Poking around in X today I came across a video showing a plane taking off from a snowy field, and a caption:

ALERT: In a bombshell revelation, top White House officials disclosed that the United States is finalizing a staggering $700 billion cash offer to buy Greenland outright from Denmark, plus $100,000 lump-sum payments to each of its ~57,000 residents—totaling nearly $706 billion.

Of course this is only an offer, it hasn’t been accepted. We don’t know if it will be.

And why is it so important to Trump that the USA acquires Greenland? Military bases, the northern passage, and minerals among other things.

From Grok:

“Greenland is the world’s largest island, strategically vital in the Arctic for military bases like the US’s Thule Air Base. It’s rich in rare earth minerals and potential oil/gas reserves. Amid climate change, its melting ice sheet affects sea levels and opens new shipping routes. Geopolitically, it’s key for countering influence from powers like China and Russia.”

But what got me wasn’t the acquisition offer itself. That’s normal. That’s business. Someone has something you want, you offer to buy it. And one country buying another isn’t unusual, it’s happened before.

I really stood out were the conments under the post.

“100k for Greenland citizens and we only get $2k?” seemed to be the loudest complaint.

Not “we are buying a country” but “when do I get mine?”

It’s in human nature I suppose, to seek out something to benifits us, but there is a distinct devide between those who look for long term gains, versus those who go for short term gains.

I asked Grok what acquiring Greenland would do for the average American :

“Acquiring Greenland could offer average Americans indirect benefits like enhanced national security through Arctic dominance, access to rare earth minerals reducing tech costs, potential job growth in mining and research, and better climate data for global warming strategies. However, direct everyday impacts might be minimal, with costs potentially outweighing immediate gains.”

Long term saftey versus that 100k price tag? It doesn’t stand a chance for many people these days.

This is a problem in modern society. The reason we laid highways across the USA, fiber optics, train tracks…. All of it stemmed from people who saw the future growth of society. Not just what they could get right then.

It also limits a person in their own life, as well as the lives of their children. If they cannot see beyond the short term gains then what legacy can they grow for their family?

Should we buy Greenland? Possibly. For security and military purposes it seems strategic. And I prefer buying a country over invasion like Russia has done.

I don’t know… What do you think about this?