The US president is also considering alternative possibilities such as a free association agreement or direct acquisition
Denmark and Greenland ask the US Secretary of State to arrange a meeting at the foreign minister level
The White House confirmed on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump is also considering the use of the military among the range of possibilities at his disposal to gain control of Greenland.
“The president and his team are discussing a number of options to achieve this important foreign policy objective, and of course, using the US military is always an option available to the commander-in-chief,” according to a statement issued by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, reported by US media.
Sources from CBS have also indicated that among other options Trump is considering are the possibility of buying Greenland or signing a free association agreement. These sources, in any case, indicated that the US president’s intention is to resolve this issue before the end of his term.
In recent days, Donald Trump has reiterated that the United States must annex this large island territory for reasons of “national security,” although the authorities of Denmark and Greenland have demanded that the US threats cease, emphasizing that Copenhagen is a historically close ally of Washington and that the Arctic island “is not for sale.”
MEETING WITH MARCO RUBIO
Amidst this situation, the Foreign Minister of Greenland, Vivian Motzfeldt, and her Danish counterpart, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, have confirmed that they have asked US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to arrange a trilateral meeting to try to alleviate the increased tension of recent weeks.
“The Government of Greenland and the Danish Government have contacted the United States Department of State to request a ministerial meeting as soon as possible,” Motzfeldt stated first, and the Danish minister later confirmed. “The time has come for us to contact our American colleagues, the U.S. Secretary of State, to arrange a meeting. So we requested it yesterday (Tuesday). I can’t say anything about when it will take place, but we need to clear up some misunderstandings,” Rasmussen said.
