US considers Greenland annexation with strategic incentives
The administration of President Donald Trump is considering offering every citizen of Greenland a cheque for $10,000 (CAD 13,900) annually as part of a plan to take control of this Danish island, to which it attaches great strategic importance, wrote the newspaper "The New York Times".
Republican administration officials believe that the cost of this operation could be financed by revenue from the extraction of natural resources found in this territory, including rare earth metals, copper, gold, uranium, and oil.
According to the Spanish agency EFE, the United States is prepared to try this approach to annex the Arctic island due to its strategic importance. They want to engage its inhabitants, "practically abandoned by Denmark."
The newspaper "New York Times" claims that the American government is analysing replacing the $600 million (approx. CAD 832 million) subsidies that Denmark currently gives to Greenland with $10,000 (approx. CAD 13,900) annually paid to each of its residents.
Greenland is currently the world's largest island that is not a continent.
Until 1953, it was a Danish colony, and since then, it has changed its status to a Danish autonomous territory. It has 56,000 inhabitants concentrated on 20 percent of the territory not covered by ice and snow.
- We need Greenland, very importantly, for international security - said US Vice President J.D. Vance, who visited there in March.
President Trump stated during his speech in Congress that they are all working together to achieve this goal. In response, the Greenland authorities clarified that the island is not for sale and has no intention of joining the United States.
