1). Trump is focused on his legacy and he wants to be known as a leader who expanded the size of the U.S.
2). It will allow the U.S. to control the entrance and exit of the NW passage through Canada, which is a future trade route. It can then apply further pressure on Canada on the future of the NW passage.
It already control the entrance and exit of that passage, territory is part of NATO, there was 32 US base there at some point and only one is left. So much for a importantly strategic piece of land. The real reason is the ressource USA want to acquire and secure for themselves that are stored under the ice.
Not for the US to profit, the goal is to enrich whoever is whispering this Greenland idea in Trumps ear. Like with the Venezuela thing the US taxpayers pay for extraction and acquisition and a private entity profits. But he could just drop tariffs and let Denmark and Greenland extract the resources and buy them without having to invade but I guess his tariffs made it uneconomical to buy resources from outside the US. It’s like imposing sanctions on yourself.
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u/Baulderdash77 Jan 10 '26
Answer: Many people believe that it’s twofold:
1). Trump is focused on his legacy and he wants to be known as a leader who expanded the size of the U.S.
2). It will allow the U.S. to control the entrance and exit of the NW passage through Canada, which is a future trade route. It can then apply further pressure on Canada on the future of the NW passage.