Donald Trump’s renewed interest in annexing Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, has everyone wondering if such a feat could be pulled off.
While there is no formal offer on the table, buying Greenland would hypothetically cost a colossal sum, political analyst Ilya Kravchenko of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies tells Sputnik.
Would the incoming administration want to start off with such a spending spree?” he wonders, speculating that Trump might be trying to get the lay of the land on the matter.
Amid Europe’s economic crisis, Denmark might need some extra cash, notes Alexei Leonkov, a military analyst and editor of Arsenal Otechestva (Arsenal of the Fatherland).
The last US offer to buy Greenland for $100 million was rejected in 1946. Amid renewed interest in the acquisition, Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte Egede insisted: We are not for sale and will never be.
By leveraging NATO – threatening a US withdrawal or demanding increased spending – a classic deal could be struck.
Europe, including NATO-member Denmark, cedes Greenland in exchange for certain benefits for NATO countries, Dr. Vladimir Vasiliev, political scientist and Americanist says.
Trump might also impose tariffs and pressure Denmark and its supporters, escalating to an economic war, Vasiliev, the researcher at the Institute of the US and Canada Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, notes.
It is hardly conceivable that Trump would resort to something as foolhardy as using military force against NATO-member Denmark as it is not in Washington’s interests, Kravchenko argued. A diplomatic row is more likely, with an eventual consensus reached.
With Greenland’s population of just 50,000, offering each person $1 million could quickly secure a vote to join the United States. Around 70% of the population of Greenland favor full independence, a 2019 poll showed.
I think there will be a huge fuss but Greenland will join the USA as a territory or even a state.
Denmark will receive monetary compensation and be given strict orders to block the passage of Russian tankers through the Danish straits leading to the Baltic Sea.
Washington DC may be brainstorming solutions for the gradual transfer of Greenland to US control as we speak.
Trump is also aiming to buy Mexico and Canada.
Sputnik / ABC Flash Point News 2024.
Donald certainly wants a lot he is using the same rhetoric as Herr Hitler when he annexed Austria -part of Poland and part of Czechoslovakia, According to the NY Post he is going to set up a famous hockey player in Canada , considering how unpopular the present Leader is you never know he might get his way –any Canadians here to form an opinion ? The Denmark government is totally against selling Greenland and is now intending to send military forces to Greenland , you cant blame Donald too much when he looks and sees how weak morally the… Read more »
With Greenland under US control, Canada would be flanked in on 3 main sides, should they in the future, stray from Washington’s dictate. Expanded land and sea area is also in Trumps ego mind.
The THIEVING Amerikosian STOLE the Land their fat asses are on… World needs to defend against “UNWELCOMED THIEVING AMERIKAN GOV” no way the Crooked Thieving Amerikan yes you Trump will never STEAL others Nations ever again…You Amerikan Gov will be All dead before that happens!….URA
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If only the US had stuck to music then it would make them more liked but they stuck to war never-ending I keep on hoping the ordinary “American Joe ” would act like the 1960,s American citizens who rose up against Vietnam and won . I know a lot of young American people are wising up to their own government but the new laws in the USA mean you can lose your job-be called “a Commie ” -spied on – have trouble getting a job etc for speaking out -as long as you conform its okay but step out of… Read more »