There is a whole 57,000 people or so there.
They’d be stupid to want to be in a Socialist wasteland
run by Denmark when they could have the status of a state in the USA.
2 Senators and one representative.
By elections of local governments
they can make a mess of themselves, just
like most USA states have.
That is called freedom.
They wouldn’t be a State. They’d be a Territory. Like, say, Guam. Only slightly bigger in land mass.
Wyoming is the least populated state in the U.S. According to
the 2020 census, Wyoming has a population of 576,851 people.
At 57,000 people or so I don’t think they would become a state
at this time, maybe later.
They would be a territory, not a state. They would need considerably more population to become a state.
Territorial status is very desirable. No income taxes.
Many Alaskans deplored becoming a state.
Not a State.
A territory.
We absolutely do not need two more Democrat Senators and one Democrat representative in perpetuity. Which is what "Greenland as a US State" would provide. For 57,000 people. That is even worse than "Puerto Rico as a US State", or "Washington DC as a State".
No, thanks.
Should the US purchase Greenland, it should be as a territory. Let them have home rule and otherwise leave them be.
You make a great argument but unfortunately there is a blocker.
The only way Greenland will take Donald Trump’s deal is if it comes with ironclad guarantees that they will get to keep the healthcare system they’ve got.
Not one single pregnant woman in Greenland or Denmark has ever been put in debt, let alone made bankrupt, as a result of a medical bill connected to their pregnancy.
If there is even a scintilla of suspicion that Greenland would have to adopt the American healthcare system, you could offer them $5 million dollars each and they’d still say it simply isn’t worth the risk.