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President Donald Trump He insisted that they now need to “get” Greenland “in one way or another.” But this is not the first time US leaders had a view of the ice, widespread island.
Located in the midst of disputed waters between the US, Russia and Western Europe, Grenland is located At a moment that could protect the passage from the northern Atlantic from Russian ships and submarines. It was a key military place during the Cold War, and President Harry Truman offered to buy Greenland of Dans 1946.
The island is also a portable point for communication cables crossing the Atlantic. European officials claim that the Russian “Spirit of the ships” destroyed such cables by throwing anchors and pulling them across the ocean bottom.
Greater control over the island would not only offer now the shortest route of the ship Europe, but also an opportunity to strengthen their early warning system of ballistic rockets and put a radar on the ocean bottom to monitor the movements of Russian and Chinese ships.
On the left: former Homeland Security Advisor Julia Nesheiwat; Other Lady of Usha Vance; National Security Advisor Mike Waltz; Vice President JD Vance; Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah; Energy secretary Chris Wright poses as they visit the US Pituffik Space Base on Friday. (Jim Watson/Pool over Reuters)
The island rests at the top of the lucrative stocks of critical and rare minerals of the country, such as cobalt, nickel, uranium and iron – materials that are key to electric vehicles, medical equipment, electronics, batteries and advanced defense systems.
He used to be a top producer of rare countries minerals, but China overthrew him. China is currently dominating the global supply chain with an approach to 60% of the world’s supply, but Greenland could be a “game exchanger,” said national security lawyer Irina Tsukerman.
“Their overall resources of these rare countries could be greater than what the cinema has,” she told Fox News Digital.
Vice President Jd vance, The second Lady of Usha Vance, national security adviser Mike Waltz and energy secretary Chris Wright, along with Senar Mike Lee, R-Utah, visited Greenland on Friday.
“Our message to Denmark is very simple: you did not do Greenland’s job well,” said Vice President on a trip.
“You were missing yourself in the inhabitants of Greenland and you were involved in the security architecture of this incredible, comprehensive land mass filled with amazing people. That must change and because it has not changed, this is why President Trump’s policy in Greenland is what it is.”
Infographic with a map showing Greenland, USA and Denmark. (Guillermo Rivas Pachecovaleentina Breschiclara Morineau/AFP via Getty Images)
Greenland is estimated to have the eighth largest reserve of rare countries in the world, right behind the USA -a But his minerals were difficult to approach – 80% of the island surface is covered with thick ice leaves. The island also has a lot of bureaucracy: strict requirements for environmental and social influence mean that the permit process takes time.
The national economy is currently built on fishing and well -being: Denmark offers about $ 700 million each year, almost half of Greenland’s budget.
Now they have incorporated “billions” of investments in the mineral minerals in Greenland as part of the effort to reduce the relying on China, although China has already had a limited participation in mining projects there.
“China is more concerned about the Arctic approach than those minerals,” Tsukerman said.
About 80% of Greenland is covered with ice, making its rare countries difficult to approach. (Reuters/Leonhard Foeger/file)
“China focused her mineral efforts on Africa, where she really is far ahead of the US Russia was Focused on the Arctic, “she continued.” Conversations for increasing the presence of NATO in the area are increasing to distract Russian and Chinese vessels from entry. “
There are also oil and gas, but in 2021. Greenland has undergone a ban for all future research and extraction of oil and gas extraction.
As the ice caps continue to melt, the water around Greenland becomes more promoted – which means that ships traveling from Asia and Europe can sail the polar routes and avoid moving south to panama and suez canal.
The Danish defense on the island became outdated, just as Russia renovates its own Arctic port. Greenland once hosted dozens of American bases and outlets, but today he hosts only one: the Pituffik Space Force base. Once about 10,000 American troops, only about 200 are allocated there.
“We need Greenland for international security and security. We need to. We have to have it,” Trump said in an interview on Wednesday.
The territory is greatly opposed to the idea of joining the US
In response to Trump’s threats to occupy Greenland, Denmark announced an investment in defense of two billion dollars in January in January.
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The Danish Defense Intelligence Service has found that Greenland “is a priority for Russia, and will show its power by aggressive and threatening behavior, which will convey with it a higher risk of escalation than ever before in the Arctic.”
“We have not invested enough in the Arctic for many years,” the Danish Minister of Defense Troels Lund Poulsen recently admitted. “We are planning a stronger presence now.”
