US EditionGreenland minister: Trump push to acquire bases as sovereign US territory a ‘red line’
Greenlandic leaders reject U.S. demands for sovereignty over military bases, citing national control as a 'red line' amid strategic Arctic security concerns involving Russia and China.
- On Jan. 23, President Donald Trump insisted the United States will take ownership of U.S. military bases in Greenland and said, `We’ll have everything we want.`
- At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland , Trump and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced a 'framework' on Greenland, but Greenlandic and European officials say details were disclosed only afterward.
- The Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland houses about 150 military personnel and runs a radar tracking site, while the U.S.-Denmark defense agreement permits Pentagon expansion only with Greenlandic and Danish consent.
- Danish and Greenlandic leaders have stated they reject sovereignty transfer, with Naaja Nathanielsen saying Greenland 'giving up sovereignty is not on the table for now,' while President Donald Trump scrapped tariff threats and said he would not use force.
- That discussion raises questions about NATO's mandate as proposals include preferential mineral access and updating the 1951 defense agreement, while Greenlanders face deep anxiety over Trump's threats crossing a 'red line'.
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Greenland Warns The U.S. of Its Clear "Red Lines"
Greenland said that it has warned the United States of its clear “red lines” that it will not cross in talks over its future with Washington. The island’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, has said that he won’t go into details, but that the “conclusion is already written.” Greenland has been on the Trump administration’s wish list of takeovers. The autonomous Danish territory has been at the center of a transatlantic rift since U.S. ruler …
Greenland minister: Trump push to acquire bases as sovereign US territory a ‘red line’
A senior Greenlandic official dismissed President Trump’s desire for the U.S. to gain sovereignty over the land on which its military base sits. Naaja Nathanielsen, Greenland’s minister of industry, raw materials, mining, energy, law enforcement and equality, told USA Today on Sunday that the president’s proposal is a “red line.” Trump claimed to the New…
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