President Donald Trump stated Wednesday that US management of Greenland was “very important” for his deliberate Golden Dome air and missile protection system.
“The USA wants Greenland for the aim of Nationwide Safety. It’s important for the Golden Dome that we’re constructing,” Trump, who has vowed to grab the Arctic island from ally Denmark, wrote on social media.
“NATO turns into much more formidable and efficient with Greenland within the fingers of the UNITED STATES. Something lower than that’s unacceptable.”
Trump’s publish got here early on a day when prime Danish and Greenlandic diplomats have been to go to the White Home for talks on Greenland with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Hours earlier than the assembly was attributable to begin, Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen sought to ease US issues about safety in Greenland, telling AFP that Denmark was boosting its navy presence there and was in talks with allies on “an elevated NATO presence within the Arctic.”
Trump for his half stated that NATO “must be main the best way” in constructing the multi-layer missile protection system.
“IF WE DON’T, RUSSIA OR CHINA WILL, AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!” Trump wrote.
The US chief has repeatedly threatened to take over the huge, strategic and sparsely populated Arctic island, and he has sounded emboldened since ordering a lethal January 3 assault in Venezuela that eliminated its president.
AFP
