Donald Trump once again shakes up the international balance with a letter addressed to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, revealed by Sky News. " Considering that your country has decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for stopping eight more wars, I no longer feel compelled to think exclusively about Peace , even though it will always be predominant, but I can now think about what is good and right for the United States of America." In the text, Trump returns to his claim to Greenland , arguing that Denmark is incapable of defending the island from possible Russian or Chinese threats . "Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why on earth should they have a 'right to ownership'? There are no written documents," the tycoon states. "We only know," Trump states, "that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we also had boats that landed there. I have done more for NATO than anyone else since its founding, and now NATO must do something for the United States." The world will not be safe unless we have total and complete control of Greenland. Thank you!