Denmark To Spend $1.5B Boosting Greenland Defenses

The Hill reports:

Denmark announced a major new package to boost the security of Greenland two days after Trump called for U.S. ownership of the Arctic island.

Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen [photo] told the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on Tuesday that Copenhagen plans to spend the equivalent of around $1.5 billion in the new defense package.

Poulsen explained the package was planned in advance, and it was “ironic” that it coincided with Trump’s call for control of the island.

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Danish government has announced a huge boost in defence spending for Greenland, hours after Trump repeated his will for US “ownership and control” of the Arctic territory. Danish Defence Minister described the timing of the announcement as “irony of fate” https://t.co/RuAkDHpo4c

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