They would have declined, as it's obviously a bad deal. European TV channels are interviewing Greenlanders these days asking the same question. They don't want it.
Furthermore, what you are suggesting is literally a mafia practice - sell us your business/property for an unfair price or we'll take it by force anyway.
I’m not sure why anyone is surprised that trump is acting like a mafia boss trying to shake down the rest of the world. This is who he has always been, the first time around there were just more people to say no to him.
Furthermore, what you are suggesting is literally a mafia practice - sell us your business/property for an unfair price or we'll take it by force anyway.