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President Donald Trump He pressed his case further on Monday as to why the US wants to take control greenlandDescribed the island as vital to US security and made a bizarre claim that the US had been exploring Greenland 300 years ago.
“We need this for national security,” the president said during a news conference in Florida, a day after appointing a new US envoy to the semi-autonomous Danish territory. local authority,
Trump further said that America did not want this Extract Greenland’s Mineral ResourcesRather he wants to use the island to help counter the influence of Russia and China, countries he accuses of placing ships in the region.
“they say that denmark Was there 300 years ago or something with a boat,” Trump said. “Well, we were there with the boats too, I’m sure. So we have to work completely on this.”
(Inuit live greenland Europeans made contact with the island for thousands of years, beginning in the late 10th century. The United States would not play a major role in the exploration of the area around Greenland until the late 19th century.)
He also falsely claimed that Denmark was not supporting the island, even though this was the case in September. Promised a multi-year, $253 million investment package For Greenland.
Over the weekend, Trump announced that Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry would serve as a special envoy to the island territory, which the president has frequently expressed interest in taking control of during his entire time in office.
The announcement, which followed months of calm following a wave of pressure at the start of Trump’s term, provided a boost Angry reaction from officials of Greenland and Denmark,
“We have said it before. Now, we say it again: national borders and the sovereignty of states are enshrined in international law,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and his Greenlandic counterpart Jens-Fredrik Nielsen said in a joint statement. “Those are fundamental principles. You can’t occupy another country. Not even with arguments about international security.”
Denmark has also summoned the US Ambassador to Copenhagen.
As recently as October, the Trump administration appeared to be losing interest in Greenland.
“At the moment it seems very far away. Maybe it feels like we can breathe a sigh of relief,” Prime Minister Frederiksen Said During a session of the Danish Parliament at that time. “It is my belief that we cannot.”
Early in his term, Trump was applying a full-court press on Greenland.
In March, Vice President J.D. Vance visited an American base thereThat same month the President said he would not rule out use force to capture the island,
Tensions escalated further in May, when news reports claimed the US was intensifying spying efforts in Greenland, infuriating Denmark. say he will summon the US ambassador For clarification.