Trump’s economists count on possible costs for providing Greenland’s residents with state service, says a high -ranking official in the White House to the Washington Post.
US president Donald Trump Has made it clear that he wants Greenland. Now his co -workers sit in the White House and count on what it would cost to take control of the island, sources say Washington Post.
“Will get Greenland”
Trump has repeatedly expressed that Greenland should belong to the United States. As late as last week, the president emphasized that the United States “must get” Greenland, and he seems to be sure the plan will go through.
“We will get Greenland, one hundred percent,” the president said in an interview in NBC News.
Trump also has in a post on the platform Truth SociaL claimed that “US ownership of Greenland is an absolute necessity”.
“We will continue to keep you safe, as we have done since the Second World War. We are ready to invest billions with dollars to create new jobs and make you rich,” he writes.
All parties in Greenland Parliament have condemned Trump’s statements and described his actions as unacceptable. Danish politicians have also repeatedly rejected the US approach.
“Will pay more than Denmark”
Now Trump’s administration is looking at the price for providing the residents of Greenland with American welfare and how large the revenue from Greenland’s natural resources can be. The administration has hopes that the costs of taking control of the island will be considered by mineral revenue and taxes from commercial activities, writes the Washington Post.
Trump has also expressed that the United States should take control of Canada and the Panama Canal, but that he considers Greenland as “easiest to take over,” a source told the newspaper.
Anna Kellywho is a spokesperson for the White House, notes that Trump believes that Greenland is of great strategic importance and that its inhabitants would have better protection from the United States.
“Trump is determined to create long -term peace both in the US and abroad,” she writes in an email to the newspaper.
The point is that the United States will “pay more than Denmark,” says another source.