Donald Trump and his team are discussing “a range of options” to acquire Greenland, including using the US military, according to the White House.
In a statement, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said: “President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it’s vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region.
It comes after the governments of Greenland and Denmark requested a meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to discuss the US President’s latest threats to annex the autonomous Danish territory.
Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela, which involved kidnapping the country’s authoritarian leader and his wife, has reignited fears for Greenland.
We were joined on The Agenda this morning by law lecturer at the University of Galway and political columnist with The Journal, Larry Donnelly, who gave us all the latest on this.