Trump: ‘A large-scale oil exploration programme is set to begin in Greenland’
The US President highlights the Arctic island’s energy potential and its crucial importance for American and European defence against future threats
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US President Donald Trump has stated that preparations are under way in Greenland for the start of a ‘massive’ exploration programme for oil, gas and minerals, without providing any details on potential US involvement.
Trump: ‘Large-scale oil exploration in Greenland to begin soon’
“A massive exploration programme for oil, gas and minerals is about to begin in our beautiful new Greenland!” Trump said in a post on Truth, adding that “the amount of readily available oil is far greater than in almost… any other place in the world”.
Trump: ‘Greenland is unrivalled when it comes to the security of the US and Europe’
US President Donald Trump also praised Greenland, describing it as ‘second to none’ in terms of the security of the United States and Europe, and stating that any future attack on America would have to pass through the Arctic island.
Greenland, “from a security perspective, both in terms of defence and attack, for the United States of America and Europe, is unrivalled”, Trump continued on Truth Social, explaining that in the event of a future attack on the United States via Greenland, the US Defence Department “will routinely shoot down drones, missiles or any other form of weapon not yet even conceived”.
