Greenland: *has oil* US military: “Looks like someone needs to be liberated” Edit: It’s a joke. I’m American and have several close friends who deployed throughout the GWOT. They joke about it too. Lighten up guys.
I do have to say that would make since because you would be surrounded on three sides with America. But that wouldn’t be that big of a problem because the U.S. is good friend with Canda. So America won’t invade Canda for that oil because that would get a big no no from the U.N. and N.A.T.O.
Humanity's like a bad joke with no punchline; A disappointing build-up with no pay-off that fades into nothing and leaves everyone feeling uncomfortable in the end.
@ThatCrazy Drunk yea, russia and people like that said the same thing about finland, but yet finland schooled dem bare people still, fam..... And especially when dem DK folks are elite trained in dat arctic combat ting fam, they really be kicking out there fam.... but also they got the whole European division behind them..... and yea sure america could drop nukes, that doesn´t scare people no more mate, cah then dat ice ting will melt and overflow some of the U.S. and a lot of good land will go waste ting, like bare ded fam
I dont understand why some people think that Denmark wants to melt Greenland for the strategic resources, even though if Denmark were to melt it Denmark would be Atlantis v2
if the ice on greenland melted, it would likely disrupt the warm water flow from north america to europe, which is partly why europe is so warm desipte its high latitude. if this flow is disrupted then lots of europe would become an icy tundra just like northern canada, completely destroying most of the agriculture in those regions. melting greenland might yield high gains in oil and metals, but it might also destroy europe. on the other hand, if global warming continues, maybe it would counteract this and it wouldn't matter anyways.
As a Canadian, I'm just glad Denmark is refusing to sell, because although we are close friends and allies of the US, I still don't like the idea of being surrounded on 3 sides by the world's most powerful nation.
Actually no one can sell Greenland. Just like you wouldn't be able to just sell Nordmandy France to England or something. People live there. There would have to be a vote for it to be considered.
SteakOnSpear The difference is that nobody, not the US or Denmark, cares what Greenlanders want. If the US wanted Greenland enough, there's nothing they could do to stop them.
HazLobb64 well we also want Greenland to be part of the US because manifest destiny wasn’t just going west. Manifest destiny was supposed to bring all of North America into the US
So I am Danish, and if it was up to me, Denmark should sell Greenland. We have given away too much money, if you count all the years. We do not need Greenland, the only reason people want Greenland, in Denmark is probably oil. idk
It's been close to 2 decades since I worked as a business economist, but my guess is that $1.1 trillion for Greenland would be the bargain of the 21st century. I'd go $2 trillion in a heartbeat, not for the least of which reasons is its strategic location. The natural resources that it offers would simply sweeten the deal.
I’m sure the US would pay 2 easily but 1.1 is already a gigantic pile of cash for Denmark, so if they don’t go for that then they probably won’t sell for 2 either.
Oh yes print another trillion or two, Americans have never had it this easy. Anyway, theoretically how could America gather that much money at once? Tax?
There are also massive deposits of raw iron, zinc, platinum and many other rare earth metals that are far more valuable than oil. Last time i checked platinum was valued at over 13000 dollars an ounce where oil is at about 35 dollars a barrel
Baladan its the only country in the world that has ever gone through with nuking another country. And they were very close at starting ww3 via nukes and thereby marking the end of humanity - and so was Russia. Nuuk would go well with Russia as well btw. :)
@@FilipFCBare you brainwashed? Joe Biden and his thugs rigged the election! He should not be President. It makes no sense. How could Donald Trump be President then suddenly Joe Biden becomes President. They are completely differently candidates. There is no way Joe Biden got the amount of votes people claim he got. It's madness
When they discovered Greenland, it was an actual green land, full of grass; and when they discovered Iceland, it was a land full of ice, but time changes things so..
@Slick Willie It's shipped by continental drift with some centimeters per year. Inching once a year. No actually it isn't, I just wanted to make a bad joke.
Denmark: land! 😁 USA: i would like to buy this from you for a vast sum of money as this would really help us control the ocean to stop russia from doing anything Denmark: no, it looks cool
there is no oil produktion from greenland at the time. the danich oil is in the norh see, and well as a dane littel closer to home. Greenland is a part of the dancich ream since, 1397. an well not to brake it hard to you, we will give it to greenland 4 free, before we sell it to you americans, its like the danich pm say apsurd. to have this debate. its tells how littel you americans know aboud the world. i will NEVER happed.
The treaty does say the US paid for it though granted it was dictated to Mexico since they disputed a border its government agreed to with the Texan republic
Great video... as fellow Geographer, just want to say be mindful of projections potentially distorting the exaggerated size of Greenland (when using a Mercator system). It is a big island, the biggest but not as nearly as big as depicted on video and most widely used maps. Side Note: Just realised that I added nothing towards the actual context of video (i.e. ‘purchase of’ and not just about size)... But hey... Geographer to Geographer, I do enjoy some of your videos. Lol, I like most. Very well researched and it does come across that you’re a subject-matter-expert. One thing though, I do pick somethings that require correction/s on a few videos, particularly when Africa (or part of Africa) is the subject. Lastly... overall great videos, most of the content are things I generally find interesting. Keep up the good work. Last last lastly, if you happen to see this comment, maybe there could be synergy 🤷🏾♂️ as a Professional GIS Practitioner (South Africa), visualising maps is my bread and butter. Keep well!
Comments like these should be seen more because it is very true. When people show us a map of the world as kids. We believe that IS the true size of the world While russia looks enormous in the map. It's just Exaggerated, while it is true it is indeed the biggest country in size. In reality, it's barely bigger than china. When i saw a map of the true sizes of countries. It completely changed my perspective of the world. This is why maps and espesically a map of the world are very important. Side note: i am also a geographer
@@blade1425 I agree wholeheartedly but, not to burst your bubble... barely? Russia is almost TWO China's in terms of size (17.1M km2 - 9.59M km2) . In fact the Asian part of Russia standalone is still bigger than every country on earth (around 12.8M km2) even if the US bought Greenland (12M km2). To the naked eye though it might look different, I still find it hard to believe that the UK is less than half the size of France.
