President-elect Donald Trump has made no bones about the United States possibly acquiring Greenland, the vast territory currently owned by Denmark. There are excellent reasons for Trump to do so, considering Greenland’s necessity for U.S. security purposes and its vital rare earth mineral deposits that could protect the U.S. as communist China maneuvers to get global control of those essential minerals. Greenland has the world’s largest deposits of rare earth minerals outside of China.
First, a little history: The Norwegian explorer Erik the Red is credited with naming the island Greenland in the 10th century to make it sound more welcoming. In 1380, Norway came under Danish rule. Around the end of the 19th century, some American explorers, including Robert Peary, explored the northern sections of Greenland, leading to claims that America had territorial rights in the area.
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