Donald Trump said he believed that the United States would dominate Greenland after the details of the “terrible” call that had threatened Denmark to Denmark.
When the Air Force was installed on Saturday, Trump said, “I think we can get it,” and 57,000 residents on the Arctic Island argued that we wanted to be with us.
“I believe in Greenland, because it’s really related to the freedom of the world,” he said. “There is nothing to do with the United States, except for what we can provide freedom.”
Since his re -election, Trump has been dominated by Denmark, but has repeatedly interested in acquiring a Arctic island with large -scale autonomy.
His latest comments were that Denmark’s Prime Minister METTE Frederiksen was said to have been aggressive and conflicted to take over the island, following the “terrible” phone call. Financial Times said the five present and former European officials that the phone was very bad. “It was terrible,” said one of the sources. “It was a cold shower,” said another person. “In the past, it was difficult to think seriously, but I think it is serious and potentially dangerous.”
Trump was reported to have threatened taxes on Denmark export to the United States, with tariffs targeting NATO’s allies, Denmark.
“We do not recognize the interpretation of conversations given by anonymous information sources,” said Denmark’s Prime Minister’s Office.
Greenland’s prime minister Mute Eugede, who wants independence from Denmark, said that the territory was not sold, but it was open for close relationships with the United States in mining.
On Saturday, Rasmus Jarlov, a conservative member of the Denmark Congress Defense Committee, said that Denmark has never passed 57,000 citizens and will never become Americans. Ta. “We understand that the United States is a powerful country. We are not so, how far they go depends on the United States, but what are coming. We are still no. I’m going to say.
Greenland, which is strategically located between the United States and Europe, is a potential geopolitical battlefield because the climate crisis worsens.
The rapid melting of the giant ice sheet and glaciers on the island is interested in oil drilling for essential minerals such as copper, lithium, cobalt, and nickel (although the Greenland in 2021 has stopped granting an exploration license). I raised it.
The melting route of the Ice in the Arctic has also opened a new transport route, creating an alternative to the Suez Canal, but the Panama Canal has reduced the amount of traffic as a result of a serious drought.
Since the Cold War, Greenland is the home of the US military base and its early warning system for its ballistic missile.
Talking to the Sunday Times, a former Greenland Denmark official and expert told Copenhagen in 1917 that the territory would be “Denmark forever.”
Tom Huem, a representative of Danish Greenland, between 1982 and 1987, said that if Denmark sold Greenland, he had to give the first rejection to the UK based on the 1917 agreement. Ta.
At that time, the British government demanded that the island was approaching Canada and was dominated by the United Kingdom and had the first right to buy Greenland.
Earlier this month, Trump refused to exclude economic or military use to take Greenland and Panama Canal.
On the boat, Trump repeated his opinion that Canada should be a US state. “Honestly, we consider it a nation to be a nation,” he told reporters. “And they get much better treatment, much better care, and much lower taxes, and they will be safer.”
This article was revised on January 26, 2025. In the previous version, the Suez Canal states that the traffic volume is small as a result of serious drought. The intended reference was to the Panama Canal.
