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President Donald Trump and his workforce are discussing choices to purchase Greenland and probably make the most of the U.S. military in furtherance of the purpose, which is “always an option,” the White House said on Tuesday, according to GWN. 

“President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it’s vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region. The president and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the U.S. military is always an option at the commander-in-chief’s disposal,” the White House said in a assertion in response to queries from GWN.

The response comes after one of Trump’s main aides urged that the U.S. could also be prepared to seize control of the Arctic territory by pressure, prompting European leaders to rally dramatically in assist of Denmark and Greenland.

U.Ok. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the French President Emmanuel Macron, and the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared that Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of the dominion of Denmark, “belongs to its people”, in a uncommon European rebuke to the White House.

“It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland,” the three leaders said in a assertion on Tuesday made collectively with the prime ministers of Denmark, Italy, Poland, and Spain.

Starmer repeated British assist for Denmark at a press convention in Paris, where Trump’s particular envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, have been current. “I’ve been very clear as to what my position, the position of the U.K. government, is,” Starmer said.

Stephen Miller, Trump’s influential deputy chief of employees for coverage, said Monday, “nobody [was] going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland” when requested to rule out utilizing pressure.

In an interview with GWN, Miller said military intervention wouldn’t be needed in order to gain control over Greenland because of its small population.

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A day before, Trump had said that the U.S. needed Greenland “very badly.” Trump’s comments renewed fears of a U.S. invasion of the largely autonomous island in an attempt to take control of its oil, gas, and rare earths as the polar ice cap melts.

This comes after a U.S. military operation in Venezuela captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife on Jan. 3. On Saturday, Trump said a U.S. military assault succeeded in capturing the Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his spouse, Cilia Flores. Maduro and Flores are going through fees associated to drug-trafficking, as Trump said the U.S. would “run the nation until such time as we will do a protected, correct and considered transition” during a Jan. 3 press convention.