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Denmark Offers to Buy U.S.

s_Hogg 7y ago
it would have to be relatively cheap given the amount of debt you'd have to take on as part of the transaction. Really dilutes the value of the equity. Edit: if anyone can work out a fair market value for, say, the lower 48 states I'd be more than happy to be shown to be wrong, though.
- jfnixon 7y ago
  The US sells debt all day long, so what's the problem? Maybe we could make Denmark a deal for a few large metropolitan areas, like Detroit and San Fran. Let's see how the famed Danish model works on a larger scale!
rocqua 7y ago
Is this real? Did a Danish spokesperson go rogue?
- dogecoinbase 7y ago
  No. Andy Borowitz writes satirical articles for the New Yorker.
  - rbrbr 7y ago
    I didn't find it satirical at all.
  - rocqua 7y ago
    Thanks, the story read like something from the onion, but I saw no indications of satire around the site.
    - unforeseen9991 7y ago
      The article referenced literally says "SATIRE FROM THE BOROWITZ REPORT" in capital red letters right above the title.
- duncans 7y ago
  > Andy Borowitz is a Times best-selling author and a comedian who has written for The New Yorker since 1998. He writes The Borowitz Report, a satirical column on the news
- aviraldg 7y ago
  “Satire from The Borowitz Report”
- ZeroGravitas 7y ago
  When I read the first story about Greenland, I thought it was this type of satire. I was thinking "this satire is so subtle, some people might actually believe this is real".
- doe88 7y ago
  As real as The Onion can be. In truth, sometimes even more than reality itself.
pontifier 7y ago
USexit?
dvduval 7y ago
I always appreciate a little humor sometimes. The Borowitz Report is always nice to check on every so often.
njharman 7y ago
This is so stupid. It's not like USA has never bought territory from other nations. Alaska, the Louisiana purchase. We've even bought territory from Denmark for FUCKS sakes. > Denmark sold the Danish Virgin Islands to the United States for $25 million in gold.
- ryanlol 7y ago
  I find it so weird that so many people seem to find the idea of buying Greenland to be somehow outrageous. It’s a horribly depressing island with like 50k people, the US could easily hand everyone a million bucks and a passport.
  - jarfil 7y ago
    It's kind of outrageous in the sense that the value of the resources that could be pulled out of it is many times higher than anything the US is willing to offer, and Denmark knows that.
  - Arnt 7y ago
    That's right, you could have said, "hey greenlanders, if you'll join the US we'll give each of you a million dollars and a passport". But that's not what you did and you're judged for what you actually did, not for what you hypothetically could.
    - ryanlol 7y ago
      Who's "you"? The US? Not me, anyway. >judged for what you actually did Which is what exactly? I don't think they actually got around to doing anything before it was leaked that they were discussing the idea.
- moksly 7y ago
  It’s true that’s America bought the Virgin Islands of us, but it was mainly because the offer at the time looked like this: “You can sell us the Virgin Islands for money, or we can take the Virgins Islands from you for free.” America has actually offered to buy Greenland of us before, at one point offering us part of Alaska as a trade. The thing is though, Greenland isn’t ours to sell. It’s not Denmark, it’s part of something we call rigsfælleskabet, and in there lies a clause stating that Greenland can become its own nation when it’s ready to do so.
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doe88 7y ago
Reading the title combined with the url I knew who the author was without having read it yet, it's gold. I absolutely love his reports. Maybe should have appended (Andy Borowitz) in the title though, would certainly have spared few bad reactions.
Gys 7y ago
Probably based on https://grapevine.is/news/2019/08/20/greenland-considering-buying-us-back/ https://grapevine.is/news/2019/08/20/greenland-considering-b... (also read the article footer)
wuschb 7y ago
Anyone think that the end game of trump buying Greenland is to turn it into a "Escape from New York" type of internment camp for Illegals?
a0-prw 7y ago
Speaking as a Danish citizen, I feel this was Trump's masterplan all along. It would be a terrible deal for Denmark ;)

it would have to be relatively cheap given the amount of debt you'd have to take on as part of the transaction. Really dilutes the value of the equity. Edit: if anyone can work out a fair market value for, say, the lower 48 states I'd be more than happy to be shown to be wrong, though.

