The White House is preparing an estimate of how much it would take to occupy Greenland, according to Washington Post.
US President Donald Trump has vowed to annex Denmark’s Greenland island and has threatened a military invasion for the purpose as well. Greenland is one of the many foreign territories that he wants to annex — others being the nation of Canada, the Panama Canal, and the Gaza Strip.
The Post has reported that White House is preparing an estimate of how much it would cost to provide government services to Greenland’s population of around 55,000 once the United States occupies it. The White House is also estimating how much income can be generated from the island’s natural resources.
Among the reasons cited to annex Greenland are the island’s purported natural resources, ranging from unexplored oil and critical and rare earth minerals.
The newspaper has reported that the White House is planning to throw more money at islanders than the Danish government to convince them that the US occupation would be better than the Danish rule. Currently, the Danish government subsidises life on the island with around $600 million a year.
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