“Greenland needs to make a deal because it doesn’t want Russia or China to gain control,” the president stated, adding that the United States should "take" the island. Otherwise, other powers may intervene. “As long as I am president, that won’t happen,” he noted.
Trump has repeatedly raised the issue of threats from Russia and China, using it as an argument for American control over Greenland. However, as reported by the Financial Times, diplomats from Northern Europe have denied the presence of Russian and Chinese ships in the vicinity of the island.
