Showing posts with label Greenland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greenland. Show all posts

Thursday, January 08, 2026

Mandelson Accuses European Leaders of ‘Histrionic’ Reaction to Trump’s Greenland Stance

THE GUARDIAN: Article by former British ambassador to US is likely to be seen as criticism of Keir Starmer

Peter Mandelson has accused European leaders including Keir Starmer of a “histrionic” reaction to Donald Trump’s plan to take over Greenland, arguing that without “hard power and hard cash” they will continue to slide into unimportance in the “age of Trump”.

In his first political comments since being sacked as Britain’s ambassador to Washington last year, Lord Mandelson said Trump had achieved “more in a day than orthodox diplomacy was able to achieve in the past decade” when he captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro.

The intervention is likely to be seen as a criticism of the British prime minister, who has attempted to walk a diplomatic tightrope since the US captured Maduro. This week he signed a statement calling on the US president to respect Danish sovereignty over Greenland after a White House statement said the US was looking into “a range of options” in an effort to acquire Greenland, adding that using the US military to do so was “always an option”. » | Alexandra Topping, Political correspondent | Thursday, January 8, 2026

A ridiculous comment made by a ridiculous man. Even Mandelson must know he is being ridiculous; so, we need to follow the money. — © Mark Alexander

'NATO Is Done' If Trump Annexes Greenland | Jon Sopel on LBC

Jan 6, 2026 | Donald Trump has insisted the United States needs Greenland in order to protect America’s national security. The President has appointed Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as a special envoy to the island - saying he'll "lead the charge" in advocating for the semi-autonomous part of Denmark to join the United States.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly refused to rule out taking Greenland by force. The News Agents' Jon Sopel joins Shelagh Fogarty to discuss what this annexation of Greenland would mean for NATO.


Oil Tanker Linked to Venezuela and Russia Seized, US Confirms

Jan 7, 2026 | Shelagh Fogarty is joined by John Bolton, who served as the national security advisor in Donald Trump’s first term.

He shares his view on Trump's 'incoherent plan' after the US seized an oil tanker with links to Russia and Venezuela. It comes as The White House suggested US military action in Greenland is "always an option".


If the US Takes Greenland, 'the Next President Would Give It Straight Back'

Jan 8, 2026 | In this clip from the Trump Report Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Mick Mulroy tells Times Radio's Fergus Macphee why he doesn't believe the US will be able to annex Greenland, but if it did then the following administration would instantly reverse it.

Why Europe No Longer Trusts the US w/ Anne Applebaum

Jan 7, 2026 | Anne Applebaum joins the show to break down the escalating unpredictability of U.S. foreign policy amid provocative moves involving Venezuela and Greenland. Applebaum discusses how actions such as the abduction of Nicolás Maduro and Trump’s revived interest in claiming Greenland reflect a chaotic, power-driven approach lacking strategic grounding, raising deep concern among European allies. She delves into how these developments fit within the broader MAGA worldview, marked by spheres-of-influence thinking and a disregard for democratic norms. The conversation explores Europe’s increasing frustration and the potential fallout for U.S.-Europe relations, NATO unity, and the global perception of America as a rational actor. Applebaum also reflects on the deeper motivations behind Trump’s moves—ranging from distraction and personal gain to ideological alignment with autocratic regimes.

Trump’s Greenland Comments Spark NATO Alarm: Denmark Warns of a Global Security Crisis

Jan 7, 2026 | Donald Trump’s refusal to walk back his regime-change rhetoric on Venezuela has now reignited international concern—this time over Greenland. Declaring that the United States needs Greenland “very badly,” Trump’s remarks have intensified fears of a potential American move against the Arctic territory. Greenland is largely self-governing but remains part of the Danish kingdom, with Copenhagen responsible for defence and foreign policy. Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, responded with an unusually blunt warning, stating that any US military action against Greenland would amount to an attack on a NATO ally—and could shatter the post-World War II global security order, which Stephen Miller seeks to disrupt at every juncture.