Why Wikipedia doesn't rank Denmark as the 12th largest country in the world? Not just Wikipedia, it seems that somehow the general media just view Greenland as an independent country, but in reality it isn't (maybe in the future, but right now it is still a part of Denmark).
@@josephsaafan7838 They have not declared independence yet. Until you make a lawful declaration (which means your independence declaration has been approved by your parent state), you are not a technically independent country. Countries like the Cook Islands and Niue have never declared independence from New Zealand, that's why their status as independent states have not been universially recognised.
Barsat Karki there is also the defensive purposes of the island. We have a pretty important base there, and China has been trying to put their airports on the island for years, the U.S. doesn’t like it.
@@ishippedmybed america litteraly is the reason greenland industrialized because thoudands of american troops went there and made railways and many more stuff so I dont see your point
Finish303 actually you could build a wall because even tho the ocean is in front of the wall you could still build own because you can’t enter a country if you don’t get on land. In that sense you could build a wall right on the edge of land.
Hey scoot, given the numerous scandals your Prime Minister has been involved with this past year, you might consider not throwing stones in glass houses. Especially ironic to call the US racist, given Trudeau's recent blackface scandal.
Chad BroChill Bitch please, the US has mister sharpie hurricanes. There is nothing beyond that. Canada could justa have a zebra with a wig and make up as PM and still they wouldnt be close to Trump.
0:26 the map here is wrong since the US state borders were created after taking Alta California which also included parts of Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico
I'm sorry, when did Denmark ever offer to sell Greenland? I'm pretty sure we would have been happy to buy it just for the strategic value. Not everything is just about the oil.
@@samirraza9069 I did. Denmark didn't ever offer to sell Greenland. I even tried searching for it. It never happened. So telling me to "watch the video" doesn't do anything. If there was something I missed rather than just lazily saying "watch the video" maybe try putting in a timestamp to something you think is relevant? Because the "video" says that we have tried to buy Greenland before, back when we tried to buy Alaska and hinted that a lot of the reason we wanted it was for strategic reasons and not for money or to have someplace to go when global warming melts the kilometers of ice. Who even knows if there will even still be a United States of America by that time?
We already are the biggest producer of oil in the world the trade route is really what’s important right now and then the natural resources will become more important later
Russia still regrets selling Alaska to the US. Denmark/the EU should never sell Greenland. It is a strategic territory that will pay huge dividends in the near future.
@Daniel Walter The Russian Empire was one of America's best allies around the purchase of Alaska. The US would have never went to war with Russia over Alaska. The main reason the Russian Empire sold Alaska was because they were bankrupted after the Crimean War.
@Daniel Walter no they sold it to the U.S. because at the time they were at war with the British and Canada was still a British colony, they didn't want to defend it but they also didn't want the British to annex it, so they sold it to the U.S.
@@rustyshackelford4613 plus you guys settled in North America around the time England was formed, and obviously way before her colonies. (Assuming you are Danish)
@@neroquin it was a rowdy night in the Temple Bar area in Dublin, and the DJ was playing anything from Nirvana to Tom Jones to Marc Anthony (I have a hilarious video of a super drunk guy, 30 years old at the most, singing his heart out to Delilah😂). The Greenlander wasn’t a day below 50, probably not a day below 60, and he was standing at the bar, trying to flag down the bartender. He kept missing the bartender, as he kept turning towards the dance floor, saying that he “didn’t want to miss anything”, with the biggest smile. He never told any jokes, but everything that he said was hilarious, and he was always laughing before he’d finish his sentences. I’m also pretty sure that he wasn’t drunk (or at least wasn’t so drunk that it’d have been the booze, good ‘ol liquid courage, speaking). I wish if I could remember specific things that he had said, to make this a better story to tell; but, suffice it to say that I’m still talking about him 2 years later should tell you plenty!
@@yojasvi3021 by transcontinental I mean from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast, does that make sense? the Louisiana Purchase allowed the US to expand west of Mississippi, eventually reaching the Pacific coast in the 1840s.
One of the reasons for Denmark does not want to sell Greenland, to prevent exploitation of the Greenlandic people. Though people will argure that is what Denmark does, but not really. If Greenland was in the hand of USA, China or Russia, the Greenlandic poeple would properbly have a much tougher livelihood
Well... the USA did crash a plane with a nuke onboard, in Greenland. And killed (with delay), a lot of the Danish clean up crew, because they didnt tell them about the nuke..so cancer. And why the secret? DK: you can have your airbase, but no nukes. USA: suuurrree no problem....
Amine Boussettine You know what, you a random person online that’s likely ignorant to how oil markets function, is definitely right, not me the person who actually successfully trades in the oil sector every day. You are all knowing, above doing a simple google search that reveals the US to be the largest producer of oil on the planet, you simply state something and reality must fall in line to your conjecture.
Exactly! We practically own the island already! Let us pay a few hundred billion for it and been done with this nonsense. That’s more money then Denmark will “ever” make off the island.
PortalArch1702 Dude the purchasing price for the island is $1.1 Trillion. If we offered every Greenlander 10 Million to vote for American Statehood it’d cost $568 Billion! Nearly half what’d it cost to buy from Denmark directly. That’s money “well” spent!
rainbowsixODST yeah fuck you actually, it's not about who owns the most land, it's about every country taking part in saving and taking care of what they already have. Don't you think the US has eonugh to take care of already?
@@ihaveadream3321 maybe not in the greenlandless timeline, but in this one the incumbent president send an angry mob to the capitol in order to supress the formal recognition of the election he lost.
@@ihaveadream3321 hence the broader context behind the attempt at wich this mob also placed bombs at the HQs of both the relevant political party's and a well funded, strictly hierarchical political faction spend major efforts attempting to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the legitimate election. Including but not limited to media outlets spreading misinformation and lawsuits that are completely baseless but help rally the base. Siezing one legislative building, by succeeding in doing so confirming having tactical support from another (army didn't really try to stop them) and having the rather more explicit support from the by now twice impeached then inexplicible occupant of the white house, head of a network handpicked cronys that at that point where still responsible for executing legislation, is not exactly a bad point to move from.
