Trump has dreams of Greenland. But the semiautonomous territory of Denmark wants no part of it.
Danish officials have repeatedly told President Donald Trump that Greenland is “not for sale.”
Trump doesn’t seem to care.
The president continues to promote his vision for taking over Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, arguing the island is needed to bolster US security and its stocks of strategic resources.
During his joint address to Congress earlier this month, the president said the United States would take control of Greenland “one way or the other.” And recently, Trump declined to rule out military force.
Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, arrived in Greenland on Friday, embarking on a scaled-back trip that included a stop at the US-operated Pituffik Space Base on the island’s northwest coast. But even before the US delegation arrived, they were met with broad opposition to Trump’s annexation plans.
Here’s why the United States has shown so much interest in Greenland amid the territory’s own push for independence.’We have to have it’
Before Vance’s trip to Greenland, Trump said the island was needed for “international safety and security.
