<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The White House says it is "discussing a range of options" to acquire </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/greenland-opposes-us-annexation-donald-trump-poll-denmark-danish-news/20db3d0d-8e59-4577-bc4a-631d619fe98b" rel="" target="" title="Greenland"><span>Greenland</span></a><span>, noting that using the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="_blank" title="US"><span>US</span></a><span> military is not off the table.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"</span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="_blank" title="President Trump"><span>President Trump</span></a><span> has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it's vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to CNN.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The President and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilising the US Military is always an option at the Commander in Chief's disposal."</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/less-than-1-per-cent-of-epstein-files-released-says-us-justice-department/6354ec08-68d5-4f56-abc0-117e59967053" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Less than 1 per cent of Jeffrey Epstein files released</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This week, senior White House aide Stephen Miller told CNN's Jake Tapper that nobody would fight the US militarily "over the future of Greenland."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"For the United States to secure the Arctic region to protect and defend NATO and NATO interests, obviously Greenland should be part of the United States, and that's a conversation that we're going to have as a country," Miller said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"That's a process we're going to have as a community of nations."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/white-house-discussing-range-of-options-including-military-for-controlling-greenland/38fc902f-613c-4986-9827-0cbbcf046a83" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-celebrates-kidnapping-nicola-maduro/f507b1bd-f86b-4519-95d0-be14119cc886" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'A lot of people were killed': Trump boasts about Maduro operation</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He also questioned Denmark's "right" to control the territory.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What is the basis of their territorial claim? What is the basis of having Greenland as a colony of Denmark?" he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/greenland-opposes-us-annexation-donald-trump-poll-denmark-danish-news/20db3d0d-8e59-4577-bc4a-631d619fe98b" rel="" target="" title="Greenland "><span>Greenland </span></a><span>is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark with its own elected government.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The island, which is about the size of Western Australia, is in an important strategic location in the North Atlantic and is already home to a substantial number of US military personnel.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Greenland also has a vast amount of untapped mineral wealth. Climate change has made those underground minerals more accessible in recent years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The autonomous territory has a population of about 57,000 people.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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