This is the Eckert IV projection I believe. While Greenland is still larger than it actually is on Eckert IV, it is much closer to true size on Eckert IV than Mercator.
Greenland: *has oil*
US military: “Looks like someone needs to be liberated”
Edit: It’s a joke. I’m American and have several close friends who deployed throughout the GWOT. They joke about it too. Lighten up guys.
@@Kesiif you're messed up in the head
Ice Muslims from Greenland who want to rap at 11PM.
Denmark: for helvede
Loll
They need freedom.
>Is halfway between Washington D.C. and Moscow
>Capital is named Nuuk
Lmao
b r u h
If American buys Greenland, I bet they're gonna rename the city
Its destiny
Life is fucking poetry my dude
@@Harshhaze They'll rename it "Nuke" so it's easier to understand?
We'll finally get an airport on Greenland and we can infect it faster.
have you ever played aviation scenario :D greenland get to have an airport
*Just Plague, Inc. things* 😂🤣
Edit: Woah woah I never expect the amount of likes on this reply of mine
small pupper skillshare taught me to infect Greenland first then infect everywhere else
We need to upgrade cold resistance
If you want to easily infect iceland and greenland you should start in the uk
“Look Russia, we have useless tundra too.”
- America after making a mega-chad purchase
Possibly loaded with oil to
That’s basically after the U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia
I mean we stole Alaska, so why not
@@tayydouble0548 we paid 2 cents per acre. It was not stealing
It was a steal
Greenland has a town called Nuuk that sits between two of the world's largest nuclear armed countries. 🤔
Phương Nguyễn Underated Comment
Usa so can I have it
Joe mama
Nuuk means good hope
Just screaming nuke me lmao
Greenland: "Look at all this oil I ha-"
USA: "How much?"
-Small loan of a million dollars
Greenland lifting it's skirt to the wrong wolf. Sure it will feel good but she will feel empty after ...
@@Racko. Trillion*
You criticize oil even though your using a device literally made using oil.
@Slick Willie you're such an idiot it hurts.
America: *buys greenland*
Canada: *sweats maple syrup*
Goo Fy underrated
Canada first bro common now
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LIBERATE YOU FROM THOSE QUEBECOISE!
@Canada first why?
I do have to say that would make since because you would be surrounded on three sides with America. But that wouldn’t be that big of a problem because the U.S. is good friend with Canda. So America won’t invade Canda for that oil because that would get a big no no from the U.N. and N.A.T.O.
Climate change *melts ice*
Humans “hey look at all this oil”
Humanity's like a bad joke with no punchline; A disappointing build-up with no pay-off that fades into nothing and leaves everyone feeling uncomfortable in the end.
@@Luscinia_Nightengale lol 😂
"Look lets mine more of the thing killing our planet"
@@Luscinia_Nightengale like the one you made just now.
@@i_likemen5614 we're actually doing quite a bit about climate change. we're in the right direction but more needs to be done.
*finds oil*
*1 missed call from USA.*
You mean 3,0317 missed calls
You mean 42291 missed calls
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You mean 69,420 missed call
The Engineer Guy America will come on your face for that oil
“Germany gave back northern Schleswig for free”
Ha, free.
Greetings
Fun times
They still took half of ddnmark after 1964 because danes are horny warmongereres 😔
@ThatCrazy Drunk yea, russia and people like that said the same thing about finland, but yet finland schooled dem bare people still, fam..... And especially when dem DK folks are elite trained in dat arctic combat ting fam, they really be kicking out there fam.... but also they got the whole European division behind them..... and yea sure america could drop nukes, that doesn´t scare people no more mate, cah then dat ice ting will melt and overflow some of the U.S. and a lot of good land will go waste ting, like bare ded fam
Free to denmark :)
Fyi guys, the city's name is Nuuk, not nuke. Don't get any ideas.
US: *Did somebody say B O O M?*
Dothurnaax no sandy. No one said boom.
Owww
Why do i hear boss music then?
That's ironic
I dont understand why some people think that Denmark wants to melt Greenland for the strategic resources, even though if Denmark were to melt it Denmark would be Atlantis v2
Netherlands: well how about no
😀
Denmark: don't worry we already have Greenland.
if the ice on greenland melted, it would likely disrupt the warm water flow from north america to europe, which is partly why europe is so warm desipte its high latitude. if this flow is disrupted then lots of europe would become an icy tundra just like northern canada, completely destroying most of the agriculture in those regions. melting greenland might yield high gains in oil and metals, but it might also destroy europe. on the other hand, if global warming continues, maybe it would counteract this and it wouldn't matter anyways.
It would rise sealevels with estimated 7 meters, probably most of the world would try and stop it.
Greenland: Has Oil
USA: Hippity Hoppity can I buy your property
Greenland: enjoy but its frozen
I dont get why people think america wanting oil is a bad thing, it's guud stuff man
@@evilbadger34 Yeah you can use it for food
@@Xtemess yeah! And its great for frying chicken!
@@Xtemess thought you meant drinking oil for a second
Guess they’d use it for storing Nuuks...
I’ll show myself out
Aaaaaahhhhh
😂😂👌 Nice
Can someone fill me in I don’t get it
@@brendanpramsey nuuk is the capital of greenland,
@@stian7479 *Pizza is the capital of time itself*
"I smell oil"
- USA
Denmark: No
Middle East: *intense sweating*
Edit: my most liked comment on TH-cam is about America invading our land nice
Greenland: sweating(litteraly)
Freedom on way to Greenland and arctic countries
@@kazimahin790 Freedom?
*aRe YoU sUrE AbOuT tHaT?*
As a Canadian, I'm just glad Denmark is refusing to sell, because although we are close friends and allies of the US, I still don't like the idea of being surrounded on 3 sides by the world's most powerful nation.
Makes sense. Don't worry though we love your maple syrup too much to want to invade you 🤣
Dear Canada, You are our bitch. Deal with it. Love, USA.
You’d be protected.
Bruh you’re already surrounded. You have like 40 million people. We’ll always be allies so a fence to protect you would be a good thing no?
Lol. Surounded by a shit hole nation ...
all i heard was "oil" and went: "oh so that's why they want Greenland"
@@eyeswydeshut359That seems a little bit of an overstatement, not gonna lie. Any sources?
