Greenland, J.D. Vance and Trump
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Despite the Trump administration’s push to secure Greenland, leaders in Denmark and Greenland remain staunchly against the president’s wishes, even as Greenland's prime minister has called for indepe...
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Prime Minister Mute Bourup Egede told Sermitsiaq, a local newspaper, that their expected arrival, little more than two weeks after Greenland held parliamentary elections, is “highly aggressive,” and ...
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Trump says US must gain control of Greenland
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In 1979, Greenlanders voted for home rule, not least because they wanted to withdraw from the EEC, which was encroaching on fishing rights; Greenland withdrew in 1985.
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President Donald Trump has made U.S. control of Greenland a pillar of his second term’s burgeoning foreign policy.
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He pledged respect for Greenland's sovereignty but also suggested the territory would come to see the benefit of partnering with the U.S., in remarks the Danish prime minister called unfair.
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Greenland has 56,000 people, one grocery store chain and enough rare earths to keep a superpower humming. Washington wants it—openly. Vice President Vance’s surprise visit with his wife has
Vice President JD Vance’s trip to an island that President Trump wants to “get” was a scaled-back version of the original White House plan. “He’s not welcome,” one Greenlander said.
Donald Trump channeled one of his Miss Universe contestants with his reason for wanting to claim Greenland for the United States. It is all about “world peace.” The president insisted it wasn’t just America’s security he was worried about in seeking to take control of the Arctic island from Denmark.
An international relations expert said there are a few ways Trump could acquire Greenland, however, those options would have serious consequences to the world order.
Politicians in Greenland and Denmark have firmly rejected the idea, but the U.S. administration appears undeterred, so how could a U.S. takeover play out?
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will visit Greenland on April 2-4 for talks with the semi-autonomous territory's new government, she said on Saturday, amid U.S. interest in taking control of the Arctic island.
In a village that was relocated to make room for a military base, Greenlanders are still living with the legacy of the last time the United States took an interest in their island.
Since World War II, American forces have been stationed on the island. Today, from a remote outpost, they watch the skies.
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