On January 14, 1814, Norway ceded Greenland and the Faroe Islands to Denmark. The BBC presented a remarkable article about Greenland.
Donald Trump tried to buy Greenland during his first presidency, but Denmark refused, just as it did 80 years ago. Now Trump is back at the idea, but this time with threats.
Over the past five years, Greenland's strategic and economic importance has only increased, especially given global warming, Russia's aggression against Ukraine, and China's strengthening military and economic positions.
What charmed Trump in Greenland?
Greenland is a vast island, 80% covered by ice, and the population is only 60 thousand. Man However, the island is rich in natural resources: oil, uranium, and rare metals: neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, and terbium. These materials are essential for modern high-tech manufacturing, and most of them are exported to China, with which the US has been waging a trade war for 8 years. In response to Trump's threats, China limited supplies of some critical metals to the United States in December.