Actually no one can sell Greenland. Just like you wouldn't be able to just sell Nordmandy France to England or something. People live there. There would have to be a vote for it to be considered.
SteakOnSpear
The difference is that nobody, not the US or Denmark, cares what Greenlanders want. If the US wanted Greenland enough, there's nothing they could do to stop them.
@@enotsnavdier6867 then why did denmark refuse to sell Greenland
HazLobb64 well we also want Greenland to be part of the US because manifest destiny wasn’t just going west. Manifest destiny was supposed to bring all of North America into the US
Few years down the road
US: We cannot allow Greenland to posses weapons of mass destruction.....
They have a nuuk
haha
@low7782 Shit, it's one of those mega tea consumers init?
This comment is so ignorant, biased, and misinformed.
@@imkluu Huh?? If you are talking about me, mate, where are those WMDs that Iraq was supposed to have??
Denmark watching this is like,
“Definitely not selling it now”
ah Denamrk, my favourite country
Shukri Wafiq yes
They haven't sold it despite numerous offers. They know what they're sitting on.
Selling Greenland is not gonna happen
So I am Danish, and if it was up to me, Denmark should sell Greenland. We have given away too much money, if you count all the years. We do not need Greenland, the only reason people want Greenland, in Denmark is probably oil. idk
It's been close to 2 decades since I worked as a business economist, but my guess is that $1.1 trillion for Greenland would be the bargain of the 21st century. I'd go $2 trillion in a heartbeat, not for the least of which reasons is its strategic location. The natural resources that it offers would simply sweeten the deal.
I’m sure the US would pay 2 easily but 1.1 is already a gigantic pile of cash for Denmark, so if they don’t go for that then they probably won’t sell for 2 either.
that's literally cheaper than that bullshit law bidden wants to pass
@@benchild3721 3 TRILLION TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
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Oh yes print another trillion or two, Americans have never had it this easy. Anyway, theoretically how could America gather that much money at once? Tax?
Bruh this feels like Denmark is the innocent 11 year old little sister who gets a rare football card and China and America wants it lmao
@Heberth R. yeah ...
Were you that little sister?
@@delaney6413 sadly
@@mari0b036 hahaha
A...football card
🇺🇸: *singing "over there" while marching towards the middle east*
🇩🇰: we have oil in Greenland
🇺🇸: wait turn around
That is greenland flag 🇬🇱you idiot 🤣
Malik Nielsen
Denmark owns Greenland moron.
Kone it still has its own flag 🇬🇱
TheTwilightGamer that’s what Denmark was supposed to say
@@zXagish why are we doing this?
Before buying an island you must first ask yourself:
How do I actually make a purchase?
Thanks to Skillshare I now know how to buy an island
@@hazzaalhammadi9951 I am Muslim too
RLL is looking to buy Greenland, confirmed
Bernard's Channel nobody cares bud
@@jay-1800 Don't be mean
@@jay-1800 he was talking to Hazza
How come I feel like they will wanna buy Greenland for the same price as Microsoft buying Minecraft?
Slick Willie XD
I.. I could buy greenland for 26.95?
*insert pawn stars joke here*
Cuz Microsoft used Minecraft to build Greenland instead.
@@EriksGarbage Nahh You can get Greenland for free on the Internet.
Why am I not surprised?
It has OIL under it.
Of course!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
-autism.exe crashed
That was actually a good joke
If you don't understand nuuk is the biggest city in greenland
@@coolthefool1 Imagine President Trump mistyping it on twitter.
I am going to Nuke!
Panic across the entire world.
There are also massive deposits of raw iron, zinc, platinum and many other rare earth metals that are far more valuable than oil.
Last time i checked platinum was valued at over 13000 dollars an ounce where oil is at about 35 dollars a barrel
America : How much for Greenland ?
Denmark : Not for sale
America : ok,How much for Denmark ?
LMAO 😂😂
LMAO 😂 that's the USA all the way...
Democracy intensifies
LoL 🤣
That’s how America spreads freedom.
You said nothing about Greenland's vast sand resources. No, that's not a joke, it's a serious reason to want to control it.
US: **Buys Greenland**
Next on the list:
Canada
Next on the list: Antarctica
Next on the list:
North Korea
Next on the list: the world
Nah. We'll just annex that shit
America will have a bunch of land and also making all those Highway by America
*how ironic it is that the United States wants to buy a place with a capital called Nuuk*
Genuine question. Why is that ironic?
China: *I N T E N S E S W E A T I N G*
Aha lol. Nice one.
@@baladan7433 nuke
Baladan its the only country in the world that has ever gone through with nuking another country. And they were very close at starting ww3 via nukes and thereby marking the end of humanity - and so was Russia. Nuuk would go well with Russia as well btw. :)
-Well according to the map if we owned Greenland we could use it and Alaska to surround Canada
Just Viral Things Canadian annexation will be assured
@@dominickschirripa4802 kim Jong in doesn't approve...
No they can just go to South America the earth isn’t flat lol
but is this map guy a trusted source?
Actually the US loosing Alaska to Canada is the most likely situation.
Time Traveler (Moves a chair)
RLL: What if Greenland actually buys the US?
Oil? Looks like Greenland needs some freedom.
Mr Ladz Can’t modern ships only carry like 10 tons? How will you sail a ship with 10 men?
You are being rescued please don’t resist
@@50shekels no... the minimum for large cargo ships is 25,000 tons.
@@UncleMerlin Does that mean you will be able to transport a full-grown murican aswell? Mon dieu!
But they're already more free than the US....
America: *Buys Greenland*
Canada: *Nervously sweating*
Wut
Bruh they will literally be surrounded
Poor canada
Ha
Lol
Greenland: We got some oil!
USA: *classifies Denmark as a communist dictatorship that needs to be liberated*
You do realize America is the largest producer of oil on the planet right? It really doesn’t need more oil.
@@cloroxbleach6344
*you can never have enough oil.*
(Star Spangled Banner Intensifies)
Clorox Bleach ok but, “oil” has no infinite number. It’ll end some day.
The US is more interested in the shipping route than the oil.
