Buying Greenland as Statecraft?

Treat outright purchase offers for foreign territory (e.g., a $500–$700B U.S. bid for Greenland) as a distinct diplomatic instrument that combines economic leverage, strategic basing, and domestic political signaling. Such offers create immediate legal, alliance and fiscal questions—who pays, who consents, how to enforce sovereignty—and invite market speculation (Polymarket pricing) that can itself influence diplomacy. — If governments begin to treat territory acquisition as a purchasable strategic lever, it would reshape modern sovereignty norms, alliance politics, and public budgeting debates.