The better approach is to let the Greenlanders choose independence on their own...

As that quote notes, a lot of it is probably about respect. And behaving like someone who will stick to a deal.*

Had the overture been something along "We love this place. We'll give $20bn in T-bills into a pot for the Greenlanders to hand out to the whole population in their preferred formula, and another $20bn to Denmark for their good work over the years." With similar deal to the USVI: each resident keeps all their property and gets a year to choose which citizenship they'd like to keep. That would actually be respectful and lawful and perhaps, given time, might accomplish the goal. It's about a million per household, so it's an offer that would not be insultingly low at least.

As a Canadian, of course, I just see it all as a pincer movement...

Jim


* Front page of the Financial Times today has a headline "...groups demand 'serious guarantees' from Trump..."
And I thought they didn't have a sense of humour!