US needs Greenland for international security - Trump
US President Donald Trump said that the United States needs Greenland to ensure international security.
The American leader said this in a podcast by American host Vince Coglianese, reports EP, Censor.NET informs.
Trump, in particular, was asked to comment on the upcoming visit of the US Vice President and Second Lady to Greenland. The head of the White House replied that it was necessary for "them to know that we need Greenland for international security."
"We need Greenland for international security. We need it. We have to get it. This is an island that we need from a defensive and even offensive standpoint, especially in the current situation in the world... And we have to have it. I hate to say it, but we have to have it," the American leader said.
At the same time, Trump admitted that Greenlanders are unlikely to want their island to become part of the United States.
"But I think we have to do it, and we have to convince them, and we have to have that land because without it, you can't properly protect a lot of that land, not just the United States. So we have to have it, and I think we will have it," the US president said.
Earlier, it was reported that an American delegation would visit Greenland this week. The island's Prime Minister Mute Egede criticized the visit of the American delegation to Greenland, calling it a "provocation."
Later, it became known that US Vice President J.D. Vance would join his wife, Usha Vance, who will visit Greenland on March 28 with the US delegation.
Trump wants to annex Greenland to the United States
In early January, Trump said that Denmark should give up Greenland to protect the "free world."
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen cannot imagine and does not believe that the United States will use military or economic force to control Greenland.
Danish Foreign Minister Rasmussen, in turn, said that Greenland could become independent if its residents wanted it to, but it would not be a US state.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said that the EU will not allow other countries to attack its borders.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned against violent border changes in light of US President-elect Donald Trump's recent statements about claims to Greenland.
CNN writes that Danish officials fear that US President Donald Trump is much more serious about acquiring Greenland than he was in his first term.
Earlier, Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede said that the island does not want to be American or Danish but seeks independence, noting that this is nothing new.
On March 5, Trump said that the United States is ready to accept Greenland into its fold if the people are in favor: "We're going to get it one way or another."
