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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."
You have Russia that is trying to become king of the Arctic, with 60-plus ice breakers, some of them nuclear power,
I love maps. And I always said: ‘Look at the size of this. It’s massive. That should be part of the United States,
A friend of mine, a really, really experienced businessman, thinks we can get Greenland,
Trump told his National Security adviser, according to the book When it became public, they lost their political courage,
Trump said in 2021, according to The Times, despite the fact that the Danes had never actually considered selling the territory If Trump had just kept his mouth shut, we could have found out. But it was just gone, just completely gone,
he told others, according to the authors Trump's reaction is a statement of how important Greenland is in the geopolitical area at this moment,
I think he's talking too loudly. I don't think you can take him seriously when he says he's going to take us over by force."
Mikael Ludvidsen, a resident of capital Nuuk, was skeptical about the president-elect's intentions, telling Reuters We should partner with a great power because Greenland is a rich country, we have everything here."
Resident Jens Ostermann, carrying a small child bundled up against the winter cold, said Warm but reserved welcome for Donald Trump Jr."
Some locals sported Make America Great Again caps to greet Trump Jr., with Greenlandic daily Sermitsiaq headlining its report I don't think that we're in a foreign policy crisis,
He's popular in Greenland. So he can clearly be helpful to the Danish-Greenlandic relationship,
Damien Degeorges, a Reykjavik-based consultant specialising in Greenland, told Reuters I find it extremely ridiculous,
said Jeppe Finne Sorenson, a data engineer in the Danish capital The whole town is showing up, I think, at the airport,
Gor said in a teaser clip of Art of the Surge, an Apple TV docuseries on Donald Trump’s resurgence and presidential victory Let me repeat it – Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders. Our future and fight for independence is our business. Danes, Americans and everyone else can have opinions, but we should not be caught up in the hysteria and pointing fingers at others. Because our future is ours and must be shaped by us.” ... But we’ll take it from there.”
In response to Trump Jr’s visit, he said ... He described Trump’s refusal to rule out military or economic coercion as “serious statements, Seen through the eyes of the Danish government, Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders.”
The Danes are hoping that this will blow over with time,
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,
Donald Trump previously said ... and doubled down Tuesday These people are saying, ‘We just want a better future for ourselves, and Denmark doesn’t allow us to do anything,’ ... Greenland
While Donald Trump Jr. claimed Tuesday ... Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen Most people don’t want it,
Aaja Chemnitz, a Greenlandic member of the Danish parliament, told The Associated Press
