Donald Trump offers actual purpose he desires to personal Greenland as he ramps up threats
Speaking at an event with oil companies hoping to be involved in Trump’s raid of Venezuelan resources, the US President said: “We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not.”
The US President ramped up his threats to seize Greenland(Image: Getty Images)
If the US doesn’t take control of Greenland, Russia or China will invade, Donald Trump has claimed – doubling down on his threat to the territory.
Speaking at an event with oil companies hoping to be involved in Trump’s raid of Venezuelan resources, the US President said he’d get his hands on Greenland the “easy way” or the “hard way”. He was asked how much money he’d offer Greenlanders in a bid to buy the territory, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark – but said he isn’t talking about money “yet.”
“Right now, we are going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not because if we don’t do it Russia or China will take over Greenland, and we’re not going to have Russia or China as a neighbour. Okay? I would like to make a deal, you know, the easy way. But if we don’t do it the easy way, we’re going to do it the hard way.”
He added: “We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not.”
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There is “no question” of British bases being used to support US military action against Greenland, Defence Secretary John Healey has said during a visit to Kyiv. He rejected the prospect of UK support for an attack on Greenland, saying the UK would only act “on a fully legal basis”. Asked whether he would allow British bases, personnel or equipment to be used to support US action against Greenland, Mr Healey told ITV News: “There’s no question of that.
“Greenland and Denmark are part of Nato, we and the US are part of that alliance with treaty obligations. And so far as the UK’s support for any nation with any military action, we will do so if the purpose is correct and if the legal basis is sound.”
His comments come after a week of mounting concern that Donald Trump could deploy US troops to achieve his aim of taking over Greenland, which he claims is vital for American national security. Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, has warned that any US military action against Greenland would spell the end of the Nato alliance, of which her country is a member.
And European leaders, including Sir Keir Starmer, have repeatedly stressed that the future of the semi-autonomous Danish territory must be left up to Greenland and Denmark alone. Sir Keir himself “set out his position” on Greenland in a phone call with Mr Trump on Wednesday evening. That call was followed by a flurry of diplomatic activity, including conversations with both Ms Frederiksen and Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte on the need to “do more to deter Russian aggression” in the High North.
