18 h. ago Germany 'plans Arctic NATO operation to keep Trump from annexing Greenland'

This comes after the US President said he wants control of the island because of its location, its mineral resources, and rising Russian and Chinese military activity in the region.

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20 h. ago Germany 'plans Arctic NATO plan to keep Trump from annexing Greenland'

This comes after the US President said he wants control of the island because of its location, its mineral resources, and rising Russian and Chinese military activity in the region.

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3 d. ago Starmer tells Merz and Macron that Nato must 'step up' Arctic operations as they scramble to stop Trump grabbing Greenland

Keir Starmer discussed the brewing row over US threats with Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz in a phone call.

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3 d. ago ‘We are not for sale’: chair of Greenland’s top labor union rebukes Trump’s call for annexation

Exclusive: SIK leader Jess Berthelsen rejects Trump claim that the US needs Greenland for ‘national security’Greenland “will not be annexed”, the longtime leader of its largest labor union has declared, refuting Donald Trump’s claims that the Arctic territory’s current status poses a national security threat to the US.In an interview with the Guardian, Jess Berthelsen, chair of SIK, Greenland’s national trade union confederation, said people in the territory do not recognize the US president’s allegations that Russian and Chinese ships are scattered throughout its waters. “We can’t see it, we can’t recognize it and we can’t understand it,” he said. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago If Donald Trump thinks Greenland should be his, how long before he sets his sights on Scotland? | Zoe Williams

By the expansionist logic of the president and his advisers, the US is entitled to annex just about anywhere‘We do need Greenland, absolutely,” Donald Trump told the Atlantic on 5 January, with the hand-wavy follow-up, “We need it for defence.” His adviser Stephen Miller was more aggressive still in an interview with CNN, saying: “The real question is, by what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? What is the basis of their territorial claim? The US is the power of Nato obviously Greenland should be part of the United States.” His wife, Katie Miller, posted an image on X of a map of the country papered over with the US flag, with the caption “soon”. It’s hard to orientate sensibly towards things that happen on X these days: if she had posted a Grok-generated image of Greenland in a bikini, would that be more or less concerning?Still, we’re right to be concerned. There is no comfort to be had from old-era ideas such as: “Maybe they’re just sabre-rattling about Greenland t...

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6 d. ago Keir Starmer backs Greenland as fears grow over annexation threat by US

The Prime Minister signed a joint letter amid concerns the Trump administration will try to seize Greenland.

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6 d. ago Starmer’s priority is to protect UK relationship with Trump, Streeting suggests

Wes Streeting also issued a direct warning to the US president, saying now is ‘not the time to destabilise Nato’ after Trump threatened to annex Greenland

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7 d. ago Foreign Secretary issues warning to Donald Trump over Greenland

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper made the comment in the Commons on Monday evening amid growing alarm that US President Donald Trump could annex Greenland

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7 d. ago Sir Keir Starmer issues statement after Donald Trump's threat to annex Greenland

It comes after the US president suggested that Venezuela may not be the last country subject to American intervention

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7 d. ago Keir Starmer issues Greenland warning to Donald Trump amid invasion fears

Keir Starmer said the UK stands with Denmark amid fears Donald Trump is planning to annex Greenland, a Danish territory which the US President claims is needed for national security

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9 d. ago Today, Trump’s target was Caracas. What tomorrow? | Stephen Wertheim

He took office promising to annex Greenland and take back the Panama Canal. Now that he has ousted Maduro, other countries could be next“This is genius,” Donald Trump enthused. It was February 22, 2022. Vladimir Putin had just declared parts of eastern Ukraine to be independent and sent in Russian troops to serve as so-called peacekeepers. The once and future American president was impressed, even inspired. “We could use that on our southern border,” Trump mused.Trump didn’t know then that he was speaking at the start of a full-scale invasion that has lasted nearly four years and inflicted upwards of 1.5 million casualties and counting. And Trump doesn’t know now what he has unleashed in Venezuela. The South American country is not Ukraine, nor, for that matter, is it Afghanistan, Iraq, or Libya. But by ordering military strikes to seize dictator Nicolás Maduro, Trump has thrown a country of around 28 million people into uncertainty and tossed aside the most obvious, hard-won lesson...

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1 week ago Danish PM strikes defiant tone on Greenland in New Year’s speech as Trump rehashes annexation plans: ‘we will stand firm’

‘Never before have we increased our military strength so significantly, so quickly,’ said Mette Frederiksen in a televised address to her nation

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2 w. ago Trump doubles down on claim that US must take over Greenland for national security: ‘We’ll have to work it all out’

The comments follow President Trump announcing a new special U.S. envoy to Greenland over the weekend

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