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Stephen Miller? Was für ein A-L! — © Mark Alexander

Wednesday, January 07, 2026

Democracy Now! Trump's Plan to Seize Greenland Would "Militarize the Arctic," Trample Indigenous Rights

Jan 7, 2026 | Following the U.S. attack on Venezuela, the Trump administration has renewed its campaign to take over Greenland, which has been controlled by Denmark for more than 300 years. The White House says it's considering "a range of options," including the use of military force. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that if the U.S. were to attack Greenland, it would spell the end of NATO.

"Greenland is not up for sale," says Aaju Peter, a Greenlandic Inuit activist and attorney, who says Indigenous Greenlanders want their independence from both the U.S. and Denmark.

We also speak with analyst Pavel Devyatkin, who says the U.S. is "acting like a rogue state" and enacting a policy of "pure imperialism."



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Trump’s Threats to Greenland Will Backfire | Former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander

Jan 7, 2026 | "All European countries and Canada would absolutely be there for America, provided they trust America."

Trump’s "flailing around" and making threats to Greenland will lose him the trust and the backing of other NATO countries, says former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander for Europe, General Sir Richard Shirreff.


Boycott All American Products!

MARK ALEXANDER: Donald Trump and his cronies think that they can ride rough shod over the rest of the world. Trample others into submission. They think that all that they are able to survey belongs to them! It does not. Simply put, these shysters are thieves. They must not be allowed to get away with this. Trump is no better than Putin.

Because our European leaders are weak—and I include my own country’s leaders in this negative assessment—we cannot hope to be able to stop the US militarily if Trump decides to invade Greenland. But what Europe can do is boycott American goods and services. Europe has mighty purchasing power. It has in excess of 440m consumers Europe-wide, and that excludes UK consumers. America needs the European market, and it needs European consumers to buy their goods and services.

Because of Trump’s increasing and unceasing threats to take over Greenland, I propose that in the name of solidarity with Greenlanders and Danes that we boycott all American goods and services wherever and whenever possible. And avoid all trips and vacations in and to the United States. We can all do this regardless of where we live or come from. Trump needs to be taught a lesson.

Donald Trump and his band of bullying crooks mustn’t be allowed to get away with this thievery. Let us bring the American economy to its knees. And if we cannot, at least let us try. Greenland’s future depends on it. Don’t forget! If Trump succeeds with Greenland, which country will be next?

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Stephen Miller Offers a Strongman’s View of the World

THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Trump’s trusted adviser is casting his hard-right gaze abroad, saying the world must be governed by “force.”

Stephen Miller has spent the bulk of his White House career furthering hard-right domestic policies that have resulted in mass deportations, family separations and the testing of the constitutional tenets that grant American citizenship.

Now, Mr. Miller, President Trump’s 40-year-old deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser, is casting his hard-right gaze further abroad: toward Venezuela and the Danish territory of Greenland, specifically.

Mr. Miller is doing so, the president’s advisers say, in service of advancing Mr. Trump’s foreign policy ambitions, which so far resemble imperialistic designs to exploit less powerful, resource-rich countries and territories the world over and use those resources for America’s gain. According to Mr. Miller, using brute force is not only on the table but also the Trump administration’s preferred way to conduct itself on the world stage.

“We live in a world in which you can talk all you want about international niceties and everything else, but we live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” Mr. Miller told Jake Tapper of CNN on Monday, during a combative appearance in which he was pressed on Mr. Trump’s long-held desire to control Greenland.

“These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time,” he said.

This aggressive posture toward Greenland — and in turn, the rest of the world — is a perfect encapsulation of the raw power that Mr. Trump wants to project, even against Denmark, the NATO ally that controls Greenland. The moment also illustrates how people like Mr. Miller have ascended to the inner circle of a leader who has no interest in having his impulses checked, and how they exert their influence once they arrive there.

