Article 72NG2 What are Trump’s real options for gaining control of Greenland?

What are Trump’s real options for gaining control of Greenland?

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Jon Henley and Miranda Bryant
from World news | The Guardian on (#72NG2)

The White House has said using the US military is always an option, but few analysts believe it a likely one

The Trump administration has said repeatedly that the US needs to gain control of Greenland, a strategically-located, mineral-rich, largely self-governing part of Denmark with foreign and security policy run from Copenhagen.

The White House has said using the US military is always an option", but few analysts believe an armed operation is likely and France's foreign minister has said the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has ruled out the possibility of an invasion.

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