America’s newly elected President Donald Trump is constantly making statements that disturb his allies and neighboring countries before his swearing-in. According to NYT, Trump on Monday talked about taking Greenland under American control. Trump wrote on social media that for national security and freedom all over the world, America feels that our control over Greenland is very important. Let us tell you that Greenland is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is an autonomous region controlled by Denmark. Which has its own Prime Minister. Greenland Prime Minister Mut Egede, while replying to Trump, said – Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We should not lose our long struggle for freedom. So far, Denmark’s Foreign Ministry or Prime Minister’s Office has not given any statement on this. Trump has earlier also proposed to buy Greenland in 2019. Know Greenland
57 thousand people live in Greenland, it is an autonomous region of Denmark. Greenland is the largest island in the world, with an area of ??about 21 lakh square km. 85% of Greenland is covered with a 1.9 mile (3 km) thick ice sheet. It contains 10% of the world’s fresh water. It is located between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. Greenland is facing the crisis of climate change. Greenland has deposits of many rare minerals like neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, terbium and uranium. These minerals play a very important role in the production of electric vehicles. Apart from this, due to the ever-increasing global warming in the world, the ice of Greenland and the Arctic continent is melting rapidly. In such a situation, the strategic and economic importance of this place is increasing rapidly. China also has a large stake in the companies doing mining work here. America had earlier also expressed its desire to buy Greenland
This is not the first time that an American President has expressed his desire to buy Greenland. Earlier in 1946, the then US President Harry Truman had offered to buy this icy island from Denmark for $ 100 million. There is a US Air Force base in the northwestern region of Greenland, where about 600 soldiers are deployed. Trump has threatened to snatch the Panama Canal. Trump has earlier offered Canada and Mexico to join the US. Apart from this, he had also threatened to take the Panama Canal under US control again two days ago. This canal is a part of the Caribbean country Panama. The US had control over this canal till 1999. After this threat from Trump, Panama President Jose Raul Mulino reprimanded him. Mulino had said that there would be no compromise on Panama’s independence. The Panama Canal is located between North and South America. Before the construction of this canal, ships going from the west coast of America to the east coast had to travel thousands of nautical miles, go around South America via Cape Horn. After the construction of the canal, this journey of thousands of miles of ships was reduced. ———————————— Read this news also… Trump threatened to snatch the Panama Canal: Accused China of increasing influence; Panamanian President slammed, said- there will be no compromise on freedom. Newly elected US President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to take Panama Canal back under US control. This canal is a part of the Caribbean country Panama. US had control over this canal till 1999. Read this news too…
