Washington, Oct. 14 -- US President Donald Trump has said large-scale oil, gas and mineral exploration is preparing to begin in Greenland, reports CBS News.
In a post on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday, Trump wrote: "Massive Oil, Gas, and Mineral Exploration is getting ready to begin in our new and beautiful Greenland!" He did not provide details about the projects, companies involved or when exploration would start.
Trump claimed that Greenland could hold vast quantities of accessible oil, saying experts believed its reserves were greater than those of almost any other territory in the world.
He also emphasised the island's importance to US defence, arguing that any future attack on the United States would have to pass across Gre...