@@cloroxbleach6344 the cheapes oil you pay too ket rid of it just like toxit wast
Imagine Donald trump being on skill share looking up “ how to add another star to the American flag”
Lmaooo
@@Xtemess yeah but that would take a decade to do at minimum.
Joe Biden*
@@FilipFCBare you brainwashed? Joe Biden and his thugs rigged the election! He should not be President. It makes no sense. How could Donald Trump be President then suddenly Joe Biden becomes President. They are completely differently candidates. There is no way Joe Biden got the amount of votes people claim he got. It's madness
@@chiliflis8660 tbh i'm not all into usa's politics, only thing i know is joe biden is currently president 😅
They would build an airport And would be easier to infect it un plague inc
lmao
товарищ мартин that’s the true benefit
товарищ мартин ikr
Dude you are absolutely SAVAGE
Omg ikr, Greenland is a pain to infect
Plot twist: What if Greenland/Denmark actually buys America?
Denmark be like: I have 3
Det ville værre sjovt (that would be fun)
This made me actually lol
Greenland Purchase (2020)
Trump: I'll give you a Billion for that island!
Denmark: *uno reverse card*
Sal's Gaming you are fucking moron. You ruined your comment by editing it. Good job that’s the most attention you’ll ever get.
The Danes know how valuable it is. That's why they're not selling, lol.
AhmedLeague i think the danes also know how valuable it is
@@AhmedLeague Im a dane not a danish! Do u know what u are talking about?
don’t worry, he’s just ignorant
No Ahmed. It’s not danish
Danish is the language we speak
I feel like a new flag wouldn't be that hard, just add another star and call it a state
It will be one of the biggest state then
The stars are positioned too well to mess up
Denmark: *sees these rumours* "ah sheet here we go again."
A danish (like me) sees it
damn right!
Unwanted Trashbag why would denmark sell it anyway?
Morgan French Moneys.
@@dodecahedron1 I mean they own Greenland it is a part of their country just like the US could sell Puerto Rico if they wanted to
Yeah and baby Trump cancelled his meeting here because we wouldn't sell it
Greenland - A land full of ice
Iceland - A land full of grass
for Iceland more like moss i been there and believe me its very mossy mostly probably due to the cold humid weather
When they discovered Greenland, it was an actual green land, full of grass; and when they discovered Iceland, it was a land full of ice, but time changes things so..
@@mr.g812 Not really
they called it Greenland to trick the viking settlers or no one will come
talk about ironic
Yup, Erik the Red was the first troll.
Place: *Has oil
USA: **Does an impression of the Seagulls from Finding Nemo*
mINE
I thought for the longest time those gulls were saying Mike....couldn't for the life of me figure out why
@Slick Willie are you on drugs? I see you do them. I know you.
MiNe MiNe MiNe
@Slick Willie I guess you need more likes, it's not enough.
When The Kid Has The New Toy And Everyone In The Class Wants It:
I thought it said accidentally instead of actually.
USA: oops, I bought Greenland
Lmao
Ups I accidentally bought a terrorist slave
Half-life fan 39 not how you use it but i’m ok with it
@@captaincookie1286 I hate it when that happenes
Abdul ikr I have bought 20 of them this year everyone dies in suicide bombs
no one:
america: **sees greenland**
america: *ADD TO SHOPPING CART*
Denmark: tHIS iTEM iS oUT oF sTOCK
Abhigyan Verma
America: *John Cena pose* ArE YoU sUrE aBoUt ThAt?
@Slick Willie It's shipped by continental drift with some centimeters per year. Inching once a year.
No actually it isn't, I just wanted to make a bad joke.
@Slick Willie lol
@@0000-z4z yeah
Lets be real. We want Greenland to give us a 3 side advantage when we finally annex Canada.
>:-(
I am Canadian
Did you really want to say that?
@@Solgaleo791 Soon you'll be American Sabastian. Whether you like it or not.
@@balllssacky lol
Denmark: land! 😁
USA: i would like to buy this from you for a vast sum of money as this would really help us control the ocean to stop russia from doing anything
Denmark: no, it looks cool
😂😂😂
“i need mountains man!” - Denmark, the flattest nordic country
@@soupy3481 lmao
U.S: we haven't manifested our destiny in a while
U.S: *stares at Greenland*
Got it!
Manifest destiny was the lebensurum of USA- westward expansion
@@noone3272 If they go westward enough, they'll reach Greenland.
@@trabaregocer 🙄🤔🤭🤫
@@trabaregocer no no he has a point
Canada will be the next target after Greenland I think. I guess USA should pay 100 trillion dollars for Canada.
Denmark: We have oil in Greenland
*United States anthem intensifies*
Hunter-0 Soviet anthem intensifies
there is no oil produktion from greenland at the time. the danich oil is in the norh see, and well as a dane littel closer to home. Greenland is a part of the dancich ream since, 1397. an well not to brake it hard to you, we will give it to greenland 4 free, before we sell it to you americans, its like the danich pm say apsurd. to have this debate.
its tells how littel you americans know aboud the world. i will NEVER happed.
Qwerty Jerm yeah our oil
@@TheGammelfjols du kunne i det mindste stave rigtigt så de ikke bare tror vi er nogen mongoler her i dk
@@TheGammelfjols How to really screw with the US:
"Hello Canada - want to form a kingdom?"
Bring it to Pawn Stars Rick. "The best I can do for greenland is $18"
oh god lmao
True
Denmark: Can you do $20?
Rick: Best I can do is $19.10
Denmark: deal!
*Greenland*- My capital is called Nuuk
*North Korea*- Did someone say Nuke?
*America*- Buys Greenland
$21.1T has become $31.4T since this video was posted three years ago.
Damn
All this tax money they steal from us yet they can’t pay our debts
What the fuck
I bet demark would like not printed money for real property
Orange Cheeto's legacy.
Oil: *Exists*
America: Let’s change the Earth’s geography!
Yeah, kinda like:
USA: *finds out that there is billion barrels of oil in Greenland and Arctic*
Also USA: BUUUUUURRRRRN THE COAL SO ICE MELTS!!!!!!!!!
Or:
"hey this country has oil"
....
"let's bomb our own cities and blame it on them to start a war!"
