10 h. ago Danish prime minister sends message to Trump as he eyes control of Greenland

Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen has warned the US that it “cannot annex another country” as Donald Trump seeks control of Greenland.

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3 d. ago Donald Trump and JD Vance 'pathetically cosplay as Putin' with Greenland annex plans

Russian despot Vladimir Putin appears to be playing a game of 'hurty words' with Trump and Vance after setting one of his media mouthpieces loose on national television

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4 d. ago The Observer view on JD Vance: spurned in Greenland and humiliated at home, the vice

His foolish foreign trip and the response to the Signal chat leak reflect the irresponsibility of White House teamNot for the first time, JD Vance, America’s outspoken vice-president, has made a public fool of himself. He insisted on visiting Greenland despite unequivocal statements by the territory’s leaders and Denmark’s government that he was not invited and not welcome. Vance’s trip was confined to a remote Arctic base, where he briefly spoke to a few Americans. Plans to make a wider tour and speak to Greenlanders were cancelled – because Greenlanders did not want to speak to him.Such hostility is entirely understandable, given the repeated, provocative and disrespectful declarations by Vance’s boss, Donald Trump, that the US plans to annex Greenland and may do so illegally and by force. Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory within the kingdom of Denmark. Election results this month showed the vast majority of local people back expanded self-rule or outright independence. The...

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6 d. ago Putin’s endorsement of Trump’s Greenland takeover reflects their vision of a new world order

As the US pivots toward territorial ambitions in the western hemisphere, the Kremlin’s support signals a deeper alignment in their challenge to global normsAs JD Vance touched down in Greenland, the Trump administration received an unlikely endorsement for America’s first potential territorial expansion since 1947: Vladimir Putin.Speaking at an Arctic policy forum in the northern Russian city of Murmansk on Thursday, Putin presented a more comprehensive case than any US official yet for Donald Trump’s plan to annex Greenland, crafting a historical argument that sounded suspiciously convenient in terms of Russia’s own territorial designs on Ukraine. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Putin hints at backing Trump's plans to annex Greenland as he speaks on 'historical roots'

Russian President Vladimir Putin has hinted at backing Trump's plans to annex Greenland - Putin is currently

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9 d. ago Greenlanders stand together as Trump looks to annex their island

Locals are ‘doing everything in their power to make their voices heard’

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1 week ago Greenland slams ‘highly aggressive’ visits by Usha Vance and Mike Waltz after Trump’s takeover threats: Live

Tensions between Greenland and the U.S. are high following President Donald Trump's repeated threats to annex the Danish territory

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2 w. ago Greenland Prime Minister makes shock move after Trump hints at sending soldiers: 'Enough is enough'

Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede declared 'enough is enough' about President Donald Trump's wish to annex the island. 

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2 w. ago Trump goes for the jugular with his Canada threats — and does it with a smile

Trump’s insistence that Canada is not a real country bears a striking resemblance to Putin’s in the run-up to his invasion of Ukraine, Richard Hall writes.

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2 w. ago Trump has threatened to annex Danish territory Greenland. Now the US is asking Denmark for help with egg shortages

The plea comes amid Donald Trump’s trade war and an outbreak of avian flu that has led to shortages and price rises

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3 w. ago Trump believes US will annex Greenland as NATO leader tells him the organization will sit out potential takeover

Former Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte, now the NATO Secretary-General, declined to respond to Trump’s belligerent remarks

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3 w. ago Canada's foreign minister has chilling three word warning to the world over Trump's tariffs

Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly has slammed Donald Trump for leveling 'unjustifiable' tariffs against Canada and trying to 'annex our country through economic coercion'.

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