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Trump wants to buy Greenland, but the island is not for sale
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President Donald Trump repeatedly raised his interest in the United States buying Greenland from the Danish government, a move that the White House would have come to study,
The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday for the first time that the Republican president discussed the issue with assistants during meetings and dinners, in which he seriously heard about that possibility. The publication said Trump asked the lawyer of the executive mansion to investigate the matter, and that people close to the ruler were divided around the issue, as some considered it a solid economic strategy and others dismissed it as a passing fantasy.
After that initial report, several media said Friday they confirmed the president’s intentions with sources with knowledge of the subject. The Washington Post quoted two people familiar with the talks, according to which Trump has raised the possibility of buying for weeks, but as with other ‘internal reflections’ of the president, his assistants await further instructions before deciding what so seriously they should analyze that matter. According to the newspaper, among the things that have been discussed is whether such a movement is legal, what would be the process to acquire an island that has its own government and population, and where any money to buy a mass of giant land According to the Post, it was not clear why Trump might want the United States to buy the island, although his administration has identified the Arctic as an area of growing importance for national security interests.
Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, is the place where the Thule Air Base is located, the installation of its kind farther north of the US Army, located above the Arctic Circle and built in 1951. The radar and the listening post have an Early Warning System for Ballistic Missiles that can warn of incoming intercontinental missiles and reach thousands of miles within Russian territory, said CNN. After the reports, Greenland Foreign Minister Ane Lone Bagger told Reuters on Friday that the world’s largest island is open to business, but is not for sale. The idea was also ridiculed on Friday by politicians from Denmark, including Lars Lokke Rasmussen, who was prime minister of the country until June and is now the leader of the opposition party.
“It must be a April Fools’ Day joke! But totally out of season!” He wrote on Twitter. I am sure that a majority in Greenland believes that it is better to have a relationship with Denmark than with the United States in the long term. My immediate thought is ‘No, thanks,’ Danish deputy Aaja Chemnitz Larsen told Reuters
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