https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/01/08/an-american-purchase-of-greenland-could-be-the-deal-of-the-century

Acquiring all of Greenland is Trump’s opening A/B test gambit. More feasible is the US acquires at least enough to set up a base and makes an agreement to defend and secure the whole island, exclusively.

@MichaelMahemoff the people of Greenland are unlikely to choose to cede parts of their territory to a foreign power for "protection". Denmark is unlikely to choose to cede parts of Greenland while it holds sovereignty, mobster tactics are even less likely to work on them.

@MalachiteEagle can offer $500k per resident or something. I don’t think it’s that complicated

@LeeBressler would you be willing to sell the US to China if the CCP gave you 500k?

@LeeBressler and again, any deal right now requires the consent of Denmark, who has sovereignty

@MalachiteEagle The US has a way different value than Greenland.

@DevonFritz that's missing the point. The "value" is irrelevant to the people of Greenland because not everything is about money. Countries are not more special than other countries.

@MalachiteEagle I strongly disagree. Being a citizen of the US and a citizen of Greenland carry wayyyy different values. Do you believe people form both countries are equally likely to take an e.g. $1 mil buyout?

@DevonFritz you are completely missing the point 🤣

@MalachiteEagle If you say so!

I'm trading on the possibility that US buys a parcel for a military purposes. Seems like a useful place for missile interceptors, ports, airbases, radars, etc.

@Manifold pls sweepify

@LeeBressler The timeline is a bit long for what we normally sweepify. Will consider if there is some variant that makes sense and doesn't risk ambiguous scenarios emerging.

@Manifold would it make more sense to create a new market with an expiration that is sooner? It’s tricky because I tied the duration of the market to Trump’s term…

Y'all smoking crack

Why would Denmark sell it 🤣🤣

Denmark should announce that they're considering auctioning it off to China just for kicks

@MalachiteEagle it is a burden for them. Denmark spends a fortune on subsidies

@LeeBressler that is nothing compared to the value of Greenland. China, for example, would be willing to pay trillions for it.

@LeeBressler Would you auction off your own family members if they became a financial burden? There are lots of emotional reasons to not sell it.

Arb