President-elect Donald Trump’s special plane landed at Greenland airport on January 7 during his eldest son’s visit
Mr. Donald Trump recently said that after returning to the White House, he would not rule out economic or military measures to regain control of Greenland, Denmark’s overseas territory.
Regarding the above statement, Reuters quoted a source familiar with the content of internal discussions with Trump as saying that the probability of the elected president using force to take back Greenland is unlikely.
However, Mr. Trump is serious about the possibility of using other tools, such as applying diplomatic or economic pressure on Denmark.
“The real legacy is that you expanded American territory,” the source said, adding that in the past 70 years the US has not been able to do this.
In 1959, two US territories, Alaska and Hawaii, became the 49th and 50th states under Republican President Dwight Eisenhower. “He (Trump) always talks a lot about it,” according to the source.
Another source recalled seeing a list of foreign policy priorities compiled by Mr. Trump’s senior officials after his November 5, 2024 victory. A line of text immediately caught my eye: “Buy Greenland”.
The president-elect views the possibility of winning Greenland as something that needs to be done at the national security level.
Danish officials have commented many times on Mr. Trump’s above goal, according to which the country has no intention of selling Greenland.
At the same time, Mr. Trump also said that Canada should become the country’s 51st state.
On January 9, when asked to comment on Mr. Trump’s comments on Greenland and Canada, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Arctic is within the scope of Russia’s national strategic interests, and Moscow is closely following it. developments here.
