US President-elect Donald Trump’s “Greenland” statement hit the world agenda. Greenland, which is a part of Denmark; While it is a matter of curiosity and debate why Trump, who insists that he should join the USA, made this call, the developments after January 20 have created concern in the diplomatic corridors. Covering an area of 2 million 166 thousand square kilometers in the north of the Atlantic Ocean and covered with the largest ice cap in the north pole, Greenland is an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Denmark, while there are important natural resources in non-glacial regions.
CHINESE’S LICENSE CANCELLED
While the Kuannersuit mine site in Greenland contains the world’s largest reserves of rare earth elements, it also stands out as an area of competition between the USA and China. While the licenses of Chinese mining companies in Greenland’s capital Nuuk have been canceled under US pressure in recent years, uranium deposits are currently on the radar of the two countries. While there are significant amounts of uranium reserves in the Kvanefjeld region of Greenland, the Isua iron ore deposits constitute the largest iron ore reserves in Greenland. In addition to the gold reserves concentrated in the Ilulissat region, the copper mines and silver, diamond, bauxite, zircon and titanium mines in the Aappaluttoq region whet the appetite of Trump and his team.
IT WILL EXPLOIT RESOURCES
While only 55 thousand people live on the world’s largest island, located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, experts speaking to Haberglobal.com.tr pointed out that Trump is planning to deal a blow to the Chinese economy through Greenland. Political Scientist Umur Tugay Yücel; While underlining that American “exceptionalism” is behind Trump’s words to invade Greenland and Canada, “It is a divine duty for Americans to ‘bring civilization everywhere’. However, it is clear that Trump’s desire for Greenland is to exploit economic resources.” he said.
RUSSIA AND CHINA MOVE
Adding that Trump wants his influence on economic resources to increase with the annexation of Greenland, Yücel said, “Increasing the density of the ‘White Anglo-Saxon’ population in America and ensuring the future of the American economy is an urgent need for American national security. This move includes a strategy against Russia and China. “When we add his statements about the Panama Canal and the Gulf of Mexico to these, we see that Trump has an interventionist and expansionist approach, not an isolationist one,” he said.

WANTS CRITICAL MINERALS
Security and Strategy Expert Assoc. Dr. Drawing attention to the countries and regions with hydrocarbon energy resources, especially the Middle East and the Caucasus, Ali Fuat Gökçe said: “In order for US imperialism to survive, hydrocarbon and energy deposits must be seized and countries must be exploited. While the importance of critical minerals is emphasized in the US National Security Strategy document, relations with the regions where these minerals are located are taken into account. “It is an extremely untouched and rich area in Greenland in terms of critical minerals.”
ENERGY NEED
“According to the report published by the International Energy Agency, most critical minerals are in China. Moreover, China also has strategies for the Arctic region and Greenland. The USA needs to secure the energy needs necessary to maintain its hegemony. The USA supplies critical minerals While it focuses on the Pacific region to exploit Greenland, the demand for critical minerals increases as the world becomes increasingly dependent on technology. “Greenland, as well as the Indo-Pacific region, is considered one of the key places of US hegemony.”
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