US Edition"Completely Delusional": Trump's Greenland Mining Dreams Clash with Reality
Trump insists on exploiting Greenland's critical minerals despite experts citing extreme Arctic conditions and lack of infrastructure that make mining impractical.
- On January 12, CNN reported President Donald Trump has doubled down on Greenland, telling reporters, `We need Greenland. & It's so strategic right now` and adopting a threatening tone on January 9, 2026.
- The initiative traces to Trump's first presidency when Miles Taylor noted Trump proposed acquiring Greenland, while Mike Waltz said in 2024 the administration focused on its critical minerals and natural resources.
- Researchers note specific extraction hurdles as many mineral deposits lie under a mile-thick ice sheet above the Arctic Circle, and private mining firms would have pursued easier deposits already.
- Diplomatic tensions persist as practical barriers remain, as officials in Greenland and Denmark had hoped U.S. annexation talk would end, but Denmark's sovereignty is not the main obstacle to resource access.
- Analysts warn the plan is unrealistic given Arctic challenges, with Malte Humpert, founder of The Arctic Institute, telling CNN, `The idea of turning Greenland into America's rare-earth factory is science fiction.
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According to former U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official Miles Taylor, President Donald Trump initially proposed acquiring Greenland during his first presidency. Taylor, who served in the first Trump Administration but is now an outspoken Never Trumper, told MS NOW that conservative Trump officials, at the time, thought the proposal was absurd. But Trump revisited the idea during his second presidency and is being much more aggres…
Greenland's unexploited mineral wealth has put the island at the top of President Donald Trump's expansionist wish list.
With more than half a hundred critical raw material deposits, virtually all unexploited, Greenland is one of the world’s territories with the greatest wealth of natural resources. It has gas, oil, uranium and minerals critical to the ecological transition but, above all, has rare earths
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The US is building a resource-driven world order based on energy dominance, territorial leverage, and Europe’s strategic weakness When US President Donald Trump returned to the topic of acquiring Greenland – one that seemed largely forgotten just a month ago – the idea wasn’t considered mere ‘theatrics’, particularly in Europe. And it’s not just about the ‘Maduro effect’. Beneath Trump’s provocative statements, a clear geopolitical strategy is e…
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