8 hours agoWhite House confirms: Trump examines Greenland's acquisition
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)White House economic adviser Larry Cadlow confirmed today that President Donald Trump “wants to consider the purchase of Greenland, though the island, which is part of Denmark's Kingdom, is reportedly not for sale. Kudlow told Fox News Sunday he didn't want to predict what could [...]
Kudlow told Fox News Sunday that he does not want to predict what could happen, but said Greenland, located between the Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean, is a strategic place with “many valuable minerals”.
After the newspaper Wall Street Journal recently reported that Trump was interested in buying Greenland from Denmark's Kingdom, the chief of diplomacy of Greenland said that this island is not for sale.
Otherwise, Greenland covers 2 million and 166 thousand square kilometers, most of which is covered by permafrost ice, the Kosovas broadcasts.
With a population of 56,480 in 2013, it is the world's lowest population territory. A third of the population lives in the capital, Nuuk. Most of the population is made up of Inuit, whose ancestors moved from Canada's interior to 13th century.
