U.S. President Donald Trump said that Denmark is unable to protect Greenland, stressing what he described as the strategic necessity of U.S. control over the territory.
“We have to have it. They have to have this done. They can’t protect it. Denmark, they’re wonderful people,” Trump told reporters in Florida. “I know the leaders, they’re very good people, but they don’t even go there.”
Trump’s remarks revive controversy surrounding his previous attempts to acquire Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark that has grown in strategic importance due to its location in the Arctic and its natural resources.
He also suggested that European leaders would not strongly oppose his renewed interest in Greenland, saying he did not expect significant resistance.
“I don’t think they’re gonna push back too much,” Trump said in response to a reporter’s question about what he would tell European leaders who oppose the plan. “We have to have it. They have to have this done.”
The comments come amid heightened global competition in the Arctic region, where major powers are increasingly focused on security, trade routes, and resource access.
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