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red dog 1

(29,546 posts) Tue Dec 24, 2024, 05:46 PM Tuesday

Denmark to boost Greenland's defense amid Trump comments

The Hill
December 24, 2024

Denmark announced a major new package to boost the security of Greenland in a move the Danish defense minister called "ironic" because it came just two days after President-elect Trump called for U.S. ownership of the Arctic island.

Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen told the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on Tuesday that Copenhagen plans to spend the equivalent of around $1.5 billion in the new defense package.

"For many years we have not invested enough in the Arctic, now we are planning a stronger presence," he told the outlet.

Poulson explained the package was planned in advance, and it was "ironic' that it coincided with Trump's call for control of the island.

He also said Denmark was willing to "work with the U.S." to secure Greenland.

More:
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5055179-denmark-greenland-security-package/

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Denmark to boost Greenland's defense amid Trump comments (Original Post) red dog 1 Tuesday OP

In the planning phases long before shithead opened his yap for the umpteenth time. paleotn Tuesday #1

That's good. Igel Tuesday #5

Greenland's PM is much better looking that trump. Biophilic Tuesday #2

He sure is! bamagal62 Tuesday #3

The south end dweller Tuesday #4

Low bar. Isn't everyone better looking? wnylib Tuesday #6

Yes, but...I wouldn't have answered except I'm still laughing. So, the answer is yes. Biophilic Tuesday #7

paleotn

(19,532 posts)

1. In the planning phases long before shithead opened his yap for the umpteenth time.

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 05:59 PM

Tuesday

Igel

(36,230 posts)

5. That's good.

Reply to paleotn (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 07:11 PM

Tuesday

The context of the remark was Arctic "national security," which could only mean mostly because of Russia first and China as a distant second (there being no serious third). And the for-sure demand that NATO countries beef up their defenses.

Note that the foreign policy and defense concerns for Greenland are Denmark's. The prime minister of Greenland as an autonomous territory are really just political and economic.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/expansion-or-trolling-what-lies-behind-trump-s-words-about-greenland-and-panama-canal/ar-AA1wnO84

Echoes of previous suggestions to buy it predate Trump's birth.