"Trump said in a social media post: Nato has been telling Denmark, for 20 years, that you have to get the Russian threat away from Greenland. Unfortunately, Denmark has been unable to do anything about it. Now it is time, and it will be done!!!"
"The issue of Greenland's future will continue to dominate the news agenda today, as the Europeans coordinate their next steps ahead of this week's extraordinary EU summit, expected on Thursday. UK prime minister Keir Starmer is also expected to wade in, with a special emergency press conference convened for this morning. Later today, the Danish and Greenlandic ministers will also meet with Nato's secretary general Mark Rutte, who has been one of Trump's closest European partners."
"Scott Bessent also pursued a similar line, telling NBC broadcaster that Europeans project weakness, US projects strength. The president believes enhanced security is not possible without Greenland being part of the US, he said. In further escalation, he also appeared to link the future of Greenland with the continuation of the US support for Ukraine. He said: The European leaders will come around. And they will understand that they need to be under the US security umbrella."
President Donald Trump and senior administration members repeatedly stated determination to take control of Greenland overnight. Trump posted that NATO had warned Denmark for 20 years about the Russian threat near Greenland and said Denmark had been unable to act, declaring that now it is time. US treasury secretary Scott Bessent argued Europeans project weakness while the US projects strength and linked enhanced security to US control of Greenland. The president linked Greenland's future to continued US support for Ukraine and suggested European leaders would need to be under US security protection. European leaders are coordinating responses ahead of an extraordinary EU summit.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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