Greenland: Trump administration will increase stress – and threatens navy motion | EUROtoday

In the dispute with Denmark over Greenland, the US authorities below President Donald Trump is rising stress and threatening navy motion. “The President and his team are discussing a number of options to achieve this important foreign policy goal, and of course the use of the US military is always available to the commander in chief as an option,” mentioned authorities spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt. She did not get any extra particular.

Trump has made it clear that bringing Greenland below US management is “a national security priority of the United States,” Leavitt mentioned. Control over Greenland is essential “to deter our adversaries in the Arctic.”

Before Christmas, Trump additionally referred to China and Russia when it got here to Greenland possession claims. The US President mentioned that if you happen to look alongside the coast of Greenland, you will note Russian and Chinese ships in all places. It’s not about minerals or oil; the USA has sufficient of that itself.

Trump had already expressed possession of Greenland in 2019 throughout his first time period in workplace. The Danes initially believed it was a joke. Since then, the US President has renewed his claims to the Arctic island a number of occasions and has not dominated out navy power to deliver Greenland below his management.

Trump has reiterated in interviews in current days that the US wants Greenland for nationwide safety. Trump’s deputy chief of employees Stephen Miller even described the US declare as “the official position of the US government”. Both statements adopted the US navy operation in Venezuela and international considerations that Trump would now additionally flip his consideration to different areas.

Greenland was a colony of Denmark till 1953, however since 1979 it has acquired rising self-government rights and is now largely autonomous. Denmark continues to determine on areas equivalent to overseas and protection coverage – due to its ties to the dominion, Greenland can also be a part of NATO. A big proportion of the roughly 57,000 Greenlanders need full independence from Denmark.