How far will Europe go to defend Greenland from Trump?
by Katherine Butler, associate editor, Europe from US news | The Guardian on (#72TKA)
The president's disregard for international law exposes the continent's reliance on the US. Leaders have hardened their language in support of Denmark, but the price of confronting him is high
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Donald Trump's threat to take control of Greenland one way or the other" has left the territory and its sovereign power Denmark reeling and the rest of Europe scrambling for ways to stop him.
After the shock of the US's military raid on Venezuela Trump's ambition to put Greenland next on his hitlist is no longer being seen in Europe as bluster or fantasy, but a serious intention, driven by ideology, neo-imperial expansionism, US thirst for critical minerals, or all of the above.
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