Hipetty hopetty your oil is my property
Yea...wtf are you talking about?
Hippity hoppity, let’s change the earth’s geography.
Reallifelore "says the US bought California"
James K Polk: *sweats nervously*
The treaty does say the US paid for it though granted it was dictated to Mexico since they disputed a border its government agreed to with the Texan republic
That fucking mop head
Can we return for a refund?
Nicholas Bryant *no*
Lier. You do have videos.
2029, United States sends peacekeeping force to Greenland to stop alleged uranium enrichment facility built by penguins.
"Look they have yellow cake!"
"That's piss covered snow Mr President."
I wouldn't be surprised if the US reintroduced the pinguinus just to claim that.
@@BlueFury2577 made me laugh 😂
Now i dont wanna get wooshed, i do get the joke, but ill just say that penguins dont live on Greenland, Polar bears do
@@Aalju R / W O O S H
Great video... as fellow Geographer, just want to say be mindful of projections potentially distorting the exaggerated size of Greenland (when using a Mercator system). It is a big island, the biggest but not as nearly as big as depicted on video and most widely used maps.
Side Note: Just realised that I added nothing towards the actual context of video (i.e. ‘purchase of’ and not just about size)...
But hey... Geographer to Geographer, I do enjoy some of your videos. Lol, I like most. Very well researched and it does come across that you’re a subject-matter-expert. One thing though, I do pick somethings that require correction/s on a few videos, particularly when Africa (or part of Africa) is the subject.
Lastly... overall great videos, most of the content are things I generally find interesting. Keep up the good work.
Last last lastly, if you happen to see this comment, maybe there could be synergy 🤷🏾♂️ as a Professional GIS Practitioner (South Africa), visualising maps is my bread and butter. Keep well!
Comments like these should be seen more because it is very true. When people show us a map of the world as kids. We believe that IS the true size of the world
While russia looks enormous in the map. It's just Exaggerated, while it is true it is indeed the biggest country in size. In reality, it's barely bigger than china.
When i saw a map of the true sizes of countries. It completely changed my perspective of the world.
This is why maps and espesically a map of the world are very important.
Side note: i am also a geographer
@@blade1425 I agree wholeheartedly but, not to burst your bubble... barely? Russia is almost TWO China's in terms of size (17.1M km2 - 9.59M km2) . In fact the Asian part of Russia standalone is still bigger than every country on earth (around 12.8M km2) even if the US bought Greenland (12M km2). To the naked eye though it might look different, I still find it hard to believe that the UK is less than half the size of France.
*USA*- I'm buying Greenland!
*Denmark*- No thanks I'm not intr-
*USA*- I'm taking Denmark!
Some Guy how do you make the text bold
@@michigansthumb8095 Put * on both sides of your text.
*Like this.*
-OHHHHHHHHHHHHH-
Wait
*OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*
US citizens:
6 months ago: how to buy Greenland.
Now: how to buy toilet paper
Quarantine is getting to me lol
Plague inc players: that’s we’re you are wrong kiddo we’re already here
🏫
lol
Haha epic meme man very funny
Greenland: **Gets warmer**
Plagues in Plague Inc: Let's destroy something
Why Wikipedia doesn't rank Denmark as the 12th largest country in the world? Not just Wikipedia, it seems that somehow the general media just view Greenland as an independent country, but in reality it isn't (maybe in the future, but right now it is still a part of Denmark).
It isn't they govern themselves but need financial and military support from Denmark
@@josephsaafan7838 They have not declared independence yet. Until you make a lawful declaration (which means your independence declaration has been approved by your parent state), you are not a technically independent country.
Countries like the Cook Islands and Niue have never declared independence from New Zealand, that's why their status as independent states have not been universially recognised.
Imagine if they bought it for 1.1 trillion dollars and later found out that there was actually nothing. No minerals or oil.
Barsat Karki there is also the defensive purposes of the island. We have a pretty important base there, and China has been trying to put their airports on the island for years, the U.S. doesn’t like it.
This isn't the 1700s. We have what's called "technology" now.
@@kaleb.pickering not only that....imagine the year round skiing. Easy jump for Europeans. No, I don't believe all the ice will melt! Sorry...
@@lw1343 couple of nukes will do the job
@@lightr2187 Another nuclear winter will add another km of ice.
Imagine Greenland becomes a state before Puerto Rico
Us:ok guys China is our 124th state of the union
Puerto Rico:Can I be a state now?
Us:no
@@BabySonicGT d
@@BabySonicGT that’s so messed up but it’s so true lmao
It would probably be a republican state
@@yechezkelbinstok9281 Greenland or China or Puerto Rico
USA: Hey, we're gonna buy Greenland.
Denmark: No, thanks.
USA: *THAT WASN'T A QUESTION*
sad truth america is a bully for sure
@@ishippedmybed america litteraly is the reason greenland industrialized because thoudands of american troops went there and made railways and many more stuff so I dont see your point
@@ishippedmybed I honestly don’t know why any wouldn’t want to be apart of the greatest country in the world lol.
@@bentennyson6141 that country is full of nerds
@@teal1787 United States? Is that suppose to be a bad thing lol? Lol
The real question: what if real life lore buys Skillshare
Denmark: Wait, I never knew that you had Oil-
Greenland: *S H H H H* we don't want.... _you know who_ to find out
The U.S.: *_Oil? Where?_*
Did somebody said *O I L*
No
SHËP the U.S.: Nah I heard oil THAT SHIT IS MINE
no
Ghost of Iraq: don't make the same mistakes I did.
The part that often gets overlooked is that Greenland is a self-governed state, so it would not just be about buying landmass but an entire country
Then again there is 2 people living there named gubert and evely
Lmao
Technically like 58,000 people... But yeah.
It's not a state
@@Kyle-Duycknot techn
Greenland: our biggest city is named Nuuk
Trump: did they say Nuke
USA just bought Greenland
Me: *starts war on my country because they bought Greenland*
😂😂
@Bsauce *Softly* don’t
*Kim Jong-Un wants to know your location*
I don't think Denmark would agree
*If I had a position of power in the United States government, I'd petition to buy Greenland, and then share it with Canada.*
I like this
Same, except I'd buy Canada
@@siyacer annex instead. It’s free
If I had that power, I would just buy it and start to dig
Nah. I would Invade Greenland and then invade Canada
US shopping list:
Greenland
Panama Canal
Canada
*toilet paper*
🤣😭
And Oil
Universal Healthcare.
Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹, yes, they tried to buy us a few times
@@kimberlyh.1090 nah people would get drunk run outa alcohol and spend the entire budget on more alchohol
Donald Trump on the border of Greenland:
“LET ME IN, LET ME IIIIN”
Denmark should build a wall
Anna Louring 😂
Finish303 hmmmm........ok
Finish303 actually you could build a wall because even tho the ocean is in front of the wall you could still build own because you can’t enter a country if you don’t get on land. In that sense you could build a wall right on the edge of land.
@@peermoritz6547 Exactly!
Hey trump don't forget to use honey to buy greenland
I read that In Mr. Beast’s voice inside my head
It will freeze da beez
Was there a rhyme in there
You saved: 0$
Lmao 😂
He'll get $20 off
0:59 You forgot to paint the Danish Island of Bornholm under sweden and the Faroe Islands which are alsl part lf the Kingdom of Denmark.
Greenland: *finds oil*
Greenland: mom I have oil!
Also Greenland: why do I hear _American_ music?
Classic!
knock knock it's the the united states
@@4m4d3u564 unexpected bill wurtz
@@4m4d3u564 with boats...
gun boats
_Country roads_ *intensifies*
And also Canada will be The most protected and safest country ever.
Nice defense network, guess they finally built that wall and making the US pay for it
Canada is next.
@@scottrains9638 r/woooosh
Hey scoot, given the numerous scandals your Prime Minister has been involved with this past year, you might consider not throwing stones in glass houses. Especially ironic to call the US racist, given Trudeau's recent blackface scandal.
Chad BroChill
Bitch please, the US has mister sharpie hurricanes. There is nothing beyond that.
Canada could justa have a zebra with a wig and make up as PM and still they wouldnt be close to Trump.
Let me save you 11 minutes as to why America wants to buy Greenland:
*Oil & Gas*
To possibly control the North American Polar Shipping Route.
;-; thanks
Money, that's it.
Actually, it's rare Earth metals.
@@JM-fo1te True.
0:26 the map here is wrong since the US state borders were created after taking Alta California which also included parts of Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico
Greenland: *has oil*
The U.S.: I finna show you what's called a "pro gamer move"
lol
Charlie Sinclair tf is the point of replying just to say lol
@@EternalNico1 if it's so insignificant and useless then why respond to it in the first place
Denmark: Do you want Greenland?
USA: No
USA hears rumours of oil in Greenland and a capital called Nuuk
USA: FREEDDDDOOOOM
I'm sorry, when did Denmark ever offer to sell Greenland? I'm pretty sure we would have been happy to buy it just for the strategic value. Not everything is just about the oil.
@@wholelottalight it's a joke. chill man
@@wholelottalight watch the video
@@samirraza9069 I did. Denmark didn't ever offer to sell Greenland. I even tried searching for it. It never happened. So telling me to "watch the video" doesn't do anything. If there was something I missed rather than just lazily saying "watch the video" maybe try putting in a timestamp to something you think is relevant? Because the "video" says that we have tried to buy Greenland before, back when we tried to buy Alaska and hinted that a lot of the reason we wanted it was for strategic reasons and not for money or to have someplace to go when global warming melts the kilometers of ice. Who even knows if there will even still be a United States of America by that time?
Helius Infinitus calm your tits man
America: *Buys Alaska*
Realises it has a shit ton of oil
America: hmm, how about Greenland too?
We already are the biggest producer of oil in the world the trade route is really what’s important right now and then the natural resources will become more important later
@@Andy-ow4gt don't you dare steal our precious trade route, boy!
@Federal Bureau of Investigation Probably because we USED to care for oil
Did I hear OIL!?!? THAT CRAP'S MINE!!!!!!!!
Russia: *This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals. Maybe ever.*
Real life lore has…
Skillshare adds
Animated maps
Learning website maps and other stuff
the Americans want to buy Greenland because they heard of a place called "Nuuk"
Im supriesed lil rokets0 p
Keir Patrick u mean stonk?
Keir Patrick so?
I DID IT ALL FOR THE NUUKIE
Lmao 😂
Russia still regrets selling Alaska to the US. Denmark/the EU should never sell Greenland. It is a strategic territory that will pay huge dividends in the near future.
Someone who thinks like me 😁😌
Why would you say "slash, the eu". The eu is essentially just a trade union.
@Daniel Walter The Russian Empire was one of America's best allies around the purchase of Alaska. The US would have never went to war with Russia over Alaska. The main reason the Russian Empire sold Alaska was because they were bankrupted after the Crimean War.
@Issach Hazut There were no nukes in 1867 or any Industrial warfare for that matter.
@Daniel Walter no they sold it to the U.S. because at the time they were at war with the British and Canada was still a British colony, they didn't want to defend it but they also didn't want the British to annex it, so they sold it to the U.S.
America in WW2: Gets Greenland
America now: Wanna see me do it again?
America is a continent not a country
Well the USA is part of Northern America
*Hiroko Say that to China*
@@kingexclusivo it's a country
No Name - Yup
I like that we want to buy Greenland, but sadly I think this would end the Hans Island dispute, which is a hilarious dispute
didnt the hans island dispute end around the type you commented this
America: *tries to buy greenland*
Denmark: how many times do we have to tell you this old man?
But isnt Denmark older than America?
*young man
funny how Denmark is way older then USA
@@likemysnopp One church in my country is 1000 years older than America
@@rustyshackelford4613 plus you guys settled in North America around the time England was formed, and obviously way before her colonies. (Assuming you are Danish)
One of the happiest, funniest people whom I’ve ever met in my entire life was a man from Greenland, in a pub in Dublin.
Bruh
I need the story!
@@neroquin it was a rowdy night in the Temple Bar area in Dublin, and the DJ was playing anything from Nirvana to Tom Jones to Marc Anthony (I have a hilarious video of a super drunk guy, 30 years old at the most, singing his heart out to Delilah😂).
