Turin, 17 June (LaPresse) – The Pentagon is redesigning the military command responsible for defending the United States' national territory to include Greenland. Since his re-election, President Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that the US should control the territory, currently a semi-autonomous part of Denmark. ‘This change will strengthen the Joint Force's ability to defend the US national territory, contributing to a more robust defence of the Western Hemisphere and deepening relationships with Arctic allies and partners,’ the Pentagon's chief spokesperson wrote in a statement. The change will transfer responsibility for Greenland from the US European Command to the US Northern Command. In the statement, the Pentagon presented the revision as part of a broader review of the Unified Command Plan, the plan that divides the world into distinct military units and defines the roles and responsibilities of US combat commands.
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