The moment also shows just how differently Mr. Trump has operated in his second term from how he did in his first. » | Katie Rogers | Katie Rogers is a White House correspondent who has covered both Trump administrations. She reported from Washington. | Tuesday, January 6, 2026

White House Says Using US Military Is ‘Always an Option’ for Acquiring Greenland

THE GUARDIAN: European leaders push back forcefully against US president’s desire to seek takeover of Arctic territory

Donald Trump and his advisers are looking into “a range of options” in an effort to acquire Greenland, noting in a White House statement on Tuesday that using the US military to do so is “always an option”.

“President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it’s vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region. The president and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the US military is always an option at the commander-in-chief’s disposal,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.

Leavitt’s comments came as the leaders of major European powers pushed back against Trump’s long-running desire to seize the Arctic territory.

In a show of solidarity on Tuesday, the leaders of France, Germany, Britain and other nations issued a joint statement with the prime minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, urging the US to respect its sovereignty. They wrote in the statement that Arctic security was a top priority for Nato, a defense alliance that includes the United States and Greenland. » | Lauren Gambino | Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Can there be any people out there who still love America? — © Mark Alexander

Tuesday, January 06, 2026

Europe Backs Denmark over President Trump's Threats to Annex Greenland | Global News Podcast

Jan6, 2026 | The issue of Greenland's future has resurfaced in the wake of the US military intervention in Venezuela.

President Donald Trump has again insisted that the US "needed" Greenland for security reasons and has refused to rule out the use of force to take control of the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

At a meeting in Paris today, European leaders rallied to Greenland's defence - issuing a joint statement saying Greenland belongs to its people, and that they will defend Greenland's territorial integrity.

The BBC's James Waterhouse has been following the story from Paris.



To hell with Trump! To hell with Trump’s henchmen and henchwomen! And to hell with America! Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders. Only the Greenlanders and the Danes can determine its future.

The sooner that we Europeans unite and build an extremely strong military to be able to defend ourselves, the better. America is no longer our ally. Only a fool would consider America as an ally now. — © Mark Alexander

Trump Will Invade Greenland - and NATO Will Collapse

January 6, 2026

Trump’s ‘Imperialist Agenda’ for Greenland Opposing NATO Ally Is ‘Very Dangerous’ | Ex-CIA Director

Jan 6, 2026 | "This is not the America and government that I worked for, for close to 35 years."

The US operation to capture Nicholás Maduro and the rhetoric towards Denmark around Greenland is the beginning of "very aggressive, dangerous, and very destabilising Trump administration policy", says former director of the CIA, John Brennan.



John Brennan stated that many Americans are asking themselves “What has happened to our country?” That’s a NO BRAINER! What has happened to their country is that Americans re-elected a CRIMINAL as their president. That’s what’s happened! Elect a criminal, expect a crime! And in the case of King Don, crimes. Very many crimes! — © Mark Alexander

'A Huge Moment in Post-war History': Lewis Goodall in Trump's Greenland Plan

Jan 5, 2026 | Lewis Goodall joins Shelagh Fogarty to discuss Donald Trump's most recent comments where he again proposed annexing Greenland. Denmark's leader has urged Trump to "stop the threats" over the island.

Speaking to reporters, the US president said "we need Greenland from the standpoint of national security". Trump has repeatedly raised the prospect of the semi-autonomous Danish territory becoming an annexed part of the US, citing its strategic location for defence purposes and mineral wealth.

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens Frederik Nielsen responded by saying "that's enough now" and described the notion of US control over the island as a "fantasy".


Trump Eyes Up Greenland: Defence Expert Warns of Consequences for NATO | LBC

Jan 6, 2026 | Former Defence Secretary Sir Ben Wallace talks to Nick Ferrari about Donald Trump's renewed threats to take over Greenland, a territory of Denmark.

After launching a military intervention in Venezuela over the weekend, President Trump has doubled down on his calls for the US to control Greenland for 'national security' purposes.

Wallace tells Nick Ferrari about the 'worrying shift' in America's worldview, one that throws out 'rules and regulations' in favour of power. The former Tory defence secretary explains how this 'shift' threatens the West as, similar to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Trump is seeking to 'take over a sovereign nation'.
Wallace ends by saying that when it comes to President Trump's threats, 'he means what he says'.



