Trump administration explores ways to gain control of Greenland

According to Time, President Donald Trump has long mused about the U.S. taking over Greenland and, after the U.S. raid on Venezuela, his interest appears more serious; public signals included a map of Greenland with a superimposed American flag posted on X by Katie Miller and Stephen Miller saying “the formal position of the U.S.

[is] that Greenland should be part of the U.S.” Greenland, an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark with about 57,000 residents, already hosts a U.S. military base and is valued for its strategic Arctic location and natural resources. The administration has pressed pro-independence currents in Greenland—Vice President J.D.

Vance visited in March and the White House named Jeff Landry a special envoy—and Trump has said, in the Atlantic, “We do need Greenland, absolutely. We need it for defense,” while NATO and European leaders have pushed back, issuing a Jan. 6 joint statement that “It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.” U.S.

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World, Greenland, Denmark, Donald Trump, Nato, Jeff Landry