Trump’s proposed annexation of Greenland against the will of its people would violate international law, senior researcher in Arctic Security Ulrik Pram Gad says. #Trump #Greenland
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00:00How realistic is it that Trump could annex Greenland
00:03or make a deal with the country for their rare minerals
00:07and what exactly he's looking for?
00:09The problem is that it's very difficult to make a deal
00:11when you don't explain exactly what kind of deal you want to make.
00:15A lot of the security needs of the US
00:20have already been taken care of in the sense that there is an agreement
00:24that the US can basically defend itself on Greenland territory.
00:30The resources are in the ground,
00:32but US companies have been invited to apply for licenses for decades.
00:37None has come.
00:40So the trouble is for Greenland and Denmark
00:42that it's difficult to know what Trump wants,
00:45except that if he actually wants to annex Greenland,
00:49that will be against the will and self-determination of the Greenland people
00:53and it will basically be a breach of international law.