Why Does Trump Want Greenland?

❓WHY DOES TRUMP WANT GREENLAND❓

We’ve been asked this question a lot, as his interest in Greenland has been joked about and is something few understand. It’s actually a very serious matter, and it’s fundamentally about shifting the balance of power away from Russia and China and preventing them from gaining a foothold in the Arctic, in our hemisphere, and on our continent.

Trump wants Greenland mainly for three reasons: rare earth metals; national security; and trade/economic reasons.

It’s about breaking China’s control over the rare-earth metals market. It’s about protecting the U.S. from missile attack, and preventing Russia and China from gaining more power on our continent. Trump believes America should dominate interests in its own hemisphere, and on its own continent. He is trying to extend the United States’ sphere of influence in its own region, while counterbalancing China’s rare earth metals dominance. And it’s about AI and future technologies, and who controlsl the supply chain.

Why Trump Wants Greenland

➡️National security. Greenland is located over the missile route from Russia (Kola Peninsula) to Washington D.C. This is why the U.S. already has a military base in Greenland called the Pituffik base. ABC News called Greenland “a first line of defense against a missile attack over the Arctic.”

➡️That’s why Russia is upset about the U.S. acquiring Greenland. “The Arctic is a zone of our national interests, our strategic interests,” the Kremlin said, expressing concern.

➡️Trump wants a “Golden Dome” to protect the U.S. from missiles and worries Greenland/Denmark aren’t strong enough to prevent a takeover from China or Russia, were that to occur. The Arctic Institute, however, believes that Trump should focus instead on what “Russia is doing in Northern Europe from Estonia to Svalbard, or what Russia is doing together with China outside Alaska.”

➡️It’s part of the continent of North America. U.S. interest in purchasing it goes back to 1867. Was of strategic interest in WW2, when the U.S. used it to monitor Nazi submarines in the North Atlantic.

➡️Rare earth metals. Currently, China dominates the supply chain. “The world’s largest rare earth deposits are found in China, Vietnam, Brazil, Russia, Australia, Greenland, and the United States. But China dominates the supply chain, accounting for roughly 60% of global mining and more than 90% of processing capacity,” Fox News says, noting:
“Rare earth elements — a group of 17 minerals — sit at the center of modern economies and militaries. They allow electronics to be smaller, more powerful and more efficient and are especially important in high-performance magnets used in electric vehicles, wind turbines, generators and precision guidance systems.

Their importance is even more pronounced in defense, where rare earths are used in missile guidance, radar, sonar, satellites and advanced aircraft. Because many of these applications have no easy substitutes, access to rare earths directly affects military readiness and technological advantage.”

➡️AI: According to Cyber News, “Greenland holds 1.5 million tons of rare earth reserves essential for semiconductors, microchips, and batteries powering AI systems…The US and China dominate AI development but both face the same bottleneck: securing rare earth minerals for tech production. Control over these supplies directly impacts their ability to build AI infrastructure.”

➡️Greenland “sits at the heart of a growing global scramble for rare earth elements (REEs) including iron ore, graphite, tungsten, palladium, vanadium, zinc, gold, uranium, copper, and oil. These are essential for defence systems, renewable energy, telecommunications and electric vehicles. The island ranks eighth in the world for rare earth reserves, with 1.5 million tons,” wrote WION News.

➡️”Greenland holds an estimated 1.5 million metric tons of rare earth element reserves, ranking eighth globally according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While smaller than China’s 44 million metric tons, Greenland’s reserves are comparable to those of the United States and exceed those of Canada and South Africa,” Engineer Live explained.

➡️The Times wrote, “The Arctic also has trillions of dollars worth of minerals buried under the ice, as well as 30 per cent of the world’s undiscovered gas and 13 per cent of undiscovered oil.”

➡️Shortened trade routes. As ice melts, the northern Atlantic trade routes become shorter. “Retreating Arctic ice is opening shipping lanes around the island that could significantly shorten trade routes,” Fox News reported.

➡️Preventing China & Russia from gaining dominance in the Arctic. China called itself a “near Arctic state.”

FACTS on Greenland

➡️ Autonomous nation that is a territory under the Kingdom of Denmark. Previously ruled by Norway and Sweden as well.

➡️56,000 people, mostly Inuit of origin. The capitol is Nuuk, where 19,900 people live.

➡️Fishing economy where people can’t own property. Mostly under ice. Currently has no “commercial rare-earth mining.”

Sources: The Arctic Institute, Norden.org, the Times, CNN, ABC News, Fox News, Engineer Live, Cyber News, WION.