Denmark's Deal a move to Deter Trump's Greenland Bid? | Vantage With Palki Sharma | N18G

our next story is about Denmark the European nation is scrambling not because of enemy threats but because of threats from a supposed Ally US president Donald Trump trump wants Greenland it's an autonomous Danish territory so Trump wants to buy it from Denmark but the Dan do not want to sell it they've been quite clear about this Trump does not care though he says that the US will definitely get Greenland those are the words that he used and this seems to have CA chaos in Copenhagen Denmark announced a new security plan yesterday a new $2 billion

deal for Arctic security it involves new ships drones and satellite surveillance but is it really about the Arctic or is it about deterring Donald Trump from going after Greenland our next report has the details Denmark has announced a new security spending package it's worth 14.6 billion Danish Kona which comes up to a little over 2 billion USD Copenhagen says that the new package is for Arctic security Denmark is one of the eight members of the Arctic Council it's an intergovernmental forum for countries with land inside the Arctic Circle but Denmark doesn't actually have land within

the Arctic Circle it's only claimed to representation there is an autonomous territory Greenland Denmark's new Security package heavily involves Greenland it's a partnership between Denmark Greenland and another autonomous territory the Pharaoh Islands the message is clear Denmark wants the world to know that it still holds Greenland and it's ready to defend it now ordinarily this message would have been for Western Rivals like Russia and China but these days Denmark has a new headache from within the Western coalition the problem is their big brother the United States or rather the new US president Donald Trump trump

has been quite clear about his Ambitions we need Greenland for national security purposes he seeks to take control of Greenland long before ideally he would like to buy it from Denmark but Trump has also refused to rule out a military intervention Denmark has been trying to dissuade trump it has told him multiple times that Greenland isn't for Greenland itself has said this but Trump doesn't care he keeps bringing up the issue telling reporters that controlling Greenland is a matter of security not just American Security but for the freedom of the world Trump said this again

over the weekend what I do believe Greenland will get because it really has to do with freedom of the world not just freedom of that has nothing to do with the United States other than we're the one that can provide the freedom they can they they they put two dog sleds there two weeks ago they do it that was protection Trump mocked the Deans for putting dog sleds in Greenland and he has a point dog sleds in 2025 does anyone really believe that will DET a Chinese or Russian invasion it seems Copenhagen got the memo

so yesterday it announced the new Arctic Security package and the new package seems ordinary at first first glance Denmark announced three new Arctic ships long range drones and increased satellite surveillance again not enough to deter an invasion from a hostile Force but it did get a positive reaction from greenlandic authorities Greenland's foreign minister said I'm pleased that with this partial agreement we have taken the first step towards strengthening Security in and around Greenland so the Danes have got the greenlanders on board however one crucial aspect of defense spending was not discussed something that could actually

be a game Cher Denmark controls an air strip in Greenland in the islands Southwest and Copenhagen is planning to upgrade it this would allow Denmark to deploy F-35 stealth fighters from the base f35s aren't dog sleds so no one is going to dismiss them as a joke this means Denmark is set to strengthen its hold on Greenland it will have real means for Arctic security and a real deterent to expansionism whether Russian Chinese or even American we're calling the show Vantage we hope you like what we put together for you B doubted as the minimum

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