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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/36161826

The Trump administration is reportedly considering giving about $10,000 to each Greenland resident as part of its plan to annex the territory

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250411133253/https://www.latintimes.com/trump-admin-considering-giving-10000-each-person-greenland-annex-island-580455


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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (3 children)

All other idiocy aside, this number is just so fucking offensive. 10k, really? That's it?

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[–] [email protected] 130 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Enough to barely cover your first ambulance ride.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 days ago

which you'll eventually need because you'll stop going to the doctor for anything less that being literally seconds away from death.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago

Will that even be enough in Greenland, unless you live around Nuuk?

This makes a good point - a country like Greenland without strong government and a strong security net would simply become uninhabitable for normal people.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It seems as though they can't understand why anyone wouldn't want to be American, which is kinda nutty.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Yeah, you'd have to pay me a lot more to even consider it, $10000 seems laughably low.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It is funny, people always seem to default to the lowest number of a big number they can think of when thinking of a big number.

"I want a hundred"

"I want a thousand"

"I want ten thousand"

"I want a hundred thousand"

"I want a million"


I realize that for Trump and the US ten thousand dollars is like throwing pennies at a poor person assuming they will be overwhelmed by seeing "ten thousand".

Same in movies, unless a guy is supposed to be super smart, they will only refer to money as:

  • 100
  • 500
  • 1000
  • 5000
  • 10000
  • 50000
  • 100000
  • 500000
  • 1000000
  • 5000000

They very seldom go, "I want 370000" unless there is a reason in the plot, never to just get more money.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Fuck you trump.

[–] [email protected] 111 points 3 days ago

Ohh, a promise from trump, the king of lies who famously never pays anyone.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

In this new era, these crooks will float an idead on the webs, then measure the response with AI fucking crawlers. I should just switch off wifi or something.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 days ago (2 children)

God this guy isn't gonna stop slobbing Putin's knob is he?

Just chill, Donnie. The markets can smell your fear.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I wonder if he would even know that Greenland exists if his handlers hadn’t pointed it out to him and said they want it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Imagine his surprise should he ever go there and see very little trees and grass

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