"No more fawning praise. No more polite workarounds and old-style diplomacy. And no one is calling Donald Trump "daddy" now."
"European leaders who scrambled for a year to figure out how to deal with an emboldened American president in his second term edged closer to saying "no," or something diplomatically like it, to his disregard for international law and his demands for their territory. Trump's vow to take over Greenland and punish any country that resists, seems to have been the crucible."
""Red lines" were deemed to have been crossed this year when Trump abruptly revived his demand that the United States "absolutely" must rule Greenland, the semiautonomous region that is part of NATO ally Denmark. That pushed even the most mild-mannered diplomats to issue sharp warnings against Trump, whom they had flattered withroyal treatment and fawning praise."
""We want a piece of ice for world protection, and they won't give it," Trump told his audience at the World Economic Forum. "You can say yes, and"
European leaders shifted from diplomatic appeasement to open resistance after renewed U.S. demands over Greenland. The revived American insistence that the United States "absolutely" must rule Greenland prompted sharp warnings from allied officials. British and other European leaders asserted support for Greenlandic sovereignty and rejected blackmail. Norwegian leadership stated that threats have no place among allies. Political and economic pressures in the United States, including upcoming congressional elections, a sinking stock market, and falling approval ratings, added to the environment encouraging European leaders to push back against territorial demands.
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