Claim : United States is finalizing a $700 billion cash offer to buy Greenland, plus make $100,000 lump-sum payments to each of its 57,000 residents.
Conclusion : The claim is false. While the Trump administration has expressed interest in acquiring Greenland for strategic reasons, but discussions never made public on payments offered to residents.
Rating : Mostly False — 
Several social media users have claimed that the United States of America is finalizing a deal to buy Greenland. Verified X user ‘_MAGA_NEWS_’ shared such a post, claiming that top White House officials revealed that United States is finalizing a $700 billion cash offer to Denmark for Greenland, plus $100,000 payments to each of its approximately 57,000 residents, totaling nearly $706 billion. The post gained over 13.4 million views and can be seen below –
🚨ALERT: In a bombshell revelation, top White House officials disclosed that the United States is finalizing a staggering $700 billion cash offer to buy Greenland outright from Denmark, plus $100,000 lump-sum payments to each of its ~57,000 residents—totaling nearly $706 billion. pic.twitter.com/KdjvNwEmjO
— WORLD NEWS (@_MAGA_NEWS_) January 20, 2026
Other users have shared similar claims that can be seen here and here
🚨🇺🇸🇩🇰#BREAKING | Greenland
Senior White House officials have revealed that the United States is finalizing a $700 billion cash proposal to purchase #Greenland from #Denmark, alongside $100,000 lump-sum payments for each of Greenland’s roughly 57,000 residents bringing the total… pic.twitter.com/b5E6PAXwC4
— Mansoor Ahmed Dhillon (@mansoor_dhillon) January 20,
FACT CHECK
DigitEYE India decided to investigate this claim and found that it is mostly false. The United States of America has officially not announced anything about such a payment deal so far.
Details:
We first conducted a web search using the phrase “USA finalizing deal with Greenland $700 billion” to verify the claim. Multiple reports clarify that the $700 billion figure is not tied to any finalized or formally proposed deal. Instead, it reflects an internal estimate discussed/claimed by various people.
For instance, a report by NBC news mentions how “The United States could have to pay as much as $700 billion if it were to achieve President Donald Trump’s goal of buying Greenland,” as per the estimates “generated by scholars and former U.S. officials as part of planning around Trump’s aspiration…” View a section from the report below –
Following this, we came across another report by Reuters that sheds light on lump-sump payments proposed. The report states that “U.S. officials, including White House aides, have discussed figures ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 per person, said two of the sources.” However, once again this is unconfirmed and not tied to any $700 billion deal to buy Greenland as mentioned in the claim. View a section of this report below –
We then proceeded to conduct a reverse image search from various keyframes of the video. The search took us to a BBC report published on 7 January 2025, titled : Trump Jr arrives in Greenland after dad says US should own the territory. View a screenshot of the video shared in the article below –
Though acquiring Greenland is Trump’s priority as confirmed by White house officials in videos uploaded by CNN and WCNC, US finalizing a deal to pay $700 billion to buy Greenland is not yet confirmed.
And where does Trump’s $700 billion Greenland price tag comes from is explained to some exent in this video by CGTN.
There are many videos circulating about the ways US weiging to take over the Greenland, yet there is no official confirmation from White house on this.
Thus, the claim ‘USA finalizing a deal to pay $700 billion to buy Greenland’ is false as of now.
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