Why Donald Trump really wants Greenland: Rare minerals and China

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : 'I love maps,' Trump later told the authors. '
65% : On Monday he posted on his Truth Social platform: 'Make Greenland Great Again.' A day later he was asked at a press conference whether he would rule out using military or economic coercion to take Greenland or the Panama Canal (another expansionist pet project of Trump's).
58% : But I can say this, we need them for economic security.' Trump was asked about his plans for Greenland during a Mar-a-Lago news conference A view of Pituffik Space Base (formerly Thule Air Base) in Greenland The US offered Denmark $100million in gold for Greenland in 1946, which adjusted for inflation was approximately $1.4billion in 2019.
57% : Trump returned to the idea last month, describing U.S. control of Greenland as an 'absolute necessity.'
55% : It recommended a string of options including a lease arrangement like the sort of thing Trump wold know from New York real estate deals.
52% : The idea originally came from Ronald S. Lauder, the New York cosmetics heir and friend of Trump's since college.
50% : 'A friend of mine, a really, really experienced businessman, thinks we can get Greenland," Mr. Trump told his national security adviser, according to an account in 'The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021' by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser.
48% : It is tempting to think that the idea is just Trump being Trump, the property billionaire operating in the only way he knows: Seeing foreign policy as a series of land deals.
47% : It was a sobering reminder that Trump has talked up his interest in the Danish dependency since at least 2019.
37% : And the issue could take on even greater importance when Trump takes office on January 20 with plans to ramp up tariffs on Chinese imports.
32% : 'China controls large amount of rare materials, and it it is likely to use this as a weapon against the United States if Trump raises tariffs again,' said Zhiqun.

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