2 h. ago Donald Trump doubles down on Greenland threat but rules out using force

The US president said he wanted ‘immediate negotiations’ on the acquisition of the Arctic territory.

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3 h. ago Donald Trump 'won’t use force' to take Greenland but accuses Denmark of being 'ungrateful'

The US president is at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

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10 h. ago Trump heads for Davos: US President flies in as he warns European leaders there is 'no going back' over Greenland

The Air Force One plane carrying President Donald Trump to his showdown with European leaders in Davos U-turned and returned to base this morning after developing an electrical fault.

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11 h. ago Donald Trump is not forgetting America’s old alliances – his goal is to destroy them | Rafael Behr

European leaders who know their continent’s history must now see that the US president is siding with the forces of tyrannyIn January 2018, when Donald Trump was in the second year of his first term as US president, Angela Merkel, in her 13th year as German chancellor, gave a gloomy speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. She opened her remarks with a warning from Europe’s past. Politicians had “sleep-walked” into the first world war. As the number of surviving eyewitnesses to the second world war dwindled, she added, subsequent generations would have to prove they understood the fragility of peace. “We need to ask ourselves if we have really learned from history or not.”Fast forward eight years. Vladimir Putin’s territorial aggression harries Europe’s eastern flank. To the west, Trump, now in his second term and guest of honour at Davos, threatens to annex Greenland. This is not a world that has internalised the lessons of the 20th century. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Donald Trump's Air Force One returns to Washington after electrical issue on Davos flight

President Donald Trump's plane, Air Force One, was forced to return to Joint Base Andrews after departing for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, when crew identified an electrical issue

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12 h. ago US futures edge higher and gold hits another record as markets swoon over Greenland dispute

Asian shares have extended their losses while gold prices hit a record high as concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats on Greenland fueled unease among investors

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13 h. ago Air Force One returns to Washington area due to minor electrical issue, White House says

President Donald Trump’s plane, Air Force One, is returning to Joint Base Andrews after departing for Switzerland on Tuesday evening

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27 h. ago Might is right: US ‘foreign policy’ held hostage to mad king Trump’s whims

Increasingly unpopular at home, a president obsessed by his legacy has turned his scattergun on the world stageOne year into the second Trump administration, an actual US foreign policy remains just a nice idea. Instead, the world has been forced to adapt to the world according to Donald Trump: one increasingly shaped by his erratic shifts and unpredictable decisions, his fury at perceived slights and his growing desire to stamp his legacy in the model of an imperial leader from centuries past.Think of it as the mad king’s court, where every day is a carnival. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago UK must 'prepare for war with United States' as WW3 edges closer than ever before

Former NATO commander Sir Richard Shirreff has warned Britain must prepare for the worst-case scenario of fighting US forces over Greenland as Donald Trump threatens tariffs and shows no sign of backing down

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35 h. ago As Trump menaces Greenland, this much is clear: the free world needs a new plan – and inspired leadership | Gordon Brown

The idea that the liberal rules-based order can survive his presidency now seems complacent. This is a historic moment – and a time to actA European-wide chorus of resistance, led this morning by Keir Starmer, has greeted Donald Trump’s plan to take over Greenland, by force if necessary, and to start a tariff war if any country stands in his way. Have no doubt, this is a moment: if pursued as a non-negotiable demand, Trump’s plan ends any lingering hope that the liberal rules-based order can stumble on through his remaining time in office. The real question now is whether the 2020s will be defined by the complete collapse of the order’s already crumbling pillars and the atrocities accompanying it, or whether an international coalition of the willing can come together to build a new global framework in its place.For, in quick succession, the US has abandoned its longstanding championing of the rule of law, human rights, democracy and the territorial integrity of nation states. Gone i...

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43 h. ago Starmer says he does not think Donald Trump would use military force to seize Greenland

Trade war with US risks ‘huge damage’ to UK, warns British prime minister

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44 h. ago Is Donald Trump now the GOP’s biggest obstacle to keeping the Senate?

Republicans are being forced to spend time and resources putting out fires that Donald Trump keeps setting, writes John Bowden

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4 d. ago Former NATO chief accuses Trump of ‘gangster’ threat over Greenland as protests held in Denmark

The US conquering Greenland ‘would be the end of the world order as we know it,’ Anders Fogh Rasmussen

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4 d. ago NATO allies to deploy troops to Greenland in just HOURS as Trump makes fresh threat

Germany, Canada and the Netherlands are sending forces to Greenland for military exercises amid growing tensions over Donald Trump's repeated threats to take control of the Arctic island

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6 d. ago US forces seize another oil tanker in Carribean Sea – Kristi Noem says has ties to Venezuela

The Veronica marks the sixth tanker seized by US forces as part of the administration of Donald Trump’s drive to control Venezuela’s oil products

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6 d. ago Greenland’s defence is ‘common concern’ for Nato, Danish PM says as European troops fly in

France is latest to send military team as Trump’s desire to own Greenland still ‘intact’ despite talksEurope live – latest updatesThe Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, said Greenland’s defence was a “common concern” for the whole of Nato, as troops started arriving from across Europe as a result of Donald Trump’s threats to take the Arctic island by force.Troops from France, Germany, Norway and Sweden, among others, were on their way to Greenland, a largely autonomous territory of the kingdom of Denmark, on Thursday. Denmark also announced it would be increasing its military presence. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago JD Vance to join talks with Denmark over future of Greenland after repeated threats of US takeover

Vice president has previously accused Denmark of ‘not doing a good job at keeping Greenland safe’

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8 d. ago 2026 is already pure chaos. Is that Trump’s electoral strategy? | Moustafa Bayoumi

Less than two weeks into the year, the US is stoking mayhem at home and abroad – with midterms coming in the autumnHave we ever seen a year in recent memory begin with as much deliberate turmoil as 2026 has? Less than two weeks into 2026, we have witnessed Donald Trump deploy US forces to depose and abduct the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, along with Cilia Flores, his wife and close political adviser. The US president then informed the world that the United States would “run” Venezuela for the time being, which he later explained could potentially last for several years.Trump has also threatened – and then seemingly made peace with – the president of Colombia; seized at least five oil tankers in the Caribbean (actions that UN experts label illegal armed aggression); promised US military strikes targeting cartels in Mexico against the wishes of Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum; and frightened the people of Cuba with the prospect that Marco Rubio could be their next presi...

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8 d. ago Inside Greenland’s elite ‘dog sled army’ who SHOOT polar bears & patrol in

ARMED to the teeth and hurtling through Greenland’s icebound vastness by dog sled, they are the elite special forces accustomed to fighting off savage polar bears. Now the Sirius Dog Sled Patrol could be pitched against US forces if Donald Trump goes ahead with his threats to invade this mineral-rich Arctic wilderness. The specialist Danish...

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9 d. ago Donald Trump’s threats to seize Greenland by force make him no better than Vladimir Putin

Record View looks at the situation in Greenland as Donald Trump wants to take the island.

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