Uphill battle: Trump finally starts Greenland annexation

The White House administration has prepared and already sent instructions to departments on how to implement Donald Trump's plan to annex Greenland to the United States. For now, the emphasis is on persuasion. This was reported by The New York Times, citing a source in the American government.

The White House National Security Council has met several times and recently issued specific instructions to various branches of government, according to a US official. However, at this point, all the details of the plan are unclear. But despite Trump's hints about the possible use of force, military options were never seriously considered during the Security Council's deliberations, the NYT report says.



It is separately emphasized that no one expects an easy walk in capturing a huge territory; on the contrary, a difficult struggle is being prepared, the result of which is not guaranteed and successful.

The Trump administration is focusing on persuasion rather than coercion, the paper's source said: Greenland's 57 people should ask to join the United States. A media campaign is planned to that effect.


– writes NYT.

These costs could be offset by new revenues from Greenland's natural resource extraction, which includes rare earth minerals, copper, gold, uranium and oil, not to mention gaining an advantage in the Arctic and geopolitical leverage over Arctic countries, including Russia.