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Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said the residents need to start preparing for a possible military invasion, though it remains an unlikely scenario, but not an impossible one. “It’s not likely there will be a military conflict, but it can’t be ruled out,” the prime minister said. “That’s why we must be ready for all possibilities, but let’s emphasise this: Greenland is part of NATO and, if there were to be an escalation, it would also have consequences for the rest of the world,” Nielsen added.The government will guide the people through the preparation process, will form a task force, and will distribute new guidelines, including a recommendation to have enough food for five days stored in their homes. So far, there has been no official call for Greenlanders to stock up on essential household supplies.Greenland is under “a lot of pressure” and “we need to be ready for all scenarios”, Greenland’s finance minister Mute B Egede said at the same news conference. Donald Trump doubled down on his Greenland ambition and said there is no going back now though world leaders denounced Trump’s back-channel to threat European allies with tariff until Denmark agrees to sell Greenland to the US. “I agreed to a meeting of the various parties in Davos, Switzerland. As I expressed to everyone, very plainly, Greenland is imperative for national and world security. There can be no going back—on that, everyone agrees,” claimed Trump, adding that the US is the “only power that can ensure peace throughout the world—and it is done, quite simply, through strength.”Both Denmark and Greenland resisted the ambition, but Trump is not backing downTrump has not yet directed the Pentagon to draw up plans for an invasion of Greenland or the aftermath of such an operation, according to two US officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to the NYT.
