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Investigative Feature: Greenland faces an existential crisis as the Trump administration pushes for a takeover to secure rare earth minerals, threatening a diplomatic rupture with Denmark and NATO.

The quiet, frozen streets of Nuuk, Greenland, are buzzing with a very modern anxiety. The world’s largest island, home to just 57,000 people (mostly indigenous Inuit), has found itself in the crosshairs of the world’s most aggressive superpower. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to meet Danish officials next week to discuss what President Donald Trump has bluntly termed "ownership."
For the locals, this is not a real estate deal; it is an existential threat. "We are not for sale," says a pensioner in Nuuk, banging his walking stick on the icy pavement. "We are a people, not a military base."
Why is Trump obsessed with a territory covered in ice? The answer lies beneath the permafrost. Greenland holds some of the world’s largest untapped deposits of rare earth minerals—neodymium, praseodymium, and dysprosium—critical for everything from fighter jets to iPhones. Currently, China dominates this supply chain.
Trump views Greenland as the ultimate strategic asset. By controlling it, the US would lock China out of the Arctic and secure the North Atlantic approaches. "We need Greenland, from the standpoint of national security," Trump declared. "Denmark is not going to be able to do it."
The rhetoric from Washington has shifted from transactional to threatening. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt ominously noted that "utilizing the U.S. Military is always an option" if Denmark refuses to negotiate. This has triggered a diplomatic crisis within NATO.
The situation is volatile. If Trump pushes too hard, he risks fracturing the NATO alliance. If he backs down, he looks weak. For the people of Nuuk, watching the twilight fade over the fjords, the fear is real: they are pawns on a chessboard, and the giant hand of America is reaching out to grab them.
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