File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday renewed his push for the United States to acquire Greenland, saying the Arctic island is vital for American national security and for the “Golden Dome” defence system he claims Washington is building.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, “The […]
Denmark has said it will strengthen its military presence in Greenland and work with NATO allies to increase activity in the Arctic, responding to criticism from the United States that Copenhagen has neglected the defence of the strategically important territory.“We will continue to strengthen our military presence in Greenland, but we will also have an […]
Nato on Monday sought to project unity on Arctic security even as the alliance grapples with a fresh shock from Washington, as the US President Donald Trump has openly floated taking control of Greenland. Nato chief Mark Rutte said the bloc was working on concrete steps to strengthen Arctic defences amid rising Russian and Chinese […]
FILE – Danish military forces participate in an exercise with hundreds of troops from several European NATO members in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File) FILE – A boat rides though a frozen sea inlet outside of Nuuk, Greenland, on March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File) FILE – Danish military forces […]
TOI correspondent from Washington: Denmark is changing Greenland’s name to Epstein Island so Trump will stop talking about it, a Danish comedian joked earlier this week. But it’s no laughing matter now. The “MAGA” drive to acquire the Danish affiliate, “the easy way or the hard way” is very much on the cards after US […]
With his promise of the “nice way or the difficult way,” Donald Trump appears to be reviving an old American ambition with a harder edge. A US plan to buy Greenland for $100 million in the 20th century never came to fruition, but Trump’s renewed interest has given the idea fresh urgency and made it […]
US President Donald Trump (AP photo) US President Donald Trump late Friday once again spoke about taking action on Greenland, saying the US would have to do “something” or risk Russia and China stepping in. He said Washington does not want Moscow or Beijing as its “neighbours”.Speaking to reporters during a meeting with top oil […]
After, Venezuelan military op and threatening Greenland and Columbia, US President Donald Trump now seems to turn his attention to Mexico, to target drug cartels, following maritime attacks in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea.“We are going to start now hitting land with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico,” said Trump […]
US President Donald Trump (AP photo) As Donald Trump nears one year into his second presidential term, the US has pursued an increasingly aggressive military posture across multiple regions, even as Trump has intermittently spoken of “peace.” In a New York Times interview, Trump went further, asserting that his “own morality” is the only constraint […]
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech to French ambassadors Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool) French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday warned that the United States is “breaking free from international rules,” offering some of the strongest criticism yet of Washington’s policies under the second Trump […]
