The huge package is announced after the president-elect said US ownership of Greenland was a "necessity".

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The Danish government has announced a huge boost in defence spending for Greenland, hours after US President-elect Donald Trump repeated his desire to purchase the Arctic territory. Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the package was a “double digit billion amount” in krone, or at least $1.5bn (£1.2bn). He described the timing of the announcement as an “irony of fate”. On Monday Trump said ownership and control of the huge island was an “absolute necessity” for the US. Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, is home to a large US space facility and is strategically important for the US, lying on its shortest route to Europe. It has major mineral and oil reserves.

  • 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Technically, this is very remotely about Europe ;)

    If the US President goes on like that, the US are going to lose control over Greenland beyond what is minimally necessary for Greenlandic and Danish NATO membership, possibly even less.

    US Presidents have no right to decide over Greenlanders and Denmark.