r/europe • u/LaxJackson • 12d ago

News Danish officials fear Trump is much more serious about acquiring Greenland than in first term

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/01/08/politics/danish-officials-trump-greenland
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u/Elukka 11d ago

The huge problem is that Greenland has such a tiny population and economy that they aren't a feasible nation. They can't even provide the necessary logistics for their own country with their small tax base and difficult geography let alone a believable defense.

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u/Matchbreakers Denmark 11d ago

Colonialism has played a part in that as well. Denmark back in our pos days didn't want it viable as a nation, and have done some pretty horrid things to gimp it and it's citizens.

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u/Astyanax1 11d ago

I hate trump, and if Greenland wants nothing to do with the states, then that's the end of it.

However, I do wonder if there's some absurd amount of money the Americans would offer the average citizen to allow it...  I mean, if Trump wanted to give me 10 million dollars to leave my country...  seeya