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Why is Donald Trump fixated on Greenland?

The Inside Story Podcast
The Inside Story Podcast
Episode • Mar 27, • 24m

"We have to have it" -- the words of Donald Trump as he makes a bid for Greenland. He says he wants the Danish territory for "international safety and security". His Vice President is visiting the island this week. So why is Trump so fixated on Greenland?

And could he take it by force?

In this episode: 

  • Marc Jacobsen - Associate Professor at the Royal Danish Defence College
  • Jim Townsend - Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, he served as President Obama's deputy assistant secretary of defense for Europe and NATO
  • Ed Arnold - Research Fellow for European Security at the Royal United Services Institute, a defence and security think-tank
  • Pele Broberg -  leader of the pro-independence Naleraq party in Greenland.

Host: Elizabeth Puranam

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