Despite toning down his public rhetoric, President Donald Trump has not abandoned his long-standing fixation on absorbing Greenland into U.S. territory, according to an administration insider speaking to Zeteo. The official told reporter Asawin Suebsaeng that Trump “still wants it” and has privately pushed aides to find a way to make it happen by the end of his current term, even eyeing 2029 as a target. Advisers say Trump believes Europe is merely placating him with the status quo of U.S. military bases on the island, while critics argue the supposed national security and mineral-resource justifications don’t hold up. As NATO allies publicly smooth things over, Suebsaeng reports the threat hasn’t vanished so much as gone dormant — a face-saving pause in what he calls Trump’s ongoing flirtation with MAGA-style imperialism.
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