The Pentagon changes the command map with the army to more precisely connect Greenland from the USA
A change in supervision, which may occur this week, can also help the US to extend the Golden Dome anti -cancer shield by providing more radars.
According to the plan, Greenland would go from the jurisdiction of the European Command (managing US troops in Europe, i.e. in Denmark) to the North Command, which is responsible for supervising North America's security. Sources informed us in the US Department of Defense.
This change is so far the most specific step in the Trump's administration for several months to take over Greenland, an autonomous island connected to Denmark. Trump briefly mentioned the purchase of Greenland during his first term, but he talked about it many times since he won the election in November last year, alarming 58 thousand. inhabitants of the island and frustrating the Danish government, which claims that he is not interested in selling.
The joining of Greenland to the North Command will be the subject of a thorough analysis in Denmark and the whole NATO, which was concerned about the Trump campaign for several months to take control of the island and its refusal to exclude military activities in order to take over the territory. Dishes and semi -automatic Sheep islands will remain from the point of view of the pentagon in the European command, creating a symbolic and operational division between these territories and Greenland.
– From the point of view of geography, this move makes a certain sense – says one of our informers. – However, from a political point of view it will clearly concern Europe.
The change of jurisdiction is part of the review by the management of the Pentagon diagram of six geographical commands. While the division of Greenland is not associated with any major changes in this structure, other proposals – including the connection of the North Command and the Southern Command, and the liquidation of a separate African command and including it back into the European command based in Germany – would have a deep impact on the number of three- and four -star officers serving in the army and how much resources assigned by the Pentagon to various areas of the globe.
The Trump administration has been talking about the strategic meaning of Greenland for the US security for months, indicating that its location in the North Atlantic means that American control over the island is of key importance for intensified anti -cancer defense programs and monitoring Russian and Chinese navigation in the Arctic.
Northern command is mainly responsible for protecting the territory and US borders. The subordination of Greenland to the Northern Command would result in Greenland from Denmark when it comes to the way the island is treated in political discussions in the Pentagon and the White House.
One of our informants said that the Danish government was not formally informed about the upcoming move.
The United States has long been present on the island. In March, the Vice President of JD Vance and the then National Security Advisor Mike Waltz visited the Pituffik space base, which boasts the north of the pentagon deep -sighted port north and has been functioning as a strategic location for observing Russia and China for a long time.
In Greenland, Vance called the Arctic island to “conclude a contract” with Washington, saying: – I think it would be much better if you found yourself under the Umbrella of the security of the United States than under Denmark's safety umbrella.
In an interview with NBC television in last month, Trump even said that he did not exclude Greenland's classes by military force. “I'm not saying I will do it, but I don't rule out anything,” he said.
