US President-elect Donald Trump's efforts to take the Greenland Peninsula are very serious. According to diplomatic sources of the Reuters News Agency, Trump's initiative is made to expand America's sphere of influence in the Western Hemisphere and as a way to cement his legacy.
The Republican said on Tuesday that he would not rule out using military or economic action to seize the remote Danish territory after he takes office on January 20, surprising European allies who are concerned about maintaining the inviolability of borders at a time of growing global volatility.
A source told Reuters the former real estate tycoon was unlikely to use military force to gain control of Greenland. However, Trump is serious about using other means — such as applying diplomatic or economic pressure on Denmark — to buy the world's largest island that is not a continent, the person said.
"The real legacy is that you expanded the United States," sources told Reutgers. "In 70 years we haven't added a piece of real estate to the portfolio. That speaks volumes." In 1959, two US territories - Alaska and Hawaii - became the 49th and 50th US states under Republican President Dight Eisenhower.
Another Trump aide flouts the purchase of Greenland. Trump has portrayed a possible purchase of Greenland as a national security necessity, he told Reuters.
Denmark has responded to Trump's comments by saying Greenland is not for sale. Denmark has controlled Greenland for hundreds of years, although its 57,000 inhabitants have self-governed the peninsula.
For its part, the Kremlin, commenting on Donald Trump's recent comments about Greenland and Canada, said that the Arctic falls within the area of Russia's national strategic interests. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow was closely following the "dramatic developments," adding that Russia seeks peace and stability there. (A2 Televizion)
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