https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nUNIDBZhahk
Showing posts with label Greenland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greenland. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Monday, August 10, 2026
Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling…
Saturday, July 11, 2026
Friday, July 10, 2026
License to drill? How a Trump-linked Texas oil company is elbowing its way into Greenland
Greenland Energy says billions of barrels of crude could lie beneath territory and claims it has permission to bring drilling kit ashore – a claim denied by Nuuk…
Thursday, July 9, 2026
Trump declares ceasefire with Iran over during angry broadside at Nato summit
President calls Iranian leadership ‘scum’, rails against alliance, repeats demand for Greenland and threatens Spain…
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Trump again demands Greenland as NATO unveils military projects worth billions to prove its firepower | PBS News
Trump called the semiautonomous island "an important part" for the United States, as he repeated the false claim that it's surrounded by Chinese and Russian ships and said he won't let Greenland be threatened...
Saturday, May 23, 2026
Protests planned at new consulate after Trump envoy says time for US ‘to put its footprint back’ on Greenland
“Three months ago Greenland was under threat of invasion and takeover and he [Landry] was one of the people supporting that statement,” he said. “Then three months later you show up here wanting to make friends, handing out chocolate to children and trying to hand out Maga caps.”…
“He wants Greenlanders to be grateful to Donald Trump. You are way in over your head, man. Way in over your head. Go home,” said Gifford in a video posted on social media…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/21/greenland-trump-us-envoy-jeff-landry-visit
Monday, February 23, 2026
Arctic island does not need US hospital boat sent by Trump, says Denmark
In Greenland, as in Denmark, access to healthcare is free. There are five regional hospitals across the vast Arctic island, with the Nuuk hospital serving patients from all over the territory. Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister, defended Denmark's healthcare system, writing on Facebook that she was "happy to live in a country where there is free and equal access to health for all. Where it's not insurances and wealth that determine whether you get proper treatment."…
Thursday, February 12, 2026
Canada’s Muscular New Anti-Trump Strategy Debuts in Greenland - POLITICO
Opening a Canadian consulate in Nuuk, the capital of the autonomous territory of Greenland in the Kingdom of Denmark, has been in the works for over a year. But the timing, coinciding with both another round of menacing from U.S. President Donald Trump and bracing talk at Davos by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney of the need to forge new alliances, is not lost on anyone here...
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/02/11/canada-greenland-trump-foreign-policy-00775359
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
‘Now we’re in a power struggle’: Europe’s resentment grows over Trump’s newest provocations - POLITICO
President Trump has backed off his threats toward Denmark's territorial sovereignty, but he and aides have continued to irritate much of Europe.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/10/after-greenland-its-the-micro-agressions-00772114
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Canada plants a flag in Greenland - POLITICO
"I am underscoring that opening this consulate has been part of our intentions in our Arctic foreign policy for some time," Anand told POLITICO on Friday after arriving in Greenland's tiny, remote capital. "We will also be opening a consulate in Anchorage."…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/06/canada-greenland-consulate-opens-flag-00769338
Saturday, January 24, 2026
‘Old wine in a new bottle’: Greenland negotiations resemble an earlier deal - POLITICO
A 1951 treaty between the U.S. and Denmark already covers much of what a potential agreement on the island would include...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/22/greenland-negotiations-resemble-existing-deal-00742482
Thursday, January 22, 2026
China sees an opportunity in Greenland, but not in the way that Trump thinks
According to Kaja Kallas, the European Union's foreign affairs chief, China and Russia must be having a "field day" about Donald Trump's plans for Greenland, which Kallas says will divide Nato...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/21/china-strategic-opportunity-greenland-us-donald-trump
Trump rules out using force to acquire Greenland - POLITICO
In Davos, the president urged negotiations for "a piece of ice."…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/21/trump-greenland-rules-out-force-00738640
Trump says he won’t impose tariffs after reaching Greenland deal ‘framework’ - POLITICO
Some Republicans on Capitol Hill have been increasingly vocal in their opposition to U.S. control of Greenland. A bipartisan congressional delegation met with Danish officials in Denmark last week, and some Republicans had floated the possibility of withholding appropriations to prevent Trump from taking further action in Greenland...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/21/trump-greenland-tariffs-nato-00739429
Trump steps back from the brink on Greenland. But the damage has been done. - POLITICO
"The takeaway for Europe is that standing up to him can work. There is relief, of course, that he's taking military force off the table, but there is also an awareness that he could reverse himself," said a European official who attended Trump's speech and, like others interviewed for this report, was granted anonymity to speak candidly. "Trump's promises and statements are unreliable but his scorn for Europe is consistent. We will have to continue to show resolve and more independence because we can no longer cling to this illusion that America is still what we thought it was."…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/21/trump-greenland-military-deal-00739427
Did the US give Greenland back to Denmark? Trump omits history, invokes Iceland in Davos speech - PolitiFact
Although the U.S. defended Greenland during World War II, it never possessed the nation — and could not have given it back…
https://www.politifact.com/article/2026/jan/21/trump-davos-speech-greenland-iceland/
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Click Older Posts above to see more.