The Greenlander wasn’t a day below 50, probably not a day below 60, and he was standing at the bar, trying to flag down the bartender. He kept missing the bartender, as he kept turning towards the dance floor, saying that he “didn’t want to miss anything”, with the biggest smile. He never told any jokes, but everything that he said was hilarious, and he was always laughing before he’d finish his sentences. I’m also pretty sure that he wasn’t drunk (or at least wasn’t so drunk that it’d have been the booze, good ‘ol liquid courage, speaking).
I wish if I could remember specific things that he had said, to make this a better story to tell; but, suffice it to say that I’m still talking about him 2 years later should tell you plenty!
Z
@Malik Q.-N. o_o
You could've just been done with this video in two words:
*Because oil.*
Don't you mean "Oil and Russia"?
@@My2I111 🤡
@@ericsilver9401 Why are you posting a picture of yourself?
@@pewpew9711 🀄
Eric Silver because greatest beverage (oil)
Can we all just appreciate the smoothness of these ad segways?
Oil, natural gas and military strategic significance. I figured as much.
biohazard724 nothing gets you nothing
I mean obviously. Why else would we?
Yes they make strange bedfellows! Do you see what I did there?
I always thought Denmark should have replied: "Sure, we will trade it for Long Island.
Lol
or the danish virgin islands oh sry it is the US virgin islands now
@@crazydinosaur8945 The Long Island is actually worth around $2 trillion. So....
@@arjuna8785 is one of the world's economic centers worth a lot of money! i find that hard to believe
@@crazydinosaur8945 Sorry I don't get it bro?
“Even overshadowing the Louisiana Purchase in 1803”
Alaska: Am I a joke to you?
well to be honest, the Louisiana Purchase was the most important purchase, it paved the way for the US to become a trans-continental nation.
神推しあしゅりん us isn’t transcontinental
@@yojasvi3021 by transcontinental I mean from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast, does that make sense? the Louisiana Purchase allowed the US to expand west of Mississippi, eventually reaching the Pacific coast in the 1840s.
神推しあしゅりん oh tbh that’s what I thought you meant 😂
the one and only rusty shakleford I am pretty shore that the Louisiana purchase was equal to or greater than the Alaskan purchase in size
Sad how the people living in Greenland are mainly discussed because of their land but not their people.
One of the reasons for Denmark does not want to sell Greenland, to prevent exploitation of the Greenlandic people. Though people will argure that is what Denmark does, but not really. If Greenland was in the hand of USA, China or Russia, the Greenlandic poeple would properbly have a much tougher livelihood
Greenland has less people then every single us state
@@nehankaranch2149 ok
@@nehankaranch2149 that does not really justify anything
Luckily during the VERY cold war (for Greenland) nuuk never got nuuked.
@@timmtheilig6827 yep thanks
Well... the USA did crash a plane with a nuke onboard, in Greenland. And killed (with delay), a lot of the Danish clean up crew, because they didnt tell them about the nuke..so cancer. And why the secret? DK: you can have your airbase, but no nukes. USA: suuurrree no problem....
@@dr.pjuskebusk2501 the nuke didn't exploded
Greenland: *Has OIL*
America: *Nukes Nuuk*
@Amine Boussettine the capital of Greenland is nuuk 🙏
You do realize America is the largest producer of oil on the planet right? It really doesn’t need more oil
Amine Boussettine You know what, you a random person online that’s likely ignorant to how oil markets function, is definitely right, not me the person who actually successfully trades in the oil sector every day. You are all knowing, above doing a simple google search that reveals the US to be the largest producer of oil on the planet, you simply state something and reality must fall in line to your conjecture.
@@cloroxbleach6344 r/wooosh
nooooooo nuuk is gorgeous.
LMAO imagine 25% of your population being in a us Air Base
Exactly! We practically own the island already! Let us pay a few hundred billion for it and been done with this nonsense. That’s more money then Denmark will “ever” make off the island.
PortalArch1702 Dude the purchasing price for the island is $1.1 Trillion. If we offered every Greenlander 10 Million to vote for American Statehood it’d cost $568 Billion! Nearly half what’d it cost to buy from Denmark directly. That’s money “well” spent!
@@rainbowsixODST *stonks*
rainbowsixODST yeah fuck you actually, it's not about who owns the most land, it's about every country taking part in saving and taking care of what they already have. Don't you think the US has eonugh to take care of already?
isn't that the mainland of the US as well?
Everyone: **Talking about whether the USA or Denmark should get Greenland**
Canada: “Ahem-“
Meanwhile in an alternate universe: What if the USA never bought Greenland?
"This is just silly, the lack of greenland leads to a coup attempt in 2021?"
@@ihaveadream3321 maybe not in the greenlandless timeline, but in this one the incumbent president send an angry mob to the capitol in order to supress the formal recognition of the election he lost.
@@ihaveadream3321 luckily not. Hence the "attempt" part.
@@ihaveadream3321 and yet they managed to enter the actual voting floor, right after Trump actively encouraged them to go there.
@@ihaveadream3321 hence the broader context behind the attempt at wich this mob also placed bombs at the HQs of both the relevant political party's and a well funded, strictly hierarchical political faction spend major efforts attempting to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the legitimate election. Including but not limited to media outlets spreading misinformation and lawsuits that are completely baseless but help rally the base. Siezing one legislative building, by succeeding in doing so confirming having tactical support from another (army didn't really try to stop them) and having the rather more explicit support from the by now twice impeached then inexplicible occupant of the white house, head of a network handpicked cronys that at that point where still responsible for executing legislation, is not exactly a bad point to move from.
*The ice caps are melting*
Denmark: I'm about to become a top world power
why would you use Mercator projection in a video about greenland. this is painful to watch
boi, this isnt the Mercator projection
Carissa Pelley he used the true size of , its a map that puts the Mercator , but it actually puts its size
This is the Eckert IV projection I believe. While Greenland is still larger than it actually is on Eckert IV, it is much closer to true size on Eckert IV than Mercator.
Yeah, Mercator makes Greenland look larger than Australia, which isn't remotely true.
this guys got the cleanest segways into sponsors on youtube