So far, the Pentagon has not been asked to draft a plan for an invasion of Greenland, as those living on the Arctic island prepare for the scenario, just in case. However, United States ruler Donald Trump has refused to say how far he’d go to acquire Greenland for “national security” reasons.
Trump has increased his rhetoric once again, this time not willing to rule out a military invasion. The U.S. president also increased the uncertainty over how far he would be willing to go to acquire Greenland as he warned the Nato alliance on Tuesday that it was only as strong as the United States allowed it to be.
When asked how far he could go, Trump said, “You’ll find out,” as a reply at a White House press briefing before moving to the next question. He also suggested that he did a lot for NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).
“I’ve made it so much better, so much stronger. It’s so good now. NATO is so much stronger,” Trump said. “When I came here, we had a weak NATO… they were a nothing NATO. Whether you like it or not, it’s only as good as we are. If NATO doesn’t have us, NATO is not very strong.”
When asked whether the breakup of Nato was a price he would pay to acquire Greenland, a territory of Denmark, Trump said he thought whatever happened would be beneficial to the alliance.
“I think that we will work something out where Nato is going to be very happy and where we’re going to be very happy. But we need it for security purposes. We need it for national security and even world security,” he said. –The Guardian
Trump later was dismissive of plans by Europe to unleash the “trade bazooka.”
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“See, anything [the European Union countries] do with us, I’ll just meet it,” Trump said. “All I have to do is meet it, and it’s gonna go ricocheting backward. But we’re not looking at that. We’ll probably be able to work something out, possibly even during the next few days in Davos.”