US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that he wants to connect Greenland to the United States. Greenland is a self -government in Denmark.
30.1. 22: 48 • Updated 30.1. 23:12
US president Donald Trump May want to prevent Greenland from becoming independence, says Professor of Political History Juhana Aunesluoma From the University of Helsinki.
Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to integrate Greenland into the United States, and has not excluded financial sanctions or military operations to achieve his or her goal. Greenland is a member of Denmark, but the island has a broad autonomy.
Greenland is expected to vote at some point in independence, and the United States might have a motive to prevent the island’s independence, Aunesluoma estimates.
– The United States might want to prevent Greenland from independent.
The reason for this is, according to Aunesluoma, that the United States could be afraid of an independent Greenland converge with an unpleasant partner, such as China or Russia.
Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, former Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green) understands Aunesluoma’s idea.
– A pretty small population base and its large area that is strategically significant to the United States, of course, it poses a risk if someone else can use the area.
Haavisto emphasizes that he hopes that Denmark has a dispute in one way or another in a solution that the Greenlanders themselves want.
According to Financial Times, Trump and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederis Last week, they had a debate on Greenland, which the sources of the magazine called terrible.
Donald Trump wants Greenland for the United States, can this really happen? What kind of crisis requirements for Europe’s security and NATO? See all Thursday A-Talk.