Greenland important for the US, says Trump's pick for national security adviser

It is now time to take the next step for our country.”

Egede demanded

This is about critical minerals. This is about natural resources. This is about, as the polar ice caps pullback, the Chinese are now cranking out ice breakers and pushing up there as well. So it's oil and gas. It's our national security."

Waltz added

You have Russia that is trying to become king of the Arctic, with 60-plus ice breakers, some of them nuclear power,

he said

Mark Serrezeamerican geographer and professor

Greenland is the largest island in the world, but considerably smaller than the size of the contiguous USA,

Mark Serreze, a geography professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and the director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, told Newsweek

Mark Serrezeamerican geographer and professor

I cannot fathom how anyone is taking this seriously. Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, with home rule. Denmark has no intent to "give" Greenland the the USA, and taking Greenland by force is an absurd notion - Denmark is a member of NATO!"

Mark Serreze, a geography professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and the director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, told Newsweek Wednesday

Stefan Rahmstorfgerman oceanographer and climatologist

I don't know whether Trump really wants Greenland because he's been fooled by Mercator maps - but I'd like to use this opportunity to once again appeal to all scientific colleagues to use more sensible map projections. All mapping software allows you to simply choose one."

Stefan Rahmstorf, a German oceanographer and the professor of physics of the oceans at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, wrote in a Wednesday post on X, formerly Twitter

For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity."

The president-elect first renewed his plans to buy Greenland last month, writing in a Truth Social post that

Essentially, it's a large real estate deal. A lot of things can be done."

In 2019, he told reporters about a possible purchase

Donald Trumpelect

Don Jr. and my Reps landing in Greenland. The reception has been great. They, and the Free World, need safety, security, strength, and PEACE! This is a deal that must happen. MAGA. MAKE GREENLAND GREAT AGAIN!"

President-elect Donald Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Tuesday

Mette Frederiksendanish Prime Minister

Greenlandic Prime Minister Múte Egede has been very, very clear — that there is a lot of support among the people of Greenland that Greenland is not for sale and will not be in the future either."

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in a Tuesday interview with Danish television station TV 2:

If this global current system were to slow substantially or even collapse altogether — as we know it has done in the past — normal temperature and precipitation patterns around the globe would change drastically,

said climate scientist Jennifer Francis of the Woodwell Climate Research Center

I see it as insanely beautiful. It's eye-watering to be there,

said Holland, who has conducted research on the ice more than 30 times since 2007.