According to Donald Trump, the United States plans to expand its presence in the Arctic by gaining sovereignty over military bases in Greenland.
The United States will gain sovereignty over the areas of Greenland where American military bases are located. US President Donald Trump said this in an interview with the New York Post published on Saturday.
“We’re going to have everything we want. We’re having interesting conversations,” said the White House chief, who has been pressuring Denmark for months, arguing that the United States needs to acquire all of Greenland for national security reasons in the Arctic region.
Trump’s negotiations on Greenland
The topic of Greenland dominated Trump’s trip to this week’s World Economic Forum conference in Davos, Switzerland, and the US president announced after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte that there was a “framework” for a deal.
One of the proposals being discussed would not give the United States full control of Greenland, but would allow Washington to exercise “sovereignty” over military bases on the island, such as the official Pituffik space base.
Inspired by British bases
Such a solution would be based on an agreement on British military bases in Cyprus, which are considered British territory, a source familiar with the matter told the New York Post.
It is not clear whether Greenland agrees with such a plan. Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on Thursday that he does not support sovereignty for US military bases.
