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Vance Lands in Greenland as Anger Mounts Over Trump Takeover Bid

This is Beirut, 28/03 19:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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US Vice President JD Vance landed in Greenland on Friday for a visit to a military base viewed by Copenhagen and Nuuk as a provocation at a time when President Donald Trump is seeking to annex the strategically placed, resource-rich Danish territory. Trump argues the United States needs the vast Arctic island for national and international ...

Trump Declares 'We Have to Have' Greenland, Ahead of Vance Trip

This is Beirut, 26/03 18:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump ramped up his claims to Greenland on Wednesday, saying ahead of a visit by Vice President JD Vance that the United States needed to take control of the Danish island for "international security." Since coming to power in January, Trump has repeatedly insisted that he wants the self-governed territory to be a US ...

Greenland's Political Parties Reject the Idea of Annexation by the US

This is Beirut, 14/03 21:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The leaders of all Greenland's political parties on Friday denounced US President Donald Trump's vow to take over the Danish autonomous island. "We - all party leaders - cannot accept the repeated statements about annexation and control of Greenland," the leaders of Greenland's five parliamentary parties said in a joint ...

Why Does Donald Trump Want to Buy Greenland?

Yara Germany, 14/01 18:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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During a press conference held on Tuesday, January 7, in his residence in Florida, US President-elect Donald Trump reiterated his wish to annex Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, as well as the Panama Canal. He did not dismiss the option of using force to achieve these objectives, stating that both regions are “crucial for the ...

Danish PM to Meet Party Leaders on Trump's Greenland Comments

This is Beirut, 09/01 15:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Denmark's prime minister has called party leaders to a meeting on Thursday, a government source said, over US President-elect Donald Trump's ambitions to take control of Greenland. Trump, who takes office on January 20, set off new alarm bells on Tuesday when he refused to rule out military intervention over the Panama Canal and Greenland, both ...

Trump's Greenland Comment Spark EU 'Incomprehension'

This is Beirut, 08/01 17:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that EU leaders were baffled after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out military action to take Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. "In my discussions with our European partners, there has been a notable incomprehension when it comes to current statements from the USA ...

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