Trump administration considers buying Greenland -- by giving locals lump-sum checks

That buying Greenland headline comes from the Yahoo! News landing page.

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Source: Reuters

Exclusive-Trump administration mulls payments to sway Greenlanders to join US

By Gram Slattery
Thu, January 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM EST

Jan 8 (Reuters) - U.S. officials have discussed sending lump sum payments to Greenlanders as part of a bid to convince them to secede from Denmark and potentially join the United States, according to four sources familiar with the matter.

While the exact dollar figure and logistics of any payment are unclear, U.S. officials, including White House aides, have ​discussed figures ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 per person, said two of the sources, who requested anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

The idea of directly paying residents of Greenland, an overseas territory of Denmark, ‌offers one explanation of how the U.S. might attempt to "buy" the island of 57,000 people, despite authorities' insistence in Copenhagen and Nuuk that Greenland is not for sale.

The tactic is among various plans being discussed by the White House for acquiring Greenland, including ‌potential use of the U.S. military. But it risks coming off as overly transactional and even degrading to a population that has long debated its own independence and its economic dependence on Denmark.

"Enough is enough ... No more fantasies about annexation," ...

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Would the US be okay with China making a similar offer to residents of Guam or the Northern Mariana Islands?