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After appearing to back off earlier this year, President Donald Trump this week renewed his threats to seize Greenland. A Saturday report that a Texas oil company with ties to Trump had begun preparing to drill in the Arctic territory without permission has raised fresh concerns that his push for control of the island may already be moving beyond rhetoric.<\/p>\n

As The Guardian<\/em> reported, Greenland\u2019s government issued a \u201cstrong warning\u201d last week after learning that a Texas oil company called Greenland Energy had begun making unauthorized preparations for oil extraction in Jameson Land, a remote area of eastern Greenland, including bringing drilling materials ashore.<\/p>\n

The company, founded last year, has claimed that Jameson Land may contain $1 trillion worth of crude oil and announced plans to drill two wells there \u2014 a project that requires approval from Greenland\u2019s government.<\/p>\n

The company also has ties to several Trump allies and associates. According to The Guardian<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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Greenland Energy has retained Phil McGraw, better known as Dr. Phil, a prominent right-wing former chatshow host who served on Trump\u2019s religious freedom commission, to make a documentary series that will \u201ccapture the mission of these modern-day wildcatters.\u201d<\/p>\n

It has also appointed as a director a US Navy veteran who is working on Golden Dome, the missile defense plan for which Trump says controlling Greenland is \u201cvital.\u201d<\/p>\n

Larry Swets, Greenland Energy\u2019s chair and a big shareholder, appears to enjoy access to Trump\u2019s circle. He has said the oil project is \u201cnot related to American annexation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A Greenland Energy representative falsely claimed in June that the company had permission to place equipment on Jameson Land, before later saying there had been confusion.<\/p>\n

But the following month, residents saw a barge arrive with drilling equipment. A Danish outlet confirmed that the delivery was intended for Greenland Energy.<\/p>\n

Following the delivery, Greenland\u2019s government said on July 30 that the company \u201cdid not have the necessary approvals from the mineral resources authority\u201d and would receive a warning that \u201call future logistical matters must be advised and approved by the mineral resources authority\u2014before they are carried out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two days later, Trump posted an ominious digitally altered image to Truth Social depicting himself as a giant looming over a Greenlandic town, captioned \u201cHello, Greenland!\u201d<\/p>\n

A day earlier, Trump had appeared on the right-wing network Real America\u2019s Voice, where host Steve Gruber reminded him that he had predicted Greenland would be under US control by the time he leaves office in 2029.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou\u2019ll be right,\u201d Trump replied. \u201cGreenland is important. Not from their standpoint, from our standpoint. You should make that bet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before this week\u2019s comments, Trump had spoken far less publicly about Greenland since January, when he threatened to use military force to take over the island if Denmark did not cede it. To pressure NATO allies, Trump threatened steep tariffs on several European countries, but backed off after Europe pledged retaliatory tariffs, causing panic in the financial markets.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet nobody think Trump has given up on taking Greenland,\u201d said John O\u2019Brennan, professor of European politics at Maynooth University in Ireland. He added that Greenland Energy\u2019s unauthorized activity \u201cis the latest act of lawlessness his acolytes are engaged in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kenneth Roth, the former executive director of Human Rights Watch, responded to the story by asking, \u201cHas Trump\u2019s invasion of Greenland already begun?\u201d<\/p>\n

Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat suggested it was possible. \u201cInvasions,\u201d she said, \u201coften start with \u2018technical\u2019 projects that justify the presence of operatives and \u2018technical experts\u2019 who are also doing recon and advance prep.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Greenlandic government ultimately said it \u201cwould not be proportionate\u201d to order Greenland Energy to remove the drilling equipment, a decision that The Guardian<\/em> said underscored the difficult position facing its officials.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey could grant permission for oil drilling, even though the planned wells appear to fall within a conservation area protected by the Ramsar convention on wetlands,\u201d the report explained. \u201cOr they could refuse and, some worry, give Trump a pretext to advance his imperialist agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although the project has not been approved, a Greenland Energy representative said a vessel carrying additional drilling equipment would depart Canada in September, with drilling set to begin in October.<\/p>\n

Jessica Berlin, a senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis, warned that allowing the equipment to remain would signal weakness that Trump could exploit.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t even think about allowing this,\u201d she wrote in a post directed to the Greenlandic and Danish governments. \u201cIf you give them an inch, they\u2019ll take 100 miles. Kick them out now or accept that you just opened the floodgates.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLike Putin, you can\u2019t negotiate with Trump,\u201d she added. \u201cShowing weakness will just guarantee the next outrage.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland is covered by NATO\u2019s Article 5 collective-defense clause, which obligates member nations to defend one another from armed attack. But NATO has no precedent for how Article 5 would apply if one member \u2014 the US \u2014 attacked another.<\/p>\n

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O\u2019Brennan warned, \u201cEurope \u2014 you are about to be seriously tested.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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