Why does the US want Greenland?
President Trump talks security, but money, minerals and influence are all part of the picture.
It's World Business Express from the BBC World Service.
I'm Liana Byrne.
American defense companies are given both barrels over dividends and Samsung expects bumper profits.
President Donald Trump keeps stepping up threats to take over Greenland and Ireland strategically located between Europe and North America,
rich in mineral resources.
Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark,
which Donald Trump wants to make part of American territory.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he will meet with the Danish officials next week to discuss Greenland's future.
So what are Danish citizens making of this?
Here's Lars Christian Brask, member of the Danish Parliament from the Liberal Alliance.
In Denmark, there's a concern.
Why is this going on?
Why are we seeing a partner,
a long-term partner that we've helped in at least two wars in recent time?
Why are one of our closest allies and trade partners threatening to take part of the Danish kingdom?
How can somebody in Washington say, that it belongs to them,
it belongs to the people that live there, it belongs to the people that spawn there,
it belongs to the people that have their daily life there and have always been,