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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. This is about critical minerals. This is about natural resources. This is about, as the polar ice caps pullback, the Chinese are now cranking out ice breakers and pushing up there as well. So it's oil and gas. It's our national security."
You have Russia that is trying to become king of the Arctic, with 60-plus ice breakers, some of them nuclear power,
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,
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,
President Joe Biden’s top diplomat told reporters in a rare direct criticism of an idea Trump floated in the weeks before he reclaims the presidency 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,
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 Trump's reaction is a statement of how important Greenland is in the geopolitical area at this moment,
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 I think in the months to come, France's leadership will be essential for ensuring that Ukraine has what it needs to be in the strongest possible position to defend its democratic independence, whether that's on the battlefield or at the negotiating table,
Private citizens in our country can say what they want,
Everyone has the right to express their opinions, but obviously when you're participating or aspiring to participate in a government, opinions take on a particular meaning."
Barrot, however, took direct aim at Musk, saying The Republican Party will have to take responsibility for linking its destiny to parties that represent what the Republican Party always fought against,
