373552The last time we made any actual offers on Greenland was 50 fucking years ago anon. No one made any fuss about it because their grandparents were the only ones who remembered it. Project Iceworm got filed under "Wow, look at all those fucked up shenanigans we got up to during the cold war".
>>1373554Okay, so confirmed 12 year old boy. >50 years ago>grandparents
>>1373555>70-80 year old anon
>>1373556you must be 18 or older to use this site.
>>1373553We tried for 100 years, and 50 years ago we realized it wasn't going to happen and finally stopped.If it's so attractive why the fuck would Denmark ever give it up?
>>1373557>yeah remember back in 1975? No one raised any issues back then!Let's get you back to the nursing home grandpa.
>>1373557I'm over 18 (not who you was talking at).I don't remember 1975. I'm nt quite 50 yt. Close, but no. Closer to than not. Even my memories don't start until 2-3, they're few and fractured, the more solid ones from a few years later are distinctly absented politics (apart from a few major events). More folks granparents will recall that event. My perant woulda been teen when that happened, and unlikely to be paying attention to such.
>>1373560ask your parents if they remember Watergate. Even high schoolers paid attention to big events, same as they do now.
>>1373561But your attempts to buy greenland wasn't a 'bit event'. It's only such now because folk talking about conquest.
>>1373562>'bit event'.*big eventI wasn't even alive then, and I know about watergate. Poor example.
>>1373561Watergate was a big event. A casual "hey we'll pay for Greenland" that was responded to with a "No." is a bit headline.
>>1373519>TrtworldGet the fuck out of her
Is there a provision in the Danish government that would consider taking a bribe like this to be tantamount to treason?I dunno, I suppose the nearest analogue would be like if Russia was trying to bribe the people of Anchorage, Alaska to join back up with Russia. I guess that'd be seditious.
>>1373566Standards have fallen
>>1373542Greenland may have much rare earths.
>>1373658https://www.npr.org/2019/11/24/781598549/greenland-is-not-for-sale-but-it-has-the-rare-earth-minerals-america-wants and chyyNa can take its rare earths and eat them
>>1373528It's another big gaudy thing that he didn't pay for and will put his name on. Just like his casino, hotel, helicopter, plane, buildings, bibles, shoes, watches, colleges, steaks, stock ticker, digital trading cards, and attempted border wall. Keep up.
>>1373659No. It's got the rare earths you *need*. If you don't get 'em, you aint building 21'st century tech. Most critically, gallium.You getting them from china you fucked yourself in the arse on that. Then went back and fucked yourselves harder. And then for good measure, you added sandpaper and did it again. With a few more times planned for steadily increasing girth..It's now cheaper to buy a country that isn't for sale.
>>1373742you should be this character who doesn't pretend to be american more often
>>1373743Um. Whut?This isn't a 'character'. It's just me. *All* my posts are like this.I've *never* pretended to be an american. I find the insunuation quite insulting. All my posts clearly demonstrate the capacity for thought.
>>1373662he should just conquer antartica and adopt an emperor penguin to name trump.
Just imagining if we hadnever bought Alaska from Russia and Trump suggested buying Alaska and everyone lost their shit. That is exactly the way it is with Greenland. We came this close to owning it in 1867.It's not Greenland ... it's everyone's knee-jerk reaction to Trump
>>1373875We could name it AntAmerica, just like in the Bible.
>>1373528Trump doesn't want it, Peter Thiel does, and he wants it because he wants to create his own private nation state.
>>1373917Nothing's wrong with America wanting to buy Greenland. The problem is that Denmark doesn't want to sell.
>>1373942America doesn't want to. Donald J Trump wants to. A big land mass that will forever have his name tied to it. That's all.
>trtworld.comlol
>>1373944Popular vote, loser.
>>1374025What point were you trying to make?
