The political scientist allowed the United States to join Canada after Greenland

US President Donald Trump may well not limit himself to plans for the annexation of Greenland and subsequently extend them to the territory of Canada, making it the 52nd state of the country. This was stated on January 18 in a comment to Izvestia by American political scientist Earl Rasmussen.

The expert noted that the true goal of the American leader in claiming Greenland is access to its resources, including rare earth metals. As well as greater control over the international waterways that run through the region. In this case, Canada, in fact, will be in a locked position.

"Formally, it will have ports and access to the sea, but it will be surrounded on all sides by the territory of the United States. This puts Canada in an extremely difficult position. If this continues — and you may have already noticed that Trump calls Canada the 51st state - unfortunately, Greenland may become the 51st state, and Canada the 52nd," Rasmussen suggested.

In this case, the United States will annex significant and strategically important parts of Canada.

"Thus, Canada will find itself in an extremely unfavorable situation, to put it mildly. Its relations with its neighbor in the south, west, east and north will face many serious challenges," the political scientist said.

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Nikolai Topornin, an international lawyer and director of the Center for European Information, pointed out in a comment to Izvestia that Trump, if he succeeds in annexing Greenland to the United States, undoubtedly expects to gain prestige for his country and receive great financial benefits from the island in the future.

NBC reported on January 14 that the United States could pay up to $700 billion for the purchase of Greenland if the American leader could reach an appropriate deal. Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on January 13 that the island's residents want to stay with Denmark. Later, he noted that he considered the "repeated rhetoric" of the United States regarding the island to be disrespectful and unacceptable.

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