European leaders are pushing back against US president’s desire to seek takeover of the arctic territory
Donald Trump and his team are looking into “a range of options” in an effort to acquire Greenland, noting in a White House statement on Tuesday that using the US military to do so is “always an option”.
“President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it’s vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region. The President and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the US Military is always an option at the Commander in Chief’s disposal,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
Leavitt’s comments came as the leaders of major European powers pushed back against Trump’s desire to seek a US takeover of the arctic territory. The US president has renewed calls for the US to seize Greenland following the dark-of-night arrest of Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan president, over the weekend.
Trump on Sunday said that he needed Greenland “very badly”, prompting a ramping up of tensions among the US, the semi-autonomous Danish territory and Europe.
