Reported Details Of Trump's Official Greenland Takeover Plan Are A Head-Scratcher
The United States will bombard Greenland with a PR campaign in an attempt to annex the island, insiders told The New York Times on Thursday.
Despite Trump's veiled threats of military action, an official policy being forged includes wooing Greenland with kinship.
A source briefed on the matter told the Times that Trump's braintrust has begun formulating advertising and social media outreach efforts ― one of which is to pitch the link between the Inuit people of Alaska and the Inuit residents of Greenland. The latter migrated from Alaska in the 1300s.
The newspaper called it 'an unlikely appeal to Greenlanders' shared heritage.'
Trump's advisers on the matter never seriously considered force, an official said.
The Washington Post previously reported that part of the charm offensive is to 'offer a sweeter deal' to the semiautonomous Danish territory's government than Denmark has. That would include allocating more than the $600 million a year provided to the island by Denmark for services. According to the Times, one of the options is to offer each Greenlander $10,000 a year as part of the terms of an American takeover.
Trump has talked up Greenland as a security buffer and has told Greenlanders that U.S. control could make them 'rich.'
But Danish and local leaders have pushed back hard at any talk of annexation.
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