Trump Tells Room Full Of Global Leaders Why He Wants Greenland

President Donald Trump said at the World Economic Forum Wednesday that the U.S. wants to acquire Greenland to build a Golden Dome missile defense system.

Trump has continued to aggressively push the Kingdom of Denmark to hand over control of Greenland to the U.S. and plans to impose tariffs on European countries while they continue to push back. The president said during the event in Davos, Switzerland, that the U.S. intends to build the Golden Dome for international and national security purposes.

“All we want from Denmark for national and international security and to keep ourvery energetic and dangerous potential enemies at bay is this land on which we’re going to buildthe greatest Golden Dome ever built. We’re building a Golden Dome that’s going to justby its very nature going to be defending Canada. Canada gets a lot of freebies from us, by the way,” Trump said. 

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Trump announced on Saturday that the U.S. will impose a 10% tariff on Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands beginning on Feb. 1. The rate will rise to 25% on June 1 and remain in place until a deal is reached for what he called the “Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.”

Trump said that the Golden Dome defense system is essential for preventing Russia or China from acquiring the land, given that it is strategically