""My friend, we are totally in line on Syria. We can do great things on Iran. I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland." This message from French President Emmanuel Macron to US President Donald Trump were intended to remain confidential, but Donald Trump published the short message on his Truth Social network on Tuesday night. "He will soon be leaving office," the US president went on to joke about Macron in front of reporters."
"But the tone of his speech quickly changed: The president painted a picture of a world without rules and a Europe that must reassert itself. Accepting a "new colonial approach" makes no sense, he said. For the Frenchman, Trump's grab for Greenland is a prime example of this emerging power politics. Sending military signals to allies Just a few days earlier, several European NATO partners, including France as one of the first and most visible, reacted to Trump's aggressive statements about wanting to control Greenland."
Donald Trump published a private message from Emmanuel Macron on Truth Social and publicly joked that Macron would soon leave office. A France 2 documentary showed a private phone call during Macron's Kyiv visit on May 10, 2025. At Davos Macron used irony, then warned of a rule-less world and urged Europe to reassert itself, calling a "new colonial approach" unacceptable and citing Greenland as an example. In response to Trump's statements about controlling Greenland, France sent about 15 mountain troops to Nuuk, conducted an air-to-air refueling maneuver over the Arctic, and is preparing to open a consulate general in Nuuk.
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