A combat air patrol of American and Canadian fighter jets was scrambled this week after multiple Russian warplanes were spotted in the Arctic, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said Thursday, marking the latest military incident to unfold in a region that is drawing increasing scrutiny. The Russian aircraft, which remained in international airspace, were … Read more
Washington: President Donald Trump’s interest in buying Greenland is “not a joke,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview on Thursday, adding that acquiring Greenland was in U.S. national interest and needs to be solved. Trump has expressed interest in making Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, a part of the U.S. since … Read more
Copenhagen — The vast majority of Greenland residents do not want their island to become part of the United States, as envisaged by President Trump, according to a poll published Wednesday. Mr. Trump, who returned to the White House in late January, has signaled that he wants the Arctic island — which is believed to … Read more
Responding to President Trump’s insistence that he wants to acquire Greenland, Denmark’s government has announced that it will increase military spending in the North Atlantic by the equivalent of $2 billion. “Greenland is facing a changing security landscape,” Vivian Motzfeldt, a member of Greenland’s government, said in a statement on Monday announcing the increased spending. … Read more
The government of Denmark has not historically been a big spender on Washington lobbying. But days before President Trump took office for a second time, Denmark’s embassy started shopping for a lobbyist with ties to the new president, who has loudly proclaimed his intention to try to take over the autonomous Danish territory of Greenland. … Read more
In the end it took only about 12 hours for President Trump’s first head-to-head confrontation with one of the United States’ closest allies in Latin America, a blowup over Columbia’s rejection of U.S. military flights to return illegal immigrants, to result in a complete retreat by the target of Mr. Trump’s threats. It wasn’t much … Read more
It was a contentious, aggressive telephone call, five days before the inauguration of President Trump on Jan. 20. Speaking to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark, Mr. Trump insisted he wanted the United States to take over Greenland, the massive and autonomous Danish island that occupies a strategic part of the ocean as the ice … Read more
On his first full day back in the White House, President Trump reveled in his return to power and vowed to do what no president had ever done before. “We’re going to do things that people will be shocked at,” he declared. Of all the thousands of words that Mr. Trump uttered during his fact-challenged, … Read more
The notion of the United States purchasing Greenland has been a topic of discussion for months, but recent developments suggest that President Trump’s administration is more serious about the proposition than initially thought. A “fiery” phone call between President Donald Trump and Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has reignited the debate over Greenland’s future, with … Read more