00:00Around $700 billion, a figure that captures the scale of U.S. ambitions toward Greenland and highlights the staggering cost of any move to control the strategic island, which President Donald Trump places at the heart of his geopolitical calculations.
00:17A report by NBC News showed that the figure is not merely a financial estimate, but a burden that could exceed half of the U.S. Department of Defense's annual budget.
00:28This has shifted the idea from political rhetoric into the realm of financial and military planning, while also fueling growing concern within the U.S. Congress and across European capitals.
00:41As Denmark firmly rejects what it described as an unacceptable violation of sovereignty over the island, three scenarios are emerging on Trump's table.
00:51Direct purchase, resort to a so-called free association agreement, which would involve U.S. financial assistance in exchange for allowing an American security presence, a lower cost option, and finally, the possibility of using military force to seize control of the island.
01:08All this comes amid Trump's suggestion that all options remain on the table to secure Greenland one way or another.
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