Donald Trump has expressed his desire to annex Greenland, the world's largest island, and is using Greenland's push for independence to potentially leverage control.
Donald Trump has reopened his bid to seize Greenland . Here's why it's not an empty threat. Greenland ’s push for independence is gaining momentum — and Trump is happy to use that to his advantage. A plane carrying Donald Trump Jr. lands in Nuuk, Greenland , on Tuesday. The same day, president-elect Donald Trump told reporters he had his sights set on annexing Greenland . Incoming U.S. president Donald Trump wants a U.S.
takeover of the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland — and the idea is not nearly as far-fetched as it might sound. Trump reiterated recent calls to secure control of the world's largest island and the Panama Canal, refusing to rule out economic or military coercion. He threatened to 'tariff Denmark at a very high level' if it did not comply. 'Greenland is an incredible place, and the people will benefit greatly if and when it becomes part of our nation,' he wrote earlier Tuesday to his social media network, Truth Social. 'We will protect it, and cherish it, from a very vicious outside World.' He also said the president-elect connected with locals for a brief video call, telling the group, 'We're going to treat you well.' Donald Trump Jr., right, poses for a photo with a resident in Nuuk, Greenland, on Tuesday. 'I don't want to be a pawn in Trump's wet dreams of expanding his empire,' Aaja Chemnitz, one of Greenland's two representatives in Denmark's parliament, says. 'It's appalling — what's going on right now' about the U.S. 'taking over Greenland,' Søren Espersen, an opposition MP in Denmark, says in a Google translation of But within Greenland, the reaction was more muted. That's because, amid an ongoing push for independence from Denmark, the U.S. is certain to be a key player in the territory's future
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