Trump declines to rule out military action over Greenland

President-elect Donald Trump, speaking at a press conference, declined to rule out military or economic action as part of his goal to regain U.S. control over the Panama Canal and acquire Greenland, a Danish territory.

When asked if he could assure the world that military or economic coercion would not be used in pursuit of these objectives, Trump responded, "No, I can't assure you on either of those two. But I can say this, we need them for economic security."

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen emphasized that the future of Greenland is for its people to decide.

Greenland, with a population of 57,000, has been a part of Denmark for 600 years and currently governs most of its domestic affairs as a semi-sovereign territory within the Danish realm.

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[markusleitner]

Who do the US think they are? US imperialism is disgusting.

[prosfrog]

And... how does this compare with China and Taiwan. BTW you are not the free world.

[MrCapKorzeniowski]

This man is going to burn USA down to the ground ... I really feel for all the sane Americans

[peternielsen]

Greetings from Denmark. Like we said in 2019 - Greenland is NOT for sale. And no bullying, propaganda or tough talk on ecco-chamber social media channels can change that.

But we would like to make a counteroffer for the american congress: We would like to buy USA in its entirety. We promise to bring first class education reforms (you really need it) and our worldfamous healthcare system. The faith of the Trump and Musk administration we will leave entirely up to you.

[dawoodbarak]

American, Britain and Israeli governments have mental problems😢🥺.

[Lordoftheflatbush]

“It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.” Henry Kissinger😊

[FerrerVargas]

This is somebody living in the past century! God Help Us!!!

[jasonspencer]

Most Americans couldn’t even find Greenland on a map let alone Panama or Canada. Prove me wrong

[youngbest]

Just imagine President Putin saying such thing about Finland 😏😒

[Zibzabar]

Capitalism is fancy term for colonialism

[HeckerGodte-ew]

As a resident of Denmark, just give up we are all a team, and then you threaten us?! I used to respect Trump, that over.

[julieta]

this empire of lies needs to collapse asap

[ErikaRatilainen]

He is SICK. We stand by Denmark (obviously)Greetings from Finland

[weeehooo]

This reminds me of when European peasants immigrated to north and south America they promise friendship and cooperation among the natives and next thing they knew the natives were surrounded by foreigners, contained, enslaved. People must learn from history and who committed such atrocities so these things will be avoided.

[dawoodbarak]

America needs all the world to get for the national security 😢🤔🥺. And Israel needs all Arabian countries for self defense 😅.

[snippidippi]

Free world = looking into only usa interest

[TrunkzZ]

I hope they dont do this. It will give Russia and China free ticket to Ukraine and Taiwan.

[Симон-иь]

Protecting the free world require for the Usa to shut up (and finally improve its third worldish infrastructure) and to not get involved into the affairs of other countries. To be free means to be free of american influence. And what about " thou shalt not covet your neighbor's (fill in: land, house, woman etc.)."

[alexgram]

He threatened Denmark with Tariffs if we don´t comply. We have been shoulder to shoulder with them in all their wars, when they called for support - lost good men. Perhaps talk about it, what is the plan and the strategy - perhaps we understand before you threaten us with military and tariffs. That´s not a way to treat a friend.

[dimitriwagner]

US in the EU? Nahh man, we dont want your Freedom* here