2026-01-09
26 分钟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.