geteilt von: https://lemmy.zip/post/28641169
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.
It’s probably about resources, since the US already have military bases in Greenland and it’s part of NATO.
It’s probably about a mix of Trump’s massive ego and his incompetence in global politics.
He’s got the military to back up his ego/incompetence so tbh this is actually scary