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Donald Trump and his team are looking into \u201ca range of options\u201d in an effort to acquire Greenland<\/a>, noting in a White House statement on Tuesday that using the US military to do so is \u201calways an option\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cPresident Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it\u2019s vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region. The President and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the US Military is always an option at the Commander in Chief\u2019s disposal,\u201d White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.<\/p>\n Leavitt\u2019s comments came as the leaders of major European powers pushed back against Trump\u2019s desire to seek an American takeover of the arctic territory. The US president has renewed calls for the US to seize Greenland following the dark-of-night arrest of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, the Venezuelan president, over the weekend.<\/p>\n Trump on Sunday said that he needed Greenland \u201cvery badly\u201d, prompting a ramping up of tensions among the US, the semi-autonomous Danish territory and Europe.<\/p>\n Greenland has repeatedly stated that it does not want to be part of the US. The idea is also unpopular in the US, where one poll found<\/a> just 7% of Americans agree with a military seizure of Greenland.<\/p>\n