The COMMENWEALTH/STATE OF GREENLAND

During the Cold War, the United states developed a geopolitical interest in Greenland, and therefore in 1946, the United States offered to buy Greenland from Denmark for $100,000,000, but Denmark did not agree to sell. what if Denmark agreed to sell Greenland?
 
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Statehood is highly unlikely given the miniscule population and tax base. Rather, I suspect that had Greenland become US territory, it would be a closer-to-home version of Guam or American Samoa. With the Cold War now apparently over, it wouldn't surprise me if there were some sort of move to transfer Greenland to Canada one way or the other: geographically, it would make sense; politically, there are few enough locals to make sufficient noise that it would really draw much attention--and in any event, whichever federal government had nominal suzerainty over the island would likely let the locals pretty much look after themselves with minimal intervention. Assuming that Greenland would pass from the US to Canada, I suspect it would be attached to Nunavit, or possibly to Newfoundland and Labrador if there were enough sentiment to join an actual province rather than a territory. Not a chance it would get attached to Quebec since there's next to nothing in common there.
 
Statehood is highly unlikely given the miniscule population and tax base. Rather, I suspect that had Greenland become US territory, it would be a closer-to-home version of Guam or American Samoa.

Yeah. Likewise there would have been a heavy U.S. military presence...which would have caused the population to grow.
 
yea, it makes sense that greenland will be us territory but why would it be given eventuely to Canada?
 
yea, it makes sense that greenland will be us territory but why would it be given eventuely to Canada?

Inertia would keep Greenland part of the U.S., if nothing else. It would cut costs for military bases there, because we wouldn't be paying rent to Denmark. Other than the probable increase in the American enviornmental movement on the island, and maybe as a campain issue or two, I don't see a big change.
 
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