Trump reiterates desire to acquire Greenland; Denmark and Greenland object

President Trump reiterated on Sunday that he wants to take over Greenland, prompting Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, to urge him to “stop the threats” to annex the semiautonomous Danish territory. On Air Force One Mr. Trump told reporters, “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security,” a comment the article says came after an American raid on Venezuela and the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife.

Mr. Trump appointed the United States’ first special envoy to the island in December, a move that the article says infuriated leaders in both Denmark and Greenland. Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, called Mr. Trump’s rhetoric “utterly unacceptable” and said linking the situation in Venezuela with Greenland was “wrong” and “disrespectful.” The article says Mr.

Trump argues Greenland is vital for U.S. national security, citing its geostrategic location and an American missile-defense base on the island, and contends Denmark does not spend enough to safeguard it. Greenland is also noted for large stores of rare earth minerals; some scientists say parts of its continental shelf could hold major undiscovered oil and gas deposits, though Greenland’s government abandoned oil ambitions in 2021 and the territory banned uranium mining in 2021 — measures the article says could be overturned if the United States acquired Greenland.

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World, Donald Trump, Greenland, Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, Jens-frederik Nielsen