By Anthony Marcus for Eurasia Business News, January 4, 2025. Article n°1969
U.S. President Donald Trump said the country “absolutely needs Greenland,” which he said is surrounded by “Russian and Chinese ships.” The American president said this in an interview with The Atlantic on January 4.
In a telephone interview in the morning of January 4, Donald Trump talked about regime change in Venezuela after the overthrow of the country’s President Nicolas Maduro. “You know, recovery and regime change, whatever you call it, is better than what you have now. It won’t get any worse,” he said.
President Trump also issued a not-so-veiled threat against the new Venezuelan leader, Delcy Rodríguez, saying that “if she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,” referring to Nicolás Maduro, now residing in a New York City jail cell.
Donald Trump added that he considers it necessary for the United States to control the Western Hemisphere, and referred to his version of the Monroe Doctrine proclaimed in 1823 – the “Donroe Doctrine”, writes The Atlantic.
Mr. Trump also commented on the statement of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the U.S. president “means” what he says. According to Donald Trump, it is up to others to decide what the actions of the US military in Venezuela mean for Greenland. “They will have to evaluate it themselves. I really don’t know. Yesterday Marco was very generous to me. You know, I didn’t mean Greenland then. But Greenland is absolutely necessary for us. We need it for defense,” he said.
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This is not the first time Donald Trump has spoken about the need for US control over Greenland. At the end of December 2025, he told the BBC that the United States “needs” Greenland for “national defense.” Then the president also noted “Chinese and Russian ships” as “a potential threat in nearby seas,” the BBC reported.
In January 2025 president Trump emphasized the strategic significance of Greenland, which is an autonomous territory of Denmark. He previously attempted to purchase the island in 2019 and has reiterated that U.S. control is essential for national security, particularly as global powers vie for influence in the Arctic region.
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