Trump, Greenland and China
Reports from Russian news outlets like TASS stated that the instructor was killed during a missile strike, but Danish officials have labeled the story as false and part of a disinformation campaign. Also read China Slams the Door on Russia’s Shadow Fleet Danish Minister of Defense Troels Lund Poulsen rejected the claims on X,
Why is U.S. President Donald Trump so keen now to take over Greenland? By Christine Schwobel-Patel Why is Donald Trump so obsessed with Greenland? During his first presidency, Trump surprised many by voicing his intention in 2019 to buy the Arctic island from Denmark as part of a real estate deal.
Increased Russian military activity in the Baltic Sea has resulted in global calls for Denmark and other nations to inspect Moscow's oil tankers.
One European diplomat told Axios that Denmark was widely seen as America’s closest ally in the European Union, and that no one could have imagined it’d be the first Trump would pick a
Russia once floated the idea of the U.S. acquiring Greenland in a forged fundraising letter sent to Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton nearly five years ago, according to Danish intelligence. Newsweek contacted the Kremlin and the Trump-Vance transition team for comment by email on Monday.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia is closely monitoring the situation, after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out military action to take Greenland from Denmark. Peskov said the Arctic was in Russia's "sphere of national and ...
Though Denmark did not confirm the death of F-16 pilot Jepp Hansen, his friends have put up a post on social media
"Russia has never said, suggested, or done anything like this, either with regard to Denmark or its allies," she noted. "These statements have been coming for quite a while now. This is not the ...
As Donald Trump begins his second term as US president, his propensity for ruthless deal-making and wanton foreign policy disruption remains as strong as ever.
"You have Russian boats everywhere, you have Chinese ships everywhere - warships - and Denmark cannot contain it," he clarified. The American did not explain how the United States would be able to "restrain" Russia and China in the Greenland area, where the United States has a military base.
Following Donald Trump’s repeated intention to gain control over Greenland, we look at its mineral potential and mining industry.