Denmark urges Trump to stop threats to take over Greenland – Europe live
Danish PM backed by regional leaders as Trump doubles down on claim that Greenland should become part of USWelcome back to Europe Live in 2026. Hope you all had a great break and are ready to face what’s ahead of us, as the new year looks set to be once again pretty wild.So far, we have had the US military action in Venezuela leaving EU leaders torn, a major energy blackout in Berlin, a disruptive airspace control outage in Greece, heavy snowfalls in parts of Europe, new Russian attacks on Ukraine, and just last night, renewed US threats against Nato ally Denmark over Greenland.“It makes absolutely no sense to talk about the US needing to take over Greenland. The US has no right to annex any of the three countries in the Danish kingdom.”“I would therefore strongly urge the United States to stop the threats against a historically close ally and against another country and another people who have said very clearly that they are not for sale.” Continue reading...
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