Greenland, Trump and Denmark
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Denmark has pledged to station a radar system in eastern Greenland, as well as five new inspection ships to replace the ageing Thetis-class vessels, a Poseidon-type patrol aircraft and four long-range MQ-9B Sea Guardian air drones.
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers will visit Denmark this week as President Donald Trump threatens a takeover of Greenland, an autonomous part of the kingdom of Denmark that houses a U.S. airbase.
The Trump administration is actively exploring ways to acquire Greenland, either through purchase or by force.
Denmark and Greenland’s envoys to Washington have begun a vigorous effort to urge U.S. lawmakers as well as key Trump administration officials to step back from President Donald Trump’s call for a “takeover” of the strategic Arctic island.
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In this framing, Trump’s actions are part of the emergence of a multipolar world, in which the great powers are the US, China, India and Russia. In this world, it makes sense for Russia to invade Ukraine to counter the US, for the US to seize assets in Venezuela and Greenland to counter China, and for China to invade Taiwan to counter the US.
A recent social media post has gone viral after jokingly proposing a potential marriage between Barron Trump and Denmark’s Princess Isabella as a “solution” to U.S. interest in Greenland. The playful idea racked up millions of views,
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