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Posted on 01/19/2026 8:05:23 AM PST by Mariner
President Trump may be overplaying his hand in negotiations for Greenland, economists are warning, after the Oval Office threatened new tariffs on E.U. countries if they did not support America’s demand to purchase the territory.
Over the weekend, President Trump posted on Truth Social (a site he owns) that “starting on February 1st, 2026, … Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Finland, will be charged a 10% tariff on any and all goods sent to the United States of America.
“On June 1st, 2026, the tariff will be increased to 25%. This tariff will be due and payable until such time as a deal is reached for the complete and total purchase of Greenland.”
President Trump believes the U.S. needs to buy the territory (which is not for sale) for national security reasons, claiming China and Russia also want to control the region. He argues that Denmark, of which Greenland is a self-governing, autonomous part of the kingdom, does not have the ability to defend the land.
Trump’s request to purchase land under the jurisdiction of another nation has not gone down well with the Western world. While the U.S. may be the biggest economy on the planet, patience is wearing thin among its allies, after a year of barbed back-and-forths over tariffs and military spending.
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I wonder what the Euro would be worth if the US withdraws from NATO?
They would be clamoring for the safety of US Treasuries.
I think Trump could have gotten a deal for Greenland, with an altogether different approach, from the beginning.
However, what Trump can simply ask the EU and Denmark specifically - what have you ever invested in Greenland???
From the Conservative Treehouse:
“Denmark spends $3.2 billion a year on Greenland’s 53,000...[mainly] Inuit Eskimo population for food, shelter and medical services.”
That’s $32 billion over a decade for about half the number of people in Somalistan West.
Loving it. Disband NATO. If your money’s in T Bills, you’ll be raking in 35%-45% interest rates.
“The Treaty of Versailles (signed in 1919) and the 1921 London Schedule of Payments required the Central Powers to pay 132 billion gold marks (US$33 billion at the time which is $605 billion in 2025) in reparations to cover civilian damage caused during the war.”
“This figure was divided into three categories of bonds: A, B, and C. Of these, Germany was required to pay towards ‘A’ and ‘B’ bonds totaling 50 billion marks (US$12.5 billion) unconditionally. The payment of the remaining ‘C’ bonds was interest-free and without any specific schedule for payment, instead being contingent on the Weimar Republic’s eventual ability to pay, as was to be assessed at some future point by an Allied committee.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_reparations
Gold went from $20/ounce to ~$4,000/ounce.
So that $33 billion would be $6.6 trillion. The US has about four times as many citizens as Weimar Germany, so quadruple the $6.6 trillion to ~$27 trillion.
Our national debt is larger on a per capita basis than the German war reparation debt imposed.
“I think Trump could have gotten a deal for Greenland, with an altogether different approach, from the beginning.”
I agree. I understand the urgency, but he has enough on his plate. Put this on the back burner, and get some of these other things settled first.
The federal debt is ~$400,000/American citizen full-time worker.
What do you think is ‘affordable’ when it comes to a house, Mr. & Mrs. Young?
$300,000, tops!
The $300,000 isn’t enough to secure Mr. & Mrs. Young’s $800,000 share of the federal debt.
You might say there’s stock market value to secure the federal debt. That would need to be about $500,000 for Mr. & Mrs. Young and their kiddies. That’s $500,000 after state and federal corporate tax is paid. Yup, $500,000 profit, after tax, just from one American citizen family.
What about the migrants? They can bolt.
I believe it is 3.2 billion DKK, not US Dollars. US dollars would be about 511 million equivalent.
When you owe the bank $10,000 you don’t sleep at night.
When you owe the bank billions, THEY don’t sleep at night.
The cure for our situation is tough times..................
“I think Trump could have gotten a deal for Greenland, with an altogether different approach, from the beginning.”
I think Trump has been trying. He first tried to make it about economics and ‘rare earths’. Greenland probably won’t be a giant producing resource for this because of environmental consequences and the environment itself. Trump is just being more honest now about Greenland, it’s about North Atlantic Security, and has been from the get go. Denmark puts nothing really into Greenland, but the territorial holding is an important ‘symbol’ of past exploration.
It is always surprising when people think they know more about dealmaking than Trump.
He's using the approach he's using because he has already assessed the situation and has sized up the strengths and weaknesses of those with whom he will have to negotiate. This is his opening gambit.
We on the outside have no idea of what the lay of the land actually is in this situation. He does because this is his wheelhouse.
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Ever wonder why the US dollar is rapidly depreciating and precious metals are soaring? You have over $45 trillion in government debt. Over $30 trillion in unfunded liabilities and commitments, a political infrastructure that despite rhetoric accumulates ever more debt with every “funding” bill. A strange fascination with non productive socialism, policies, regulationsand regressive taxation that discourage free enterprise and productivity and a political subclass that palpably hates America. “Sound as a dollar” is now a punchline to a joke.
;^)
I and my source were wrong. My apologies.
“Using the 2025 budgeted grant of DKK 4.45 billion and the exchange rate published by Statistics Greenland (about DKK 6.92 per U.S. dollar in early 2024), the annual backfill comes out to roughly $640 million per year.”
“GDP is listed at DKK 15.741 billion for 2021 (preliminary). The 2022 budget shows income of DKK 13.5 billion and expenditure of DKK 12.8 billion, including DKK 1.1 billion in capital spending. In other words, the public balance sheet is not a side story. It is the story.”
https://spreadsheetpoint.com/us-considers-greenland-acquisition-options/
This is mostly just a daily “let’s hate Trump” story but I don’t think Trump has handled the Greenland situation very well.
“If your money’s in T Bills, you’ll be raking in 35%-45% interest rates.”
We’ll never see that. Never.
There would be debt repudiation and regime change first.
T Bills are the very foundation of the world’s economy.
Wonderful technology, but it doesn’t do a damned thing about the tailings. Things just don’t grow well in cold environments, making remediation very difficult.
Greenland’s principal living resource is fishing. Failure to control mine tailings would be very destructive to the fishing industry.
Trump’s request to purchase land under the jurisdiction of another nation has not gone down well with the Western world.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
There’s the lie.
A statement based on TDS media push polls.
The ordinary folks of Greenland, Canada and the USA are all for it.
Prosperity for ALL, including the nation of Denmark.
1) Denmark-USA no tariffs, free trade
2) Independence for Greenland
3) Expanded economy of Greenland based on US military infrastructure creation.
4) rejuvenated fisheries
5) Developed mining and exploration
6) increased tourism
7) Increased birth rate among native Greenlanders.
Meanwhile the jerk off NWO socialists want to prevent any prosperity unless it is for the ruling socialist class of Europe.The socialist are now realizing they can no longer exercise such control.They are making a BIG stink. ( Who cares?)
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