The US military is intensifying efforts to secure greater access to Greenland, a clear signal that President Trump's interest in the Arctic island has not waned, even as the US-Israeli war on Iran consumes much of Washington's attention, the New York Times reported.
The United States is negotiating with Denmark for access to three additional bases in Greenland, including two previously abandoned by Americans, which would mark the first US expansion there in decades, according to Gen. Gregory M. Guillot, head of US Northern Command.
"I'm working with our department and others to try to develop more ports, more airfields, which leads to more options for our secretary and for the president, should we need them up in the Arctic," Guillot told lawmakers in a congressional hearing in mid-March.
