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us alright now let's jump into this although both the government of
Greenland and leaders of Denmark have both made it clear the world's largest
island isn't for sale President Trump is still trying to determine what it would
cost if they were interested claiming everyone has a price so we decided to
ask the question what would happen if President Trump actually bought
Greenland and how much would it cost although Greenland has its own
government and technically run themselves its sovereign owner is
Denmark who covers them on defense and foreign policy but if Trump wanted to
buy Greenland he'd most likely speak with Greenland directly now just to
clarify it be the US government buying Greenland not president Donald Trump
personally either way President Trump believes Greenland costs Denmark about
700 million US a year which led the Financial Times to put an estimated
value on the country at approximately 1.1 trillion dollars quite a hefty price
tag for a large island mostly covered in ice so why is Trump shown any interest
at all it's believed the purchase would help stall Russia's attempts to
strengthen their military and would also make the u.s. stronger competitors with
China who showed interest in building new airports and mining facilities on
Greenland as recently as 2018 with climate change caused in the region of
Greenland to melt and open up new sea lanes and shipping routes China and
Russia have also taken steps to carve new routes for shipping and focused on
strengthening their military presence respectively but what does this have to
do with the USA let's explore these ideas more starting with China with the
ice melting China could find easier shipping routes and could leverage their
access to rare earth minerals when discussing import and export deals with
the US with China already being a leader in the industry the access to even more
minerals would give them a huge advantage something the US couldn't
afford to happen they could also of course use the land to help strengthen
their military but it seems like this is something wrong
shows more focused on although the Russians would also be interested in
Greenland's unknown supply of oil gas and we're metals as well it seems the
main focus would be establishing a military presence on and around the land
now it's important to mention Denmark who oversees Greenland's military is a
loyal ally with the US because they're both a part of NATO and an alliance
between the two and a handful of other countries so then why would Trump want
full control over Greenland well to make sure Russia has no intelligence in or
around the country including the waters although it seems Trump and Putin have a
good relationship Trump's remarks in regards to looking into buying the land
shows the country still has its reservations when it comes to its
relationship with Russia as a country but let's say hypothetically the u.s.
actually bought Greenland what would happen well I think it put an even
bigger strain on the american-chinese relationship that has already a little
rocky currently discussing trade talks which seems to be going in circles I
believe if the US had the leverage of owning Greenland China would feel they
needed a way to fire back to protect themselves although it's unclear what
the retaliation would be I can tell you it wouldn't be beneficial for the US
economy in turn that would also possibly affect relationships with American
allies such as Canada and other countries which are in Europe Russia
would also possibly see this as an aggressive move which could potentially
push them to ally with China in more ways than one
this could also be seen as a problem for the u.s. considering how China and
Russia have quite strong armies now the common belief is that the US have the
strongest army in the world but if a potential war broke out between the u.s.
and an allied China and Russia there's no telling how it would turn out of
course the US has tons of allies and even if the countries didn't literally
go to war I think it's safe to say that purchase would put a strain on any
relationship they currently have this would mean tougher imports of General
Goods and natural resources which would most likely affect the US economy and
the cost of living for everyday Americans
aside from political game Greenland also has a ton of freshwater so it could
potentially be an exporter of energy as well which would help the u.s. grow
their economy even more and the possibility of offshore oil although
that hasn't been explored much as of late by Greenland's government now of
course the idea of president Trump's government buying Greenland is just that
an idea both Denmark and Greenland have made it clear they're not energy
the idea of selling but Greenland's Premier Kim keelson made it clear
Greenland is open for business just not for sale as of now it seems
like it's going to be a waiting game as to who can agree on what before climate
change a lot of these potential shipping routes and military threats were
stagnant because there is no way of getting around now that the ice is
melting the land itself has become of large interest to these countries so to
wrap up it's possible president Trump buying Greenland could potentially start
a third world war but I don't see that happening anytime
soon especially since Greenland has made it very clear they aren't for sale in
the first place now as always I'd love to hear your thoughts on the potential
of Trump buying Greenland do you think it'd be a good move for the US or a bad
move you gotta let me know why or why not in the comments down below for now
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