President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States would take control of Greenland “in one way or another” and that months would increasingly escalate the self -managed Danish territory.
Trump spoke to a joint meeting of the congress in Washington and said that he “had a message this evening for the incredible people in Greenland”.
“We expressly support your right to determine your own future, and if you want, we welcome you to the United States of America,” he said about half of his 90-minute speech.
Trump also promised the Grönlasern that America “protects them, we will make them rich, and together we will bring Greenland to heights that they have never thought before.”
But between the nice and cozy wishes, Trump's tone shifted when he again introduced the Americans that the US control over the Arctic land mass covered by ice was of crucial importance for his or her national security.
“We need Greenland for national security and even international security, and we work with everyone involved to try to get them,” said Trump
“But we really need it for international, for world security, and I think we'll get it. We will get it in one way or another,” he said.
“It is a very small population, but a very, very large piece of land. And very, very important for military security,” concluded the president before he went on a separate topic.
The somewhat threatening appeal to Grönlander was unexpected. But it was hardly without precedent.
Trump has been fixed on the strategic importance of the island covered with glaciers for years and has repeatedly suggested that the United States can purchase the autonomous area.
In January his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., a highly known Visit in Greenland's capital, where he filmed video for a podcast.
The trip was invoiced as a private visit, however the President's social media contributions had strong political overtones.
“Don Jr. and my representatives end up in Greenland,” Trump wrote in regards to the visit of his son in Nuuk.
“The reception was great. You and the free world need security, security, strength and peace! This is a deal that has to happen. Maga. Make Greenland great again!” he added.
Denmark has Bitter rejected Trump's overtures in regards to the acquisition of the island, which fits back at the very least in 2019.
Trump's interest within the island shouldn’t be only personal: additionally it is a part of a wider national security strategy that focuses on counteracting Russian and Chinese power within the Arctic circle.
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