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The private aircraft carrying US businessman Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Nuuk, Greenland on January 7, 2025. Trump Jr made a visit to Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory coveted by Trump Sr and which hopes to one day be independent but remains dependent on Copenhagen for now. (Photo by Emil Stach / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP)
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Why Greenland is strategically vital to US interests

The island holds one of the world’s largest deposits of rare earth minerals, essential for technologies like batteries, wind turbines, guided missiles, and radar systems

  • Douglas White
7 min read