USA: We want Greenland

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The United States does not intend to annex Greenland, but to buy it – specified assurance was to be given to Congress's Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a closed gathering at the Capitol. American media is reporting this. In fresh days, Greenland's future has again ignited politicians and public opinion on both sides of the Atlantic.

Illustration picture. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The intention of taking over Greenland Donald Trump had already signaled on the first day of his presidency. As he explained – the safety of the US depends on it, but besides the full North Atlantic Alliance. There are shipping routes close the island, a convenient link between North America and Europe and Russia. On the northern way along the Russian coast, Chinese ships besides began to regularly usage it. They can afford this due to the fact that it became much more accessible as a consequence of climate change than it was a fewer years ago.
Except the strategical importance of Greenland is not news. The experts realized this already during the Cold War. Hence the presence on the island of a large American military base. Trump wants more, though. Its plans powerfully argue both Denmark, to which Greenland formally belongs, and most of the island itself. It has the position of autonomous territory at the moment, but it cannot be excluded that it will shortly become independent.

The subject of Greenland's future over the past fewer months has ignited politicians and commentators on both sides of the Atlantic. After American Operation in Venezuela He returned with a double force. On Monday, Trump's advisor Stephen Miller in an interview with CNN stated that the island should become part of the United States in a well-conceived Western interest. Control over it will let the Americans to decently safe Arctic delicate regionWhat Denmark can't do. “We live in a planet where strength rules,” he stressed.

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The answer did not take long. Tuesday Leaders of respective European countries issued a joint statement. It reads: “Grenland belongs to its inhabitants. Only Denmark and Greenland have the right to take decisions on matters relating to Denmark and Greenland.’ However, this position was met with a repost. In consequence to questions from a number of media, White home spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said: "The president and his squad discuss many options on how to accomplish this crucial abroad policy objective, and the usage of the US Armed Forces is of course 1 of the options the commander has at his disposal."

Does that mean the Americans are ready for the island's armed annexation? According to the American media – not necessarily. The fresh reports of the fresh York Times and the Wall Street diary show that the Secretary of State Marco Rubio is clearly mitigating the speech of the message that has sailed from Donald Trump's administration in fresh days. During a closed gathering with the leaders of Congress, he was to state that the American president "is planning to buy Greenland alternatively than invade it." He even asked advisors to prepare a fresh plan that should lead to taking over the territory.

Will these reports calm Europe? It is now known that the Danish and Greenlandese Prime Ministers have requested an urgent gathering with the US Secretary of State. The EU Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius besides spoke on this issue. "If the U.S. administration had decided to usage force to take control of Greenland, this would mean the definitive end of all transatlantic and NATO relations," he noted. Earlier in a akin tone, the head of the Danish government of Mette Frederiksen spoke. At the same time, it ensured that Copenhagen is ready to enable the Americans to do whatever they can to strengthen the safety of Greenland itself, and through it the USA and NATO as a whole.

Meanwhile, the substance of taking over the island besides divides the Americans themselves. From Trump's rhetoric, even the heads of the legislature NATO Observer Group – the Republican Thom Tillis and representing the Democratic organization Jeanne Shaheen have distanced themselves. “Denmark is 1 of our oldest and most trusted allies [...]. erstwhile Denmark and Greenland powerfully assert that Greenland is not for sale, the United States must fulfil its treaty obligations and respect sovereignty, as well as the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark," they wrote in a joint statement.

Łukasz Zalesinski

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