GOLD RUSH- Diamonds i mean- and rubies and other valuable gems-
A territory, just like the Virgin Islands became after we bought them from the Danish.
They do not have enough population to make a state.
They would be best served with the same deal as Puerto Rico.
Self government under the Constitution, no income taxes, full US citizenship.
Hey, we got Hawaii..
These pieces are "routes"...they're important.
I think Greenlanders are happy with their life of fishing and hunting....my hubby would have loved that...
I'm not sure of the possibility of other economies growing...minerals...I doubt if anyone really...for sure...knows what's there.
The only way anything will happen will be while Trump is President.
So hang on...we're in for a ride.....And Trump is right....we need Greenland as a strategic entity.
Don’t fret over things that are not going to happen.
While you are distracted by the actions of the left hand,
the right hand is doing something else.
Probably a ploy to wring some concessions out of the Danes and Greenlanders.
No it won’t be a state. A territory maybe. You can’t make a state out of just 67,000 people. Smiles
Ask Alaska how it became a state. Lots of stationed military helped to ensure passage.
Make it part of Texas.
Greenland is never becoming a state. Territory at most.
On a related note, here’s a nice picture of the Danish navy sortieing to practice defending Greenland from the Russians.
https://x.com/MccaryMartin/status/2010010481495552121
Requires X account, which you should have.
A state implies 2 US senators - to represent 55,000 people. Nope - it can become a US territory.
It would be a great tourist destination for folks who want to look at barren landscapes filled with rocks.
Do states have to be contiguous? They could merge with Alaska.
Greenland is NOT EVER going to be a state!! A territory maybe.
Then you give two senate seats to about 5000 people.
Would make a great state.
Offer the Olympic committee to make it the permanent host of the Winter Olympics.
If the Danish and the Greenish (Greenlanders) were to give the matter some thought, they would seek out a mutual relationship with the USA so that the Russian and/or Chinese don't end up ruling them.
Not a takeover.
An space-sharing arrangement.
Maybe enough fishermen, miners, oil field roughnecks, and other red blooded Americans would move into Greenland by the time the issue of statehood even comes up...
Yes, I live in Minneapolis:
a. I want to get out
b. It’s too warm here. It should be sub-zero and the ice on Meicine Lake should be 18” thick.
c. 20 degrees and I don’t even need a coat.