Some people here are arguing that the US got suckered out in this deal, made to provide for "European security" in exchange of nothing.You are wrong.What does it mean to own a territory? The right to move troops and defend it is one of the most common answers to that question throughout human history. When a foreign entity is allowed to move troops without restrictions through land, historians always refer to that as being "owned", "colonized", or "occupied". It's the part that matters, really.If you really have any doubts, the conclusive piece of evidence is on the fact that this deal is explicitly stated to be forever. It's not a temporary measure or a lease. Denmark has signed over the soveregnty of Denmark with nothing in return. In any other period in human history, this even would be classified as an "unconditional surrender". The only reason why Trump isn't declaring ownership of Greenland is because the Danes preferred to save face rather than be paid.In the future, when the US ever feels like it, they can just plant the US flag in Greenland and say it is theirs. Because their troops are already legally stationed there, it would immediately become fait accompli, and Europeans won't need to do any of the performative putting down their feet by sending half a dozen troops into the island.Greenlanders are being allowed to retain their European passports and the semblance of appearance that nothing has changed, while the US is the one who gets to have a say on who can or can't enter or do business in the island. In terms of rights, they are even lower than Puerto Rico because they aren't citizens and can't vote for president.
imagine reading that
the eurotards are absolutely seething about this lol
so much text post it in tiktok dance
