The Chinese government is trying to increase its relations with Greenland, like the United States, for mainly the same reasons, the U.S. intelligence committee warned in an annual report released Tuesday.
President Donald Trump and his administration have publicly and repeatedly expressed interest in acquiring the strategically located and mineral-rich island near the critically important Arctic Circle, though it’s unclear how exactly the administration could make that happen. Several Greenlandic leaders have rebuked Trump, who called the U.S.’s acquisition of Greenland an “absolute necessity,” and he refused to rule out using military force or economic coercion.
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