Anything less than US control of Greenland is ‘unacceptable,’ Trump says ahead of talks – Europe live

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Source: theguardian.com
Anything less than US control of Greenland is ‘unacceptable,’ Trump says ahead of talks – Europe live

Trump claims ‘Nato should be leading the way for us to get it’ and ‘if we don’t, Russia or China will, and that is not going to happen’

US president Donald Trump has doubled down on his rhetoric on getting control of Greenland, insisting that the US “needs Greenland for the purpose of national security.”

In a social media post, Trump claimed that “Nato should be leading the way for us to get it,” and “if we don’t, Russia or China will, and that is not going to happen!”

“Militarily, without the vast power of the United States, much of which I built during my first term, and am now bringing to a new and even higher level, Nato would not be an effective force or deterrent - not even close! They know that, and so do I.”

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