President Trump Pushes Greenland Resource Grab and Expands U.S. Militarization Plan
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President Donald Trump said large-scale exploration for oil, gas and minerals will begin in Greenland, framing the Arctic island as a strategic prize while praising a recent U.S.-Denmark-Greenland deal that deepens the American military footprint.
President Donald Trump announced that extensive exploration for oil, gas and minerals is set to begin in Greenland, casting the island as a lucrative target packed with some of the world’s largest reserves of easily extractable oil. In a post on his Truth Social platform, he claimed that the amount of readily available oil in Greenland is greater than in most other locations worldwide, citing unnamed experts and offering no public evidence.
The statement follows a security agreement reached last month with Denmark and Greenland, which expands the U.S. military presence on the island, authorizes two new bases and a planned missile-defence system known as the “Golden Dome.” The pact also reaffirms Danish sovereignty and Greenlanders’ right to self-determination while trying to contain the fallout from a previous dispute over the possibility of a forced U.S. acquisition of Greenland.
"Any future attack on the United States will have to come across Greenland, where our defence will routinely knock down drones, missiles, or any other form of weapon not yet even conceived," Trump wrote.
"It gives us time, location, and sightline, like nowhere else in the world!"
No immediate response was reported from Greenlandic or Danish officials regarding the president’s comments.