 "Trump refuses to rule out using military against Greenland, vows to discuss Canada annexation with Carney")
US President Donald Trump Sunday (May 4) reiterated his ambition to gain control of Greenland , the Danish autonomous territory, and refused to rule out the use of military against the Nato nation’s territory.
Since assuming office in January, Trump has repeatedly vowed to take control of Greenland, even as polls show most of Greenlanders don’t support the idea.
In an interview with NBC News, Trump was asked whether he would rule out the use of military against the world’s largest island. Trump responded: “I don’t rule it out. I don’t say I’m going to do it, but I don’t rule out anything. No, not there. We need Greenland very badly. Greenland is a very small amount of people, which we’ll take care of, and we’ll cherish them, and all of that. But we need that for international security.”
Greenland is considered to be very important for both military defence and because it could have valuable minerals in the future.
Trump on Canada annexation
This discussion occurred during a broad interview that followed Trump’s first 100 days as president last week. He was also asked about the idea of using military force against Canada, which was once considered impossible but has become a topic of discussion due to Trump’s repeated statements about wanting to make Canada the 51st state of the US.
Trump mentioned that he had spoken with Mark Carney, Canada’s new prime minister, and confirmed that they had not discussed the idea of Canada becoming part of the US.
However, Trump stated that they could talk about the topic when Carney visits Washington DC “this week or next week.” Carney, along with about 90 per cent of Canadians, are against the idea of Canada becoming a US state. Despite this, Trump said he was willing to have a discussion about it.
“I’ll always talk about that. You know why? We subsidise Canada to the tune of $200bn a year,” Trump said.
“We don’t need their cars. In fact, we don’t want their cars. We don’t need their energy. We don’t even want their energy. We have more than they do. We don’t want their lumber. We have great lumber. All I have to do is free it up from the environmental lunatics.”
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