US President Donald Trump has continued his attempts to take over Greenland, issuing a bizarre response after Greenland Premier Jens-Frederick Nielsen's desire to stay with Denmark for the future.
If taking over Venezuela and gaining access to its substantial oil reserves wasn't enough, Donald Trump is now ramping up efforts to commandeer Greenland in what would be a vital piece of territory both for trading routes and security in the event of a global conflict.
Many already questioned the legality of the aforementioned move into Venezuela and capture of Nicolás Maduro, citing a breach of international law, and it seems that the current US government will stop at nothing to claim its next target, even to the point of threatening military intervention.
The possibility of annexing Greenland away from the Kingdom of Denmark and into United States control has been bubbling away throughout Trump's second term, with the president outlining his desire for this to happen early on in his return to the White House.
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However, both Greenland's population and its government have shown strong resistance to attempts from the United States to take control, and a new statement from Premier Nielsen sparked a bizarre response from the US head of state.
As shared by the Economic Times, Nielsen expressed a 'preference' to align itself with Denmark. He noted that "we are now facing a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark.
"The United States has once again reiterated its desire to take over Greenland. This is something that the governing coalition in Greenland cannot accept under any circumstances," Nielsen argued at a news conference in Copenhagen.
However, Trump has dismissed this desire and issued a warning that could lead to conflict between America and NATO. He outlined that he "disagreed" with Nielsen's position, declaring: "Well, that is their problem. I disagree with them. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that is going to be a big problem for him."
Part of Trump's justification for taking over Greenland is that if they don't do something, the same will happen but with China or Russia at the helm, although many residents of the island might say that it would result in the same outcome.
"I would like to make a deal the easy way," the president revealed, following reports that Greenlanders could be offered between $10,000 and $100,000, "but if we don't do it the easy way, we're going to do it the hard way."
What this would mean for global relations and military intervention remains unclear at this point in time, but if you take his word for it Trump is certainly serious this time around about getting what he wants.