jfnixon 7y ago
The US sells debt all day long, so what's the problem? Maybe we could make Denmark a deal for a few large metropolitan areas, like Detroit and San Fran. Let's see how the famed Danish model works on a larger scale!

rocqua 7y ago

Is this real? Did a Danish spokesperson go rogue?

dogecoinbase 7y ago
No. Andy Borowitz writes satirical articles for the New Yorker.
- rbrbr 7y ago
  I didn't find it satirical at all.
- rocqua 7y ago
  Thanks, the story read like something from the onion, but I saw no indications of satire around the site.
  - unforeseen9991 7y ago
    The article referenced literally says "SATIRE FROM THE BOROWITZ REPORT" in capital red letters right above the title.
duncans 7y ago
> Andy Borowitz is a Times best-selling author and a comedian who has written for The New Yorker since 1998. He writes The Borowitz Report, a satirical column on the news
aviraldg 7y ago
“Satire from The Borowitz Report”
ZeroGravitas 7y ago
When I read the first story about Greenland, I thought it was this type of satire. I was thinking "this satire is so subtle, some people might actually believe this is real".
doe88 7y ago
As real as The Onion can be. In truth, sometimes even more than reality itself.

pontifier 7y ago

USexit?

dvduval 7y ago

I always appreciate a little humor sometimes. The Borowitz Report is always nice to check on every so often.

njharman 7y ago

This is so stupid. It's not like USA has never bought territory from other nations. Alaska, the Louisiana purchase. We've even bought territory from Denmark for FUCKS sakes. > Denmark sold the Danish Virgin Islands to the United States for $25 million in gold.

ryanlol 7y ago
I find it so weird that so many people seem to find the idea of buying Greenland to be somehow outrageous. It’s a horribly depressing island with like 50k people, the US could easily hand everyone a million bucks and a passport.
- jarfil 7y ago
  It's kind of outrageous in the sense that the value of the resources that could be pulled out of it is many times higher than anything the US is willing to offer, and Denmark knows that.
- Arnt 7y ago
  That's right, you could have said, "hey greenlanders, if you'll join the US we'll give each of you a million dollars and a passport". But that's not what you did and you're judged for what you actually did, not for what you hypothetically could.
  - ryanlol 7y ago
    Who's "you"? The US? Not me, anyway. >judged for what you actually did Which is what exactly? I don't think they actually got around to doing anything before it was leaked that they were discussing the idea.
moksly 7y ago
It’s true that’s America bought the Virgin Islands of us, but it was mainly because the offer at the time looked like this: “You can sell us the Virgin Islands for money, or we can take the Virgins Islands from you for free.” America has actually offered to buy Greenland of us before, at one point offering us part of Alaska as a trade. The thing is though, Greenland isn’t ours to sell. It’s not Denmark, it’s part of something we call rigsfælleskabet, and in there lies a clause stating that Greenland can become its own nation when it’s ready to do so.

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doe88 7y ago

Reading the title combined with the url I knew who the author was without having read it yet, it's gold. I absolutely love his reports. Maybe should have appended (Andy Borowitz) in the title though, would certainly have spared few bad reactions.

Gys 7y ago

Probably based on https://grapevine.is/news/2019/08/20/greenland-considering-buying-us-back/ https://grapevine.is/news/2019/08/20/greenland-considering-b... (also read the article footer)

wuschb 7y ago

Anyone think that the end game of trump buying Greenland is to turn it into a "Escape from New York" type of internment camp for Illegals?

a0-prw 7y ago

Speaking as a Danish citizen, I feel this was Trump's masterplan all along. It would be a terrible deal for Denmark ;)