Those are fair points. Greenlanders who want independence generally want to remain a NATO member nation. The main issue is that they’ll face political and economic pressure from the US. They have the population of Manhattan… Kansas! I don’t see how they have a chance in hell at remaining sovereign if the US approaches them. It’s one thing to have social welfare from a nation you have contentious relations with, another to be promised millions by US megacorporations and Congress.
One thing to also keep in mind, Trump is a four year thing. And this is a Trump thing, not a US thing, and probably not even a Republican thing.
I’m pretty sure this is just another one of the crazy-ass negotiation tactics from Trump. He throws a bunch of shit on the wall and maybe some of it will stick.
Those are fair points. Greenlanders who want independence generally want to remain a NATO member nation. The main issue is that they’ll face political and economic pressure from the US. They have the population of Manhattan… Kansas! I don’t see how they have a chance in hell at remaining sovereign if the US approaches them. It’s one thing to have social welfare from a nation you have contentious relations with, another to be promised millions by US megacorporations and Congress.
One thing to also keep in mind, Trump is a four year thing. And this is a Trump thing, not a US thing, and probably not even a Republican thing.
I’m pretty sure this is just another one of the crazy-ass negotiation tactics from Trump. He throws a bunch of shit on the wall and maybe some of it will stick.
Maybe. But then again, I saw many “Trump things” become Biden and bipartisan things, from tariffs on China to Golan Heights annexation.