US EditionStarmer: We must bolster ties with Europe after Greenland threats
Starmer calls for closer UK-EU defense cooperation amid tensions over US demands for Arctic military access and Greenland sovereignty concerns.
- On Thursday, Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, urged Britain to strengthen security, military, and economic ties with Europe after President Donald Trump's Greenland threat, emphasising Nato unity and closer cooperation on defence and intelligence.
- After meeting at Davos, President Donald Trump asserted the United States would have military access to Greenland with no time limit, rejecting lease characterizations.
- Amid unclear terms, Denmark and Greenland said sovereignty and democracy are non-negotiable red lines while no formal document exists, and reports described a five-part framework updating the 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement.
- At Chequers, Starmer hosted Mette Frederiksen, who travelled to Brussels after the US agreed to drop tariff threats, while Starmer called Mark Rutte to affirm UK readiness.
- Analysts note longer‑term risks to Nato as observers warned the episode threatens Europe, weakening Nato unity and triggering the obligation of 2.8 million active troops under collective defence.
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This world-class blunder has even Trump's kingmaker anguished
Before he TACO’d at Davos, Donald Trump’s vow to take Greenland by hook or crook because he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize was next level insanity prancing on the world stage. (No Donnie dear, they’re not laughing at you, they’re laughing because of you).Prompting a collective eye roll from EU leaders at Davos on Wednesday, Trump’s bellicose nonsense — “demanding” that European sovereigns bow to him on Greenland or face economic blackmail via …
DN DEBATT. Trump's actions regarding Greenland are absurd. And very, very dangerous. We can no longer trust the USA. If the rules-based world order is to be protected, Europe must change. We must save Ukraine, and save ourselves. But it will cost us dearly, writes economist Martin Ljunge at the Institute for Business Research.
The European Union concluded from the recent Greenland crisis that the way Europe interacted with the US worked, as President Donald Trump backed down from his threats.
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