Greenland, Trump and Denmark
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Denmark has pledged to station a radar system in eastern Greenland, as well as five new inspection ships to replace the ageing Thetis-class vessels, a Poseidon-type patrol aircraft and four long-range MQ-9B Sea Guardian air drones.
President Trump's threats to seize Greenland have forced Copenhagen to rally support among its European allies, but it won't have much to gain if the territory declares independence.
Denmark confirmed to a newspaper that a 74-year-old national defense order is still in force today. That's not the same as issuing a new warning.
The rhetoric follows a dramatic U.S. raid in Venezuela and revives Trump’s long-standing focus on Greenland, transforming diplomatic discussions into fears of coercion. But U.S. military posture there remains unchanged.
SALEN, Sweden, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Sweden is highly critical of the "threatening rhetoric" against Greenland and Denmark from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Sunday. Kristersson said in a speech on Sunday that the rules-based world order was under greater threat than for many decades.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says an American takeover of Greenland would amount to the end of the NATO military alliance.
The claim spread after U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States needs to acquire Greenland "from the standpoint of national security."
Many internet users are hoping that Barron Trump can help out his father, President Donald Trump, with one tiny favor. As tensions escalate between Denmark and the Trump administration over the future of Greenland — a semiautonomous Danish territory that the president,