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The primary reasons behind Trump's interest likely center around natural resources. The U.S. Geological Survey suggests that the Arctic harbors up to 13% of undiscovered oil and 30% of natural gas reserves globally. Greenland itself, in particular, is rich in rare earth elements—vital for modern technologies, including electric vehicles.
Despite these riches, extraction efforts have been hampered by myriad challenges, from the icy conditions that make large-scale operations impractical to the local Inuit population’s resistance to foreign exploitation of their land. There’s a palpable fear that bringing in external workforces would alter the demographic fabric of the island, which consists predominantly of Inuit peoples.