In a twist that might not come as a huge shock to anyone paying attention to global politics, openly expressing a desire to take control of parts of other nations doesn’t exactly win you any friends.
Just a week into Donald Trump’s second term, and he’s already managed to ruffle feathers across the political spectrum.
Well, maybe not all of the right.
That being said, you can now count nearly the entire populations of Denmark and Greenland among those unimpressed with Trump’s early days back in office. Why? Because the president seems dead set on trying to claim Greenland as U.S. territory.
Why does Trump want Greenland?
Greenland, an autonomous region within the Kingdom of Denmark, has caught Trump’s interest as he insists it should belong to the United States, citing national security as the main reason.
Trump remarked to reporters, “People don’t really know if Denmark has any legal right to it,” and went on to suggest, “But if they do, they should give it up because we need it for national security – that’s for the free world. I’m talking about protecting the free world.”
He also pointed to increasing activity in the region, explaining, “You don’t even need binoculars, you look outside you have China, ships all over the place. You have Russian ships all over the place. We’re not letting that happen.”
