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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 Borders must not be moved by force,
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said, There is obviously no question of the EU letting other nations in the world, whoever they are, and I would even say starting with Russia, attack its sovereign borders,
France’s foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot told the France Inter radio station on Wednesday, according to the FT 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,
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 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 During the war -– while Denmark was occupied by Germany -– the US took over Greenland. In a sense they have never left,
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,
If we’re doing anything, it’s going to be a great and symbiotic relationship for all the nations and our allies. And it’s going to make the world a better, more prosperous and safer place,
When America leads with resolve and with strength and from the front, we can do amazing things, not just for America, but for our allies abroad,
Donald Trump Jr. said on Fox News’s Hannity Greenland is the largest island in the world, but considerably smaller than the size of the contiguous USA,
Mark Serreze, a geography professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and the director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, told Newsweek Don Jr. and my Reps landing in Greenland. The reception has been great. They, and the Free World, need safety, security, strength, and PEACE! This is a deal that must happen. MAGA. MAKE GREENLAND GREAT AGAIN!"
President-elect Donald Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Tuesday I cannot fathom how anyone is taking this seriously. Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, with home rule. Denmark has no intent to "give" Greenland the the USA, and taking Greenland by force is an absurd notion - Denmark is a member of NATO!"
Mark Serreze, a geography professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and the director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, told Newsweek Wednesday I don't know whether Trump really wants Greenland because he's been fooled by Mercator maps - but I'd like to use this opportunity to once again appeal to all scientific colleagues to use more sensible map projections. All mapping software allows you to simply choose one."
Stefan Rahmstorf, a German oceanographer and the professor of physics of the oceans at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, wrote in a Wednesday post on X, formerly Twitter
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