DONALD Trump is planning a new “mega” consulate on Greenland fitted with bulletproof glass, as he pushes to take over the arctic island.
Experts say he will fill the new 3,000 square metre “luxury” tower basement with armoured windows and CIA and NSA spies, as the threat of annexation looms.
The US State Department is even hiring interns who speak the island’s language as Trump looks to win locals over with $100,000 lump sums.
Unpaid talent are being sought to “communicate U.S. foreign policy priorities to a Greenlandic audience”, but will be eligible to receive support for the 40-hour-a-week work from the Danish government.
The current consulate is a Nordic-style “hut” by Nuuk’s fishing harbour, but soon embassy staff will move into the basement of the sleek new-build on the main drag of the capital.
America reopened the consulate in 2020, after the first one closed in 1953.
A consulate spokesperson told Radio IIII, “the location in Nuuk [will] enhance our platform to further strengthen the robust relationship between the United States and Greenland”.
Work is still underway on the American headquarters but locals could be welcoming agents of espionage into their close-knit society, experts have warned.
The former chief analyst in the Danish Armed Forces Intelligence Service Jacob Kaarsbo told Danish media outlet Ekstra Bladet, the US will likely hire spies to work with the US consulate when it expands and moves into the new building.
The goal will be to influence the locals’ attitude towards the US and covertly help America achieve its goal of taking over Greenland, he said.
President Trump has repeatedly described Greenland as vital to American security and has refused to rule out the use of force to take control of the vast autonomous Arctic island, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
He claims the surrounding arctic seas are crawling with Russian and Chinese warships, postulating that Denmark would be powerless if either dictatorship wanted to occupy Greenland.
Eurofighter jets may be deployed to Greenland in the face of mounting fears that a US invasion of the strategically key territory may take place, a German defence spokesperson said.
The move will be decided following a Denmark-led intelligence operation – which will also determine whether maritime surveillance is possible with frigates.
Berlin said: “It is a matter of looking at whether the Arctic is secure and to what extent we can contribute to this together with our Nato partners.
Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command has invited US forces up to the island for exercises this year to test soldiers in winter conditions.
Major General Soren Andersen said European nations dispatched small numbers of military personnel to Greenland this week in preparation for the Arctic Endurance NATO military exercise.
Andersen said there were no Chinese or Russian ships near Greenland, though he added that a Russian research vessel was located 310 nautical miles away. “That’s the closest one,” he said.
It comes after a delegation of US lawmakers met with Danish and Greenlandic leaders last week in Copenhagen.
They reassured them of congressional support – despite the fact Trump has not toned down his threats on seizing the territory.
The 11 US lawmakers met Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her Greenlandic counterpart Jens-Frederik Nielsen.
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