US President Donald Trump has again promoted Greenland. “We are ready to invest billions of dollars to create new jobs and make you rich,” he wrote about Truth Social. Moreover, he again invited the population to become “part of the largest nation in the world”.
Trump had repeatedly stated in recent months to want to take control of the largest island on earth – officially for reasons of national and international security (see video above). He does not exclude military or economic coercion.
According to an investigation from the beginning of January, 85 percent of Groenlanders do not want to be part of the United States of America. The importance of Trump even regards almost half as a threat.
Premier: “No respect”
“The things that are happening in the world at the moment are worried about me – that the world order is swinging on many fronts and that there can be a president in the United States that is very unpredictable and also makes people restless,” said Greenland Prime Minister Múte B. Eggede. “We deserve to be treated with respect. And I don’t think the American president has done that since he took on. “
The country is currently an autonomous region of Denmark. The debate about the Trump statements was the election campaign strongly before the parliamentary statements on Tuesday. All parties represented in parliament have expressed themselves against an annexation by the United States.
56,000 people live on the island. Especially the soil treasures arouse desires: rare earths, lithium, copper, graphite, gold and hydrocarbon. The breakdown of the uranium reserves has been prohibited since 2021, because the radioactive in -products pose a danger to people and the environment.
Economic disadvantages without independence?
The raw arctic conditions and high operating costs are also a problem with reducing mineral resources. “We are a remote place, so it is so expensive to reduce minerals in Greenland. That is why we are often the last option that is being considered. But because we take on the rare earths, it becomes clearly more attractive to look back at Greenland, “said the former finance minister Maliina of Greenlandse Finance. 84 percent of the Groenlanders surveyed want the independence of Denmark, but only if there are no economic disadvantages.
Source: Krone
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