{"id":104496,"date":"2026-01-08T13:50:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=104496"},"modified":"2026-01-08T13:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:40:29","slug":"u-s-officials-consider-payments-to-greenland-residents-amid-secession-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/u-s-officials-consider-payments-to-greenland-residents-amid-secession-talks\/104496\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. officials consider payments to Greenland residents amid secession talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&:has([data-writing-block])>*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:8a96c448-8822-43ec-a100-6b238ea97667-31\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-12\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"152743dd-f958-4193-8776-b0a08ccb37f3\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-mini\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"333\">U.S. officials have explored the idea of giving lump sum payments to Greenland residents to encourage them to leave Denmark and possibly join the United States, according to Reuters. Four sources familiar with the matter confirmed the discussions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"335\" data-end=\"572\">The payments under consideration could range from $10,000 to $100,000 per person. Two of the sources spoke on condition of anonymity because they were discussing internal deliberations. White House aides have taken part in these talks.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"752\">The plan shows one way the U.S. might try to influence Greenland\u2019s population, even though authorities in Denmark and Greenland have repeatedly said the island is not for sale.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"754\" data-end=\"915\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">This payment approach is part of a broader set of options the White House is reportedly considering, which could also involve the use of U.S. military resources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. officials have explored the idea of giving lump sum payments to Greenland residents to encourage them to leave Denmark\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":104497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[34809],"class_list":["post-104496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-greenland"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}