The president of the United States, Donald Trump, is willing to Get with the territory of Greenland at all costs. He has announced it in an interview with NBC News in which he has assured that “We will get Greenland. Yes, 100%.” Besides, Trump hopes to do it without needing to send the US armyalthough “I don’t rule out anything.”
The statements of the American president arrive hours after the visit of the United States vice president, JD Vance, and his wife, Usha Vance, to Greenlands lands. On that trip, designed to visit the US military bases in the territory and enjoy sled races, the vice president accused Denmark, who is dependent on the island, on “Do not do a good job “ to maintain the safety of the island and meet the needs of its people.
A wish that Greenlandes do not share
The idea US expansionist in Greenland It is not shared by the local population of the island.
Of the more than 56,000 inhabitants that has the Denmark -dependent territory85% oppose being part of the United States And they refuse to be the famous ‘State 51’ of the North American country.
Denmark denies groenlandia although they are willing to negotiate
From Denmark, which Greenland depends, They refuse to deliver the territory to the United States. This has been confirmed by both the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, and its Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen.
Rasmussen says that if what the United States wants is expand its military presence on the island, “We will talk about it”, but this “is not a way of treating an ally.”
The Danish people share the opinion of their representatives, since around 2,000 people have met in front of the United States embassy in Copenhagen to show their rejection of the “disproportionate pressures” of the Trump administration on Greenland.
In the midst of tensions, Frederiksen will travel to Greenland to meet with the new local government for “Strengthen unity” between territories. The Danish Prime Minister says he hopes to “continue with the close cooperation and trust between Greenland and Denmark with Jens-Frederik Nielsen and the rest of the Greenlandic government”, in addition to praising the integrity of the island’s representatives before the US pressures.
