US President Donald Trump has decided to aggressively pursue his plan regarding Greenland. (Image X @JIX5A)
Washington: US President Donald Trump has decided to aggressively pursue his plan regarding Greenland. In light of the military assets and equipment being sent to Greenland by European countries, Trump stated that the US could impose sanctions on any country that does not agree with his plan for Greenland.
Speaking to the media at a health event held at the White House, Trump addressed the Greenland issue.
"If they (European countries) don't support the Greenland agreement, I can impose tariffs on those countries. We need Greenland for national security; they need to understand that," Trump warned.
This statement from Donald Trump comes at a time when European countries are sending troops to Greenland for exercises, registering their protest. Meanwhile, a delegation of US lawmakers is currently in Denmark to de-escalate the growing tensions among NATO countries. They are holding discussions with Danish and Greenlandic lawmakers.
Opposition to Trump's Greenland proposal has grown so strong in Europe that countries like Germany and Italy have openly agreed to begin direct talks with Russia. France already has troops stationed in Greenland, and President Macron has indicated that he plans to send even more.
It is noteworthy that Trump has repeatedly spoken about acquiring Greenland. Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and Trump said earlier this week that nothing less than US control over the Arctic island would be acceptable.
On Friday, without providing further details, he said, "If any country doesn't agree on the Greenland issue, I can impose tariffs on them. We need Greenland for national security."
Greenland's Minister for Business, Trade, Mineral Resources, Justice and Gender Equality, Naaja Nathanielsen, has condemned Donald Trump’s insistence on making the Arctic island a part of the US.
"It's very difficult right now for Greenlanders to figure out what is at play here, because we feel to some extent that we are betrayed by a great partner that we have relied on for many years," Nathanielsen told the media.
"I think there can be a military interest, I think there can be an interest regarding our natural resources, but I also think that could be a more ideological one, maybe driven by expansionism," she added.
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