International Editorial/The president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced this Wednesday that his country is preparing to begin “massive” exploration work for oil, gas and minerals in Greenland.
“Massive oil, gas and mineral exploration is preparing to begin in our beautiful new Greenland!” Trump said in a message on his Truth Social network, in which he also described the territory as fundamental to the security of his country and Europe.
Trump considers that from the point of view of the “defensive and offensive” security of the United States and Europe, Greenland is “insurmountable”
According to the president, there are experts who believe that the “easily accessible” oil reserves that exist in Greenland are “much larger than almost any territory anywhere in the world.”
Aside from energy resources, Trump considers that from the point of view of the “defensive and offensive” security of the United States and Europe, Greenland is “unsurpassed.”
“Any future attack on the United States will have to pass through Greenland, where our Defense will systematically shoot down drones, missiles or any other form of weaponry not yet conceived. It gives us time, location and field of vision like no other place in the world!” he wrote.
“Any future attack on the United States will have to pass through Greenland, where our Defense will systematically shoot down drones, missiles or any other form of weaponry not yet conceived”
Trump’s announcement comes just three weeks after his country, Denmark and Greenland signed, on the margins of the UN General Assembly, the security agreement they reached after the US president’s threats to invade the Arctic island.
The document was signed in a ceremony in the presence of Trump, the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen; and the Greenlandic Prime Minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen.
The pact gives the United States a permanent military presence on the island and would veto access by Russia and China, while respecting Denmark’s sovereignty over the autonomous territory and Greenland’s right to self-determination.
Trump, who in his first term (2017-2021) was already interested in this autonomous Danish territory, generated strong tension with Greenland, Denmark and the rest of NATO partners at the beginning of this year by suggesting the possibility of militarily invading the island.
