{"id":402860,"date":"2026-01-12T11:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/402860\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:43:12","slug":"new-age-trump-says-united-states-will-take-greenland-one-way-or-the-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/402860\/","title":{"rendered":"New Age | Trump says United States will take Greenland \u2018one way or the other\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                              &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                             <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"igm-fluid lazy_bk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4d4214f74d199a73dc962acafc8c9494.jpg\" alt=\"Image description\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                             United States president Donald Trump. |  File photo                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the United States would take Greenland \u2018one way or the other,\u2019 warning that Russia and China would \u2018take over\u2019 if Washington didn\u2019t act.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump says controlling the mineral-rich Danish territory is crucial for US national security given increased Russian and Chinese military activity in the Arctic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018If we don\u2019t take Greenland, Russia or China will, and I\u2019m not letting that happen,\u2019 Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, despite neither country laying claim to the vast island.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump said he would be open to making a deal with the Danish self-governing territory \u2018but one way or the other, we\u2019re going to have Greenland.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Denmark and other European allies have voiced shock at Trump\u2019s threats over the island, which plays a strategic role between North America and the Arctic, and where the United States has had a military base since World War II.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Danish colony until 1953, Greenland gained home rule 26 years later and is contemplating eventually loosening its ties with Denmark.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The vast majority of its population and political parties have said they do not want to be under US control and insist Greenlanders must decide their own future \u2014 a viewpoint continuously challenged by Trump.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018Greenland should make the deal, because Greenland does not want to see Russia or China take over,\u2019 Trump warned, as he mocked its defenses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018You know what their defense is, two dog sleds,\u2019 he said, while Russia and China have \u2018destroyers and submarines all over the place.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Denmark\u2019s prime minister warned last week that any US move to take Greenland by force would destroy 80 years of transatlantic security links.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump waved off the comment saying: \u2018If it affects NATO, it affects NATO. 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