US EditionDemocratic Leaders Bash Trump’s Greenland Threat: ‘Completely Unhinged’
Republican leaders describe Trump's military threats over Greenland as negotiation tactics to boost U.S. influence in the Arctic, while Democrats warn of damage to NATO ties.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump refused to rule out military force over Greenland, while powerful House Republicans called the threats a negotiation tactic, not an imminent invasion.
- Seeking Arctic advantage, the administration aims to secure military and energy access in Greenland to deter Russia and China, intensifying focus after the Saturday Venezuela raid.
- Senators and representatives are moving to limit military action through War Powers measures as lawmakers prepare to block any presidential force over Greenland, with Republican Ryan Zinke saying `This would require congressional authorization`.
- Amid a joint European rebuke, European leaders and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Greenlandic matters are for Denmark and Greenland to decide, while Greenlanders and Veterans' Project Greenland oppose U.S. plans.
- Strategic analysts caution that coercion would undermine NATO and transatlantic ties, while covert influence operations by the CIA Special Activities Center risk detection and catastrophic fallout.
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Democratic leaders bash Trump’s Greenland threat: ‘Completely unhinged’
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Greenland veterans ‘shaken’ by Trump’s threats of taking their homeland by force
Greenland Veterans’ Project chairman Gerth Sloth Berthelsen and vice chairman Mads Rasmussen are dismayed by Donald Trump’s latest designs on Greenland (Picture: Veteranprojekt Grønland) A group of comrades rehabilitating military veterans amid Greenland’s frozen splendour knows more than most what is at stake if the island ends up in the hands of a president 2,600 miles away. Veterans’ Project Greenland said Donald Trump’s designs on the semi-a…
Trump’s goal isn’t war — it’s Greenland’s independence
President Donald Trump’s refusal to rule out using military force to seize Greenland is foolish. It undermines Nato by alienating Denmark, an ally that lost a comparatively large number of soldiers supporting the US in Iraq and Afghanistan. More fundamentally, it betrays the core American value of supporting democratic sovereignty. Despite the rhetoric of the President and his aides, and the resulting media panic, Trump isn’t going to launch a m…
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