Trump wants Greenland: outrage in Denmark on territorial demands!
Trump wants Greenland: outrage in Denmark on territorial demands!
Grönland, Dänemark - Donald Trump, the designated US President, has once again announced his ambitions to bring Greenland under the control of the United States. On his online platform Truth Social, Trump expressed that the possession and control of Greenland were "inevitable in the interest of national security and freedom in the world". This is not the first time that Trump raises such demands; Already in 2019 he tried to buy the Danish island, but this met with a vehement rejection, both in Denmark and in Greenland, such as krone.at reported.
In his current announcement, Trump also presented Ken Howery as a candidate for the post of the US ambassador in Denmark. Howery, co -founder of PayPal, was already an ambassador in Sweden during Trump's first term. However, his appointment must still be approved by the US Senate. The Danish government's reaction to Trump's advance was monosyllabic; Greenland's head of government Múte B. Eggede said that the island was "not for sale", but rather strives for economic cooperation, which was supported by the Greenland MPs Aaja Chemnitz and Aki-Matilda Høigh-Dam, as Zeit.de further reported.Strategic importance of Greenland
Greenland, with its around 56,000 inhabitants, is not only because of its size of strategic importance, but also because of its location in the Arctic and the proximity to Russia. The island is autonomous as a ninth largest policy and economy, while foreign and security policy is still in the hands of Denmark. These geopolitical considerations could be crucial for the United States, especially with regard to suspected raw material deposits and military base stations. Trump's current wish to control Greenland is added to a long history of US-interested purchase offers, such as the offer of President Harry Truman in 1946 over $ 100 million in gold.
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