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My response is that Russia does not have $733 billion to throw at that project, but the US has $75 billion to do it in Greenland.
by bpodgursky 2y ago
My response is that Russia does not have $733 billion to throw at that project, but the US has $75 billion to do it in Greenland.
- cubefox 2y agoWhat if the population of Alaska was smaller?
- jlkuester7 2y agoThe pop of Alaska is not the relevant number here. Presumably the vote to transfer Alaska to Russia would have to be at the level of the whole country. (The question of whether a state can unilaterally leave the United States has come up in the past and was pretty violently settled.)
- cubefox 2y ago> The pop of Alaska is not the relevant number here. Presumably the vote to transfer Alaska to Russia would have to be at the level of the whole country. No. Nobody proposed a Greenland referendum where all Danes can vote. Greenland ≈ Alaska, Denmark ≈ USA.
- laserlight 2y agoNow that you've agreed that it's for sale, let's negotiate the price.