Trump on using military force says "I don't see it with Canada," but "something could happen with Greenland"
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Mr. Trump has repeatedly vowed to secure U.S. control of Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, while threatening to make Canada the 51st state.

President Trump said he would talk to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney about making Canada the 51st state. But the president said he didn’t expect it to get to the point of using military force — though he wouldn’t commit to the same for Greenland.

“Something could happen with Greenland, I’ll be honest,” Trump said in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that aired on Sunday.  He said that “we need that for national and international security,” but he added “I don’t see it with Canada. I just don’t see it.”

  • SoupBrick@pawb.social
    141·
    18 hours ago

    Located between the U.S., Russia and Europe, Greenland is viewed as a strategic position for both economic and defense purposes, with melting sea ice opening up new shipping routes through the Arctic.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      11·
      17 hours ago

      Shipping from the U.S. to Europe can only be made more inefficient by heading up towards Greenland. The only way it could be more efficient is if the U.S. took over Canada and was trying to directly trade with Russia without Europe being in the way. An attack on Greenland should be seen as an attack on Canada and all of the EU/UK

      • grue@lemmy.world
        4·
        13 hours ago

        The only way it could be more efficient is if the U.S. took over Canada and was trying to directly trade with Russia without Europe being in the way.

        Exactly.