While the exact dollar figure & logistics of any payment are unclear, #US ofcls, including #WhiteHouse aides, have discussed figures ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 per person, said 2 of the sources, who requested anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

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Another option would be to make a deal on #Greenland — a sale or lease, with expanded access to #mineral rights, & #US role in #security. In the event of a crisis, “the rest of #Europe will lean on #Denmark to make some kind of arrangement with the #US,” Rahman said.

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Whether its gaming or grasping, European leaders face unpalatable choices. One is to stick with the unified hard line that emerged in recent days, making clear that any move on #Greenland could trigger a response by European #allies — not against #Russia or #China but, unthinkably, against the #UnitedStates.

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@Nonilex

Let me very blunt here:

I have absolutely *no* sympathy for Europe, the EU, or NATO

Trump has been on the International stage for 15-20 years?

Trump should be a known quantity:

he is a profoundly disturbed, acute narcissist *and* a serial, pathological liar

Trump's BFFs are Putin and the kleptocrats of Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Middle East

This should be nothing new to any adult European leader

Instead they've been playing footsy with Trump, trying to pretend that if they just let him have his way a little, he'll go away and leave them alone

Didn't work, and Europe has no Plan B

Time to face the reality you've all helped create

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A day later Speaker of the #House #MikeJohnson downplayed the likelihood of force.

“The #US always has #military options for everything,” Johnson told reporters Wednesday. “I think with #Greenland it’s very clear that we are working through diplomatic channels.”

#Europe had been riding out #Trump’s shocks, betting there would be limits. To many, those bets now look much riskier.

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The PM of #Denmark, a #NATO member, said a #US action on #Greenland, a territory of the kingdom of Denmark for >300 years, would be the end of the #alliance. Leaders of #France, #Germany, #Italy, #Poland, #Spain & #Britain closed ranks with Copenhagen, issuing a joint statement that Greenland’s future is a matter for “Denmark & Greenland, & them only.”

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