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The idea expressed about Greenland is obviously not a good one, but maybe more important, it's obviously one that's not going to happen, so we probably shouldn't waste a lot of time talking about it,
Blinken told reporters at a press conference in Paris with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, according to Reuters All the hoopla about the importance of the Arctic is somewhat belied by a lack of the resources really being devoted to it,
We’ve sort of been asleep at the switch,
said Michael O’Hanlon, director of research in the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. We are still in the waiting room when it comes to knowing exactly what the Trump administration means,
said Lill Rastad Bjorst, an associate professor at Aalborg University specialising in Greenland As the demand for minerals is rising, there is a need to go and look for untapped resources,
said Ditte Brasso Sorensen, an analyst at Think Tank Europa During the war -– while Denmark was occupied by Germany -– the US took over Greenland. In a sense they have never left,
There are so many things happening in real time that I want to make sure the administration that’s coming in is fully prepared to engage from day one,
I believe that the incoming administration will want to make sure that they negotiate the best possible deal. And the best possible deal has to be one that builds into it real deterrence against Russia repeating its aggression — six months, a year, two years, you name it.”
On Ukraine, where Trump has vowed to end the war rapidly, Blinken said The work, the investment we’ve made in transformative arrangements for the Middle East — starting with the normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel — all of that is ready to go if the opportunity presents itself with a ceasefire and Gaza as well as understandings on a pathway forward for the Palestinians,
I am hearing that the people of Greenland are ‘MAGA’,
Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday night Don Jr. and my Reps landing in Greenland. The reception has been great,
I love maps. And I always said: ‘Look at the size of this. It’s massive. That should be part of the United States,
A friend of mine, a really, really experienced businessman, thinks we can get Greenland,
Trump told his National Security adviser, according to the book When it became public, they lost their political courage,
Trump said in 2021, according to The Times, despite the fact that the Danes had never actually considered selling the territory If Trump had just kept his mouth shut, we could have found out. But it was just gone, just completely gone,
he told others, according to the authors Trump's reaction is a statement of how important Greenland is in the geopolitical area at this moment,
We should partner with a great power because Greenland is a rich country, we have everything here."
Resident Jens Ostermann, carrying a small child bundled up against the winter cold, said I think he's talking too loudly. I don't think you can take him seriously when he says he's going to take us over by force."
Mikael Ludvidsen, a resident of capital Nuuk, was skeptical about the president-elect's intentions, telling Reuters Warm but reserved welcome for Donald Trump Jr."
Some locals sported Make America Great Again caps to greet Trump Jr., with Greenlandic daily Sermitsiaq headlining its report I would like to tell you that you show the face of the America that we love,
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told Blinken before the ceremony
