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Multi-colored traditional Greenlandic homes in Nuuk, Greenland, are seen from the water on March 29, 2025 in Nuuk, Greenland. (Photo by Leon Neal\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump is considering options to acquire Greenland, including possible military operations, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday, renewing a push for the Danish territory that follows the stunning U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro without congressional approval over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Trump and his top officials have professed a need for the United States to take Greenland, which is a self-governing territory of Denmark that, like the U.S., is a member of NATO.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it\u2019s vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region,\u201d Leavitt said in a statement to States Newsroom. \u201cThe President and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the U.S. Military is always an option at the Commander in Chief\u2019s disposal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen in a Tuesday statement stressed to President Donald Trump that his country is \u201cnot something that can be annexed or taken over simply because someone feels like it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leaders of Denmark and the heads of NATO countries Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland and the United Kingdom, issued a joint statement in support of Greenland\u2019s sovereignty.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leavitt\u2019s comments came after the NATO allies\u2019 statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Greenland\u2019s government did not immediately respond to States Newsroom\u2019s request for comment on Leavitt\u2019s Tuesday statement.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Jan. 3 military operation in Venezuela to capture Maduro and his wife to be brought to face a trial in New York opened fresh doubt about the Trump administration\u2019s foreign policy goals.<\/p>\n
Following the operation, Trump held a press conference during which he said other countries could face the same fate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer issued a statement after senators were briefed by Trump officials Monday saying he could not get a clear answer that officials would not do the same thing to Columbia, Greenland or Iran.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAre we going to invade a NATO ally like\u00a0Greenland? Where does this belligerence stop?,\u201d the New York Democrat said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Multi-colored traditional Greenlandic homes in Nuuk, Greenland, are seen from the water on March 29, 2025 in Nuuk, Greenland. (Photo by Leon Neal\/Getty Images) WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump is considering options to acquire Greenland, including possible military operations, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday, renewing a push for the Danish territory that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n