What Would a Trump Takeover Mean for Greenland’s Resources?

Top: Oil tanks in Ilulissat, Greenland. Visual: Connect Images via Getty Images The Danish territory holds significant stores of oil, gas, and minerals. The vast majority is still in the ground. By Nicholas Kusnetz, Inside Climate News Even before U.S. forces seized Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump reiterated his long-stated desire to take control of Greenland, the autonomous Danish territory. “We need Greenland for national security,” Trump said publicly last month. This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Those comments took on new urgency after the military intervention in Venezuela. Within a day, Trump … Continue reading What Would a Trump Takeover Mean for Greenland’s Resources?