{"id":1343000,"date":"2026-01-11T10:05:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T08:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/geopolitical-barter-can-trump-buy-greenland\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T10:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T08:05:40","slug":"geopolitical-barter-can-trump-buy-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/geopolitical-barter-can-trump-buy-greenland\/","title":{"rendered":"Geopolitical barter: can Trump buy Greenland?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When the story of the acquisition of Greenland was just beginning, I wrote a semi-serious post last spring about how the only way for the US to buy Greenland was to buy the Greenlanders themselves.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Having an idea of how elections sometimes take place in post-Soviet politics, I drew an analogy and suggested that, given Greenland’s small population, it would be more rational for Trump to bribe each resident with various programs and grants, rather than buying the entire island at once.<\/p>\n

There are only 60,000 Greenlanders on the island. This is less than, for example, in the city of Irpin, near Kyiv. But the territory of Greenland is like France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, and Belgium combined.<\/p>\n

But most importantly, the island’s population has no special sentiments towards Denmark. They don’t have much love for the US either, but in Trump’s logic, love can come through money…<\/p>\n\n

And now, as Reuters writes, bribing Greenlanders is being seriously discussed in the White House.<\/p>\n

What I was wrong about a year ago was the amounts. It seemed to me that Trump wouldn’t mind giving everyone an amount with six zeros. But Reuters writes about $10,000 and a maximum of $100,000. It seems a bit small, considering the scale of the deal! But maybe this is just the beginning of the bargaining.<\/p>\n

But the scale of the negotiations has now surpassed all wildest assumptions. Politico writes that the EU is ready for serious concessions from the US regarding Greenland in exchange for clear security guarantees for Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Well, no one would have guessed such a bargain a year ago. Even the biggest cynics of the past would probably blush with shame now if they looked at the current geopolitical bargain.<\/p>\n

But everything is possible now. Trump would win the Congressional elections with such an exchange. For him, the option of political purchase is definitely better than a dubious military operation against allies. But the EU would also gain peace and quiet again, and it is clear WHAT Ukraine would gain from this. But what Denmark would suffer for is completely unclear. Probably, the entire West would be forever indebted to it for this sacrifice, like the land of a collective farm.<\/p>\n\t\t