31 m. ago Danish PM tells US ‘you cannot annex another country’ on visit to Greenland

Mette Frederiksen, who met island’s new and outgoing PMs, says she wants to cooperate with Trump on Arctic securityThe Danish prime minister has put on a show of unity with Greenlandic leaders in her first visit to the Arctic island since Donald Trump’s renewed threats to acquire the territory, telling the US: “You cannot annex another country.”Speaking onboard an inspection ship in front of a military helicopter, alongside Greenland’s new prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and Greenland’s outgoing prime minister, Múte B Egede, Mette Frederiksen switched from Danish to English to address the diplomatic standoff with the Trump administration. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Trump officials are analyzing how much it will cost the federal government to take control of Greenland

White House claims the Danish territory would be military, economic asset to U.S.

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57 h. ago Defiant Greenland leader warns Trump the territory will 'never be a part of America' days after US President refused to rule out seizing it with military force

Jens-Frederik Nielsen said he wanted a 'strong relationship' with the US but that his nation would 'never be for sale' in light of Donald Trump's pledge to take over Greenland.

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69 h. ago The 'smartest thing' Greenland can do as Trump amplifies takeover talk according to its former ambassador

Former United States Ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands on Monday urged the country's leaders to shift their strategy for dealing with President Donald Trump.

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2 d. ago Donald Trump is 'imitating Vladimir Putin in bid to snatch Greenland for US control'

President Donald Trump is taking a leaf out of Vladimir Putin's book with his aim of taking over Greenland, says a Kremlin propagandist, who is comparing it to the Crimean land grab

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3 d. ago Greenland’s new prime minister rejects Trump’s latest threat to take control

Both Greenlandic and Danish politicians react with anger to Trump’s repeated suggestions

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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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3 d. ago Donald Trump 'could target country in Europe' next after Greenland threat

A security expert has warned that US President Donald Trump could set his sights on a country within Europe if the USA successfully takes Greenland from Denmark

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3 d. ago Trump says he’s ‘not joking’ as his team looks into ‘methods’ to secure a third term: Live updates

President makes most extensive comments yet on his desire for a third term and says he is ‘very angry’ with Vladimir Putin during an NBC interview

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3 d. ago Trump’s US doesn’t just think Europe is obsolete – it wants to see it dead | Nathalie Tocci

Whether it is by declaring a trade war or by bullying Greenland, visceral hatred is driving American policyThe “Signalgate” scandal confirmed what Europeans already knew. The Trump administration’s disdain for Europe is deep and the transatlantic fracture is structural. While our leaders publicly play down the significance of the unravelling that is manifestly under way, few actually sound as convinced in private.Hopes persist that Europe can prevent the most extreme manifestation of the collapse in the relationship, be it an invasion of Greenland, the withdrawal of US forces from Europe’s Nato member states or an all-out trade war. Most urgently, European leaders are focused on ensuring that if (or perhaps when) the US throws Kyiv under the bus, it is Europe collectively that will somehow succeed in securing a free, independent and democratic Ukraine. But there should be no illusion that this will happen by working in synergy with Washington or even with its tacit approval.Nathalie...

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3 d. ago Vance’s posturing in Greenland was not just morally wrong. It was strategically disastrous | Timothy Snyder

Thanks to Trump’s administration, the US could soon have to fight wars to get things that, just a few weeks ago, were there for the askingNo one would allow that he could not see these much-admired clothes; because, in doing so, he would have declared himself either a simpleton or unfit of his office.” – Hans Christian Andersen, The Emperor’s New ClothesElon Musk and Donald Trump inherited a state with unprecedented power and functionality, and are taking it apart. They also inherited a set of alliances and relationships that underpinned the largest economy in world history. This too they are breaking. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump claims ‘there are methods’ for him to seek third term in White House: Live updates

President makes most extensive comments yet on desire for third term during NBC interview

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3 d. ago Trump live updates: President claims ‘there are methods’ for him to seek third term in White House

President makes most extensive comments yet on desire for third term during NBC interview

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3 d. ago Greenland skewers Donald Trump with brutal rebuke at his plans for US to take control

Donald Trump has long asserted the US will take control of Greenland and, on Saturday, insisted the move would help boost international security - but the island territory is furious

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4 d. ago House Democrat mockingly suggests that Poland will be Trump’s next target for takeover

As the White House continues to make clear Donald Trump’s territorial ambitions over Greenland, one Democrat is wondering just how much of the globe could be on the president’s agenda.

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4 d. ago Trump news today: President claims ‘there are methods’ for him to seek third term in White House

President makes most extensive comments yet on desire for third term during NBC interview

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4 d. ago Trump news today: President says he ‘couldn’t care less’ if car prices go up as industry braces for tariffs

President believes taxing imports will force people to buy American-made cars

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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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4 d. ago CNN guest reveals Trump's 'next two targets for American invasion' after securing Greenland: 'Real security concerns'

A Masschusetts politician warned that Trump's quest for top-notch national security 'might not stop at Greenland,' suggesting that the president could be plotting to 'take over' other nations next.

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5 d. ago JD Vance admits that he wasn’t entirely sure why Trump wanted Greenland in the first place

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance visited the territory for just a few hours

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