Reuters latest news: US President Trump is considering paying each Greenlandic person up to $100,000 to persuade them to leave Denmark and join the US.
Comment: This "money temptation" plan continues the imperialist tradition of the United States in the 19th century through "territorial transactions."
More concerning is that America's ambitions go beyond the surface demand for "sovereignty change." Through the previous "US-Denmark Defense Cooperation Agreement," the US has effectively controlled the military bases, rare earth development, and Arctic shipping route monitoring rights on Greenland. The current "financial proposal" seems to be a supplementary measure to consolidate control — using economic incentives to weaken the opposition from the autonomous government and avoid public pressure regarding "annexing an ally's territory." Denmark's ambiguous attitude, from initially "never selling the island" to later ceding military control, is under the real pressure of American military threats and tariff coercion.
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