How Trump Could Buy Greenland, Even After They Said No. And Why. Why:  China was interested in purchasing it years ago, as a strategic arctic base https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46386867 Dear President Trump,  The way to buy Greenland is not to ask the Greenland government but to negotiate directly with the people of Greenland, which has a population size of around 56,685 people. You offer them EACH 10 Million US Dollars (or more).  An offer most would find hard to refuse.  The offer could be made by canvassing 10% of their population--5k houses, and pay them like 10 USD to pass out the offer to 9 other families. Then you offer the government 10 Billion for the whole thing, offering them a 99 yr lease.  To 10 Billion and $10,560,685,000 is a small price to pay, but you've managed to maybe convince most of Greenland to sell it to you. To make it even nicer, you can offer for all outstanding mortgages to be paid in full, and they don't have to move or leave, but if they buy new property on Greenland, they have to buy it from the US as the new owner.   So they get 10M to stay in their own houses, and the only thing that changes is their own governement, which you can make a deal with that says they can keep their administration, but you own the land and lease it to them for 99 yrs at some under market cost All of this considers that your purchase of Greenland for the US is not fake news.