15.04.2025, 09:20
The cost of buying Greenland has been estimated by the United States
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS The first U.S. payment for Greenland may amount to about $2.2 billion. The purchase price of the island was estimated by Newsweek magazine.
The publication was based on the proposal of the 33rd President of the United States, Harry Truman, to buy the island in 1946. Then he called the price at $ 100 million. Adjusted for inflation, it rose to 1.6 billion. In addition, Newsweek added to it the 600 million that Denmark allocates annually to the island and received 2.2 billion with subsequent annual contributions.
Greenland is part of Denmark as an autonomous territory. In 1951, Washington and Copenhagen agreed to jointly defend the island. It now houses the American Pituffik space base, created to warn of a missile attack and control the Arctic zone.
US President Donald Trump said that the United States needs Greenland to ensure regional and international security. During his speech to Congress, he stressed that he would do everything to make Greenland a US state, and thus the island's residents would have more money and freedoms. He also threatened Denmark with tariffs if it did not agree to sell Greenland to the United States. Denmark responded by offering to allow the deployment of more US military personnel on the island and to provide American companies with lucrative mining contracts.
The leaders of the European Union countries, in turn, promised to protect Greenland from joining the United States. For example, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte suggested that NATO member countries ensure the security of the Arctic through the possible deployment of military bloc troops there.
The publication was based on the proposal of the 33rd President of the United States, Harry Truman, to buy the island in 1946. Then he called the price at $ 100 million. Adjusted for inflation, it rose to 1.6 billion. In addition, Newsweek added to it the 600 million that Denmark allocates annually to the island and received 2.2 billion with subsequent annual contributions.
Greenland is part of Denmark as an autonomous territory. In 1951, Washington and Copenhagen agreed to jointly defend the island. It now houses the American Pituffik space base, created to warn of a missile attack and control the Arctic zone.
US President Donald Trump said that the United States needs Greenland to ensure regional and international security. During his speech to Congress, he stressed that he would do everything to make Greenland a US state, and thus the island's residents would have more money and freedoms. He also threatened Denmark with tariffs if it did not agree to sell Greenland to the United States. Denmark responded by offering to allow the deployment of more US military personnel on the island and to provide American companies with lucrative mining contracts.
The leaders of the European Union countries, in turn, promised to protect Greenland from joining the United States. For example, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte suggested that NATO member countries ensure the security of the Arctic through the possible deployment of military bloc troops there.
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