{"id":4044,"date":"2026-01-07T14:47:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/badvibes.live\/?p=4044"},"modified":"2026-01-07T14:47:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:47:53","slug":"donald-trump-considering-using-military-to-take-over-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badvibes.live\/?p=4044","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump considering using military to take over Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"

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US<\/a>\u00a0President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0is considering using the military to take over\u00a0Greenland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Washington has said that Trump has been discussing \u2018a range of options\u2019 to acquire the island home to 56,000 people.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0White House<\/a>\u00a0spokesperson said yesterday: \u2018The president and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilising the US military is always an option at the Commander-in-Chief\u2019s disposal.\u2019<\/p>\n

Trump has repeatedly insisted that Greenland, a semiautonomous Danish territory, rightfully belongs to the US.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s even already suggested that his administration would consider buying Greenland, given its alluring geopolitical position.<\/p>\n

But Denmark\u00a0has stressed that the sparsely populated island<\/a>\u00a0is not for sale.<\/p>\n

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Why does Donald Trump want Greenland?<\/h2>\n
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Greenland is an alluring place for the US, given its position in the world and natural resources (Picture: AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Trump\u00a0has never been shy about his desire to claim Greenland<\/a>\u00a0for his own, claiming the island is vital for American national security.<\/p>\n

Greenland sits in the Arctic Circle, where\u00a0world powers have for years been jostling for military control \u2013 the US has a missile defence base on it.<\/p>\n

By seizing the island, Washington says it would have an outpost between the\u00a0Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic.<\/p>\n

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Greenland is sparsely populated (Picture: Metro)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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As climate change melts the Arctic icecaps, the once nearly impossible-to-navigate ocean is becoming more alluring.<\/p>\n

The country also has large amounts of rare minerals used to make essentials like batteries, phones and vehicles. It may also have pools of oil and gas, though scientists warn it\u2019s too risky to dig for them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n