最近的一项协议向美国作出了让步，但未赋予新的资源权利。美国总统唐纳德·特朗普表示，“巨大”的石油、天然气和矿产勘探将于本周三早些时候在“我们新的、美丽的格陵兰”开始。
Recent deal offered concessions to U.S., but no new resource rights U.S. President Donald Trump said "massive" oil, gas and mineral exploration is set to begin in "our new and beautiful Greenland" early Wednesday.
目前尚不清楚美国总统在其帖子中所指的具体勘探或开发内容，而格陵兰是丹麦的自治领土，而不是美国的一部分。
It wasn't immediately clear what exploration or developments the U.S. president was referring to in his post, and Greenland is a self-governing territory of Denmark, rather than a part of the United States.
特朗普在周二于阿拉斯加州瓦西拉举行的竞选活动后，在其Truth Social平台上发布了该帖子，当时他正在为共和党参议员丹·沙利文助选，沙利文正寻求连任第三届参议员，以在即将到来的选举中代表该州，对手是民主党前众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉。
Trump posted on his Truth Social platform following a campaign event Tuesday in Wasilla, Alaska, to stump for Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan as he seeks his third term to represent the state in an election against Democratic former U.S. congresswoman Mary Peltola.
能源价格上涨——这是特朗普对伊朗战争的直接结果——正在美国中期选举前一个月为美国工薪阶层制造严重且持续的经济困难。特朗普周三的言论很可能旨在选民前往投票站之前缓解他们的担忧。
Rising energy prices — a direct result of Trump's war in Iran — are creating serious and sustained financial hardships for America's working class ahead of the midterm elections next month. Trump's comments Wednesday are likely aimed at addressing voters' concerns before they head to the polls.
但尽管特朗普持乐观态度，格陵兰的资源勘探和开发多年来一直受到岛上恶劣气候、关键基础设施缺乏以及复杂地质条件的阻碍。此前开发所谓稀土矿物，以及石油和天然气的尝试，从未超越勘探阶段。
But despite Trump's optimism, resource exploration and extraction in Greenland has stymied companies for decades thanks to the island's harsh climate, lack of key infrastructure and difficult geology. Previous efforts to extract so-called rare earth minerals, as well as oil and gas, have never progressed beyond the exploratory stage.
最近的协议不包含勘探权。特朗普关于这一北极岛屿的言论发表于他与丹麦和格陵兰领导人签署协议不到一个月之后。该协议旨在加强北极和北大西洋的安全，此前由于特朗普反复要求控制这个半自治的丹麦领土，美国与北约盟友之间经历了数月的紧张关系。该协议并未赋予美国任何特殊的勘探权，但对非北约国家在战略领域的投资设定了一些限制。
Recent deal doesn't include exploration rights Trump's comments about the Arctic island come less than a month after he signed an agreement with the leaders of Denmark and Greenland to strengthen security in the Arctic and North Atlantic following months of tensions with NATO allies over the U.S. president's repeated demands to take control of the semiautonomous Danish territory. It does not grant the U.S. any special exploration rights, but does place some limits on investments by non-NATO countries in strategic sectors.
2026年2月6日星期五，一名男孩在格陵兰岛努克行走。这个丹麦自治领土一直拒绝特朗普要求美国吞并该岛的呼吁。（Christinne Muschi/CP）该协议还为美国在格陵兰岛建设更多基地铺平了道路，并缓解了因特朗普多次呼吁格陵兰岛成为美国一部分而产生的紧张局势。即使格陵兰岛最终选择独立，该协议仍将继续适用。
A young boy walks in Nuuk, Greenland on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. The self-governing Danish territory has consistently rebuffed Trump's calls for the U.S. to annex the island. (Christinne Muschi/CP) The deal also paved the way for more U.S. bases in Greenland and eased tensions over Trump's repeated calls for Greenland to become part of the United States. The agreement would still apply if Greenland eventually chooses independence.
特朗普自2019年以来就一直表达了收购格陵兰岛的意愿，而在他的第二个任期内，他威胁要从北约盟国丹麦手中夺取该领土。丹麦和格陵兰领导人的代表周三没有立即回应置评请求。
Trump has expressed his desire to acquire Greenland since as long ago as 2019 and, during his second term, issued threats to seize the territory from Denmark, a NATO ally.
格陵兰岛拥有宝贵资源。格陵兰岛拥有丰富的稀土矿藏，这些矿物是制造从电脑和智能手机到电池、太阳能和风能技术的关键材料，这些技术将推动摆脱化石燃料的转型。目前，中国主导着全球这些关键矿物的供应，特朗普政府正试图打破北京对这些资源的垄断。美国地质调查局还发现了近海石油和天然气的巨大潜在储量。
Representatives of the leaders of Denmark and Greenland did not immediately return requests for comment Wednesday.
但开采这些资源可能成本过高：稀土矿物被包裹在岩石中，而近海石油和天然气储量则被北极冰层覆盖。特朗普吹嘘格陵兰的战略位置特朗普在Truth Social的帖子中也吹嘘了格陵兰的战略位置，称“从安全角度来看，无论是美国的防御和进攻，还是欧洲的防御和进攻，格陵兰岛都是‘无与伦比的’。”
Greenland has valuable resources Greenland has large deposits of the rare earth minerals that are needed to make everything from computers and smartphones to the batteries, solar and wind technologies that will power the transition away from fossil fuels. China currently dominates the world's supply of these critical minerals and the Trump administration is seeking to break Beijing's chokehold on them.
他写道：“对美国的任何未来攻击都必须穿越格陵兰，而我们的防御将在那里常规性地击落无人机、导弹或任何尚未构想出的其他形式的武器。”
The U.S. Geological Survey has also identified major potential offshore deposits of oil and natural gas.
“它为我们提供了时间、位置和视线，这在世界上是独一无二的！”
But tapping these resources could be prohibitively difficult: the rare earth minerals are encased in rock, and the offshore oil and natural gas deposits are covered by Arctic ice.
美国在格陵兰的存在曾在数十年里非常突出，但自1945年以来，美国在格陵兰的军事存在已从17个基地和设施上的数千名士兵减少到如今西北部偏远的皮图菲克空军基地大约200名士兵。
Trump boasts about Greenland's strategic location Trump's Truth Social post also touted Greenland's strategic location, saying that "from a security purpose in the defence and offence of both the United States of America, and Europe," the island is "second to none."
该基地为美国和北约提供导弹预警、导弹防御和空间监视行动支持。
"Any future attack on the United States will have to come across Greenland, where our defence will routinely knock down drones, missiles, or any other form of weapon not yet even conceived," he wrote. "It gives us time, location, and sightline, like nowhere else in the world!" The United States was prominent in Greenland for decades but, since 1945, the U.S. military presence in Greenland has decreased from thousands of soldiers on 17 bases and installations to roughly 200 soldiers on the remote Pituffik Space Base in the northwest. The base supports missile warning, missile defense and space surveillance operations for the U.S. and NATO.
特朗普上个月表示，美国将“立即开始在适当位置发展大规模军事存在的进程”，其中包括“建设两个非常重要的军事基地”。
Trump said last month that the U.S. would "immediately begin the process of developing a large military presence in the appropriate locations," including "building two very major military bases."