Perspective – A long-held desire: Why does the US want Greenland?

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The Trump administration is signalling no retreat in its goal of acquiring Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, after the White House said the president wasn’t ruling out the use of military force. Speaking to FRANCE 24, Mikaa Blugeon-Mered, an expert on hydrogen geopolitics and Greenland, says the US president’s rhetoric is “decredibilising” the NATO alliance. What’s more, he adds, “out of all the NATO allies, Denmark is the best of all.”