| The Danish position here is actually quite incomprehensible. They have not been good stewards, and in fact they seem to despise the actual inhabitants of Greenland. (All ~50k of them.) See, e.g., this forced eugenics campaign: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_case Life expectancy in Greenland is extremely low, at 70.06 years (average) -- 68.09 years for males. This is poor even by third-world standards. Similarly frosty Iceland has a life expectancy of nearly 83 years, and similarly colonized French Polynesia is at 84. Pointedly, the Danish have made no effort to actually settle Greenland or utilize the resources everybody keeps talking about. It's not well-run, not well utilized, and really the Danes ought to be ashamed of the state of things. At the same time, they're throwing billions of dollars into Greenland-oriented subsidies and military spending, all of which serves no obvious Danish interest. They ought to cut it loose. And then if the US wants to make the free and sovereign inhabitants an offer -- which could be quite generous -- I think it may very well benefit all involved. The media's portrayal of Trump's offer makes him look bad, but, as things stand, it's truly the Danes who come off seeming schizo and vaguely evil. |
On that note, I read a satire news article that Denmark was offering to buy the US without the government so they can bring education and good healthcare to the US.