Keir Starmer is a weak ditherer. — © Mark Alexander

Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland

THE NEW YORK TIMES: In a CNN interview, the Trump aide also echoed the president’s intent to run Venezuela as he laid out a case for the United States to control weaker states by flexing its military might.

Stephen Miller, a top aide to President Trump, asserted on Monday that Greenland rightfully belonged to the United States and that the Trump administration could seize the semiautonomous Danish territory if it wanted.

“Nobody’s going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland,” Mr. Miller told Jake Tapper, the CNN host, after being asked repeatedly whether he would rule out using military force.

The remarks were part of a vocal push by Mr. Miller, long a powerful behind-the-scenes player in Trump administration policy, to justify American imperialism and a vision for a new world order in which the United States could freely overthrow national governments and take foreign territory and resources so long as it was in the national interest.

“We live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” he said. “These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.” » | Chris Cameron | Reporting from Washington | Monday, January 5, 2026

Civilization as we knew it is over! According to this Nazi's rationale, if your neighbour’s house is nicer than yours and you are stronger than he, you are entitled to move in and steal his house from him! How civilized!

This is what you get when you allow your country to be run by criminals. Trump, or King Don, is the big boss, of course. But Stephen Miller is one of his chief advisors.

What a world we are now living in! King Don has turned the world upside down. — © Mark Alexander

US Attack on Greenland Would Mean End of Nato, Says Danish PM

THE GUARDIAN: Mette Frederiksen criticises Donald Trump’s ‘unacceptable pressure’ as Greenland counterpart condemns ‘fantasies’

An attack by the United States on a Nato ally would mean the end of both the military alliance and “post-second world war security”, Denmark’s leader has warned, after Donald Trump threatened again to take over Greenland.

Fresh from his military operation in Venezuela, the US president said on Sunday the US needed Greenland “very badly” – renewing fears of a US invasion of the largely autonomous island, which is a former Danish colony and remains part of the Danish kingdom. Greenland’s foreign and security policy continues to be controlled by Copenhagen.

Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister, warned on Monday that any US attack on a Nato ally would be the end of “everything”.

“If the United States decides to militarily attack another Nato country, then everything would stop – that includes Nato and therefore post-second world war security,” Frederiksen told Danish television network TV2.

Greenland’s strategic location between Europe and North America makes it a critical site for the US ballistic missile defence system. The island’s significant mineral resources also align with Washington’s ambition to reduce dependence on Chinese exports. » | Miranda Bryant, Nordic correspondent | Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Monday, January 05, 2026

Furious World Leaders Give Final Warning to Trump

Jan 5, 2026 | MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on furious world leaders and former allies of the United States giving Donald Trump a final warning as they prepare for possible war with the United States as Trump’s escalates his threats to invade every country in the western hemisphere and take all the oil and resources.

Trump Suggests U.S. Could Take Action Against More Countries

THE NEW YORK TIMES: On Air Force One, President Trump threatened Colombia and its president, described Cuba as “ready to fall” and reasserted his desire to acquire Greenland.

President Trump suggested on Sunday that the United States could take action against other countries after its attack on Venezuela. He threatened Colombia and its president, described Cuba as “ready to fall” and reasserted his desire to take control of Greenland.

Mr. Trump has been facing questions about his plans for Venezuela since a U.S. raid in Caracas captured the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and brought him to New York City to face federal drug trafficking and weapons charges. As Mr. Trump took questions about that on Sunday, he spoke of other countries in Latin America and beyond.

On Air Force One, Mr. Trump told reporters that Colombia was being “run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States.”

“He’s not going to be doing it for very long,” he said of Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, who has frequently criticized Mr. Trump. “He has cocaine mills and cocaine factories.”

Mr. Trump and Mr. Petro have been locked in an escalating dispute over the United States’ series of boat strikes in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific, which have ratcheted up pressure on Colombia, a nexus of the region’s drug trade.

Asked whether his administration would carry out an operation targeting Colombia, Mr. Trump replied, “It sounds good to me.” » | Yan Zhuang | Sunday,, January 4, 2026