US EditionTrump says he had ‘very good’ phone call with Nato’s Rutte about Greenland
Trump linked Greenland's strategic importance to national security and pushed NATO allies to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP, signaling tensions over alliance commitments.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump launched a Truth Social posting spree pressing for U.S. control of Greenland.
- In correspondence and posts, Trump invoked the Nobel matter and the Diego Garcia dispute, linking his Greenland push to outrage over not receiving a Nobel peace prize and criticizing the UK‑Mauritius agreement last year.
- Posting private-message screenshots, Trump circulated texts with French President Emmanuel Macron and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte plus AI images of U.S. control of Greenland and Canada.
- The posting spree prompted immediate condemnation and calls for removal as posts sparked mocking on X and NATO reportedly deployed troops to Greenland amid warnings of reduced trust.
- Experts cautioned the episode underscores op‑sec and archival weaknesses, with HuffPost saying posts may not be illegal but raise federal archives gaps and counterintelligence concerns.
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Donald Trump drops trade war threat after 'very productive' Nato meeting on Greenland takeover
Donald Trump has confirmed the US will not impose punitive tariffs on European nations on February 1 after sparking fears of a trade war over his proposed takeover of Greenland
The market must continue to focus abroad, pending the US President's speech, Donald Trump, at the Davos Economic Forum, scheduled for 10 a.m. (Brazil)
A large majority of Americans refuse to take over Greenland. Otherwise, too, dissatisfaction with the president increases. What does that mean for the interim elections?
The only way to resolve tensions over Greenland is through thoughtful diplomacy, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos today. He agreed with US President Donald Trump's assessment that more must be done to defend the Arctic regions from Russian and Chinese influence.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has again defended Donald Trump this Wednesday from Davos, even in spite of the US threat to Greenland that has the Alliance and to Europe as a whole. "Many of you, I know that you criticize Donald Trump, but eight major economies in Europe, including Spain, Italy and Belgium and Canada, would not have reached 2% in 2025, when you were only at 1.5% earlier this year.No way, without Donald Trump, this would never…
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