Greenland is not “an object to be acquired”, minister tells BBC

格陵兰并非“有待征服之物”,部长向BBC表示。

World Business Report

2026-01-09

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As President Trump and European leaders have their say about Greenland, BBC’s Andrew Peach hears from Greenland’s business minister, Naaja Nathanielson. And, in a few weeks, a group of potential investors and hedge fund managers will be heading to Venezuela after its president was forcibly removed by the US. We will hear of those heading to Caracas. Also, beef prices in the US are at record highs – they went up by 22% last year. (Photo: The Greenlandic flag Erfalasorput flies on the Tivoli Castle in Tivoli in Copenhagen, Denmark, 08 January 2026. Credit: Ida Marie Odgaard/EPA/Shutterstock) Presenter: Andrew Peach Editor: Craig Henderson Producer: Ahmed Adan
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  • What's the future for Greenland?

  • My hope is that Europe would understand that a strong America is good for Western civilization.

  • I would never discount anything that President Trump says.

  • He generally follows through with what he says as well.

  • It's World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

  • This is Andrew Peach.

  • On the way I'll be joined by Greenland's business minister to ask her what her red lines are ahead of those talks with the US and Denmark in a few days.

  • Also today the foreign investors looking for opportunities in Venezuela and we're in central Texas to ask why brisket is so expensive.

  • First, the White House says President Trump is discussing options to take over Greenland,

  • including military action, and that's in spite of objections from his European allies.

  • The mineral-rich Arctic island is part of the Kingdom of Denmark,

  • which has warned that any unilateral American action would spell the end of the NATO alliance.

  • The U.S.

  • vice president, J.D.

  • Vance, had this to say at a news conference a couple of hours ago.

  • Greenland is really important, not just to America's missile defense,

  • but to the world's missile defense.

  • Number two,

  • we know that there are hostile adversaries that have shown a lot of interest in that particular territory,

  • that particular slice of the world.