US EditionTrump Has ‘No Clue’ About What’s Happening In Greenland, Danish Lawmaker Says
Trump considers purchasing Greenland for its strategic Arctic value as Russia and China increase regional activity, despite firm rejection from Denmark and Greenland leaders.
- President Donald Trump is studying an offer to buy Greenland, the White House says, while Greenland and Denmark insist the island is not for sale and Trump refused to rule out force.
- Citing Arctic security, officials point to Russia's and China's rising activity and melting ice, while diplomats say the administration has considered a compact association and the 1951 treaty between the United States and Denmark allows notifying troop increases.
- The U.S. military already operates the Pituffik base in Greenland, established in World War II, hosting 150 permanently stationed personnel; historically, the United States purchased the Virgin Islands for $25 million.
- Legal and political barriers loom, including Congressional approval and Danish consent, while Denmark said Trump's remarks infuriated a close NATO ally and Greenland's leaders oppose U.S. incorporation.
- Trump framed the idea in territorial terms invoking a modern Manifest Destiny, asserting the United States would surpass China as the third-largest land mass after Russia by acquiring Greenland.
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"The vast majority agrees: we are not for sale!" That's what Flemish Stan Teerlynck (29) says, who has been working in Greenland for four years. Now that US President Donald Trump is increasingly expressing his ambition to incorporate the country, unrest is growing. However, Greenlanders are certainly open to potential cooperation, even with the US. "But it must be based on equality," he says.
On Tuesday evening, he said he was studying "several options" to acquire Greenland, including "use the army".
Donald Trump asked his advisors to present him with an updated plan to acquire Greenland, according to the New York Times. State Secretary Marco Rubio assured Congress that the president preferred a "buy" rather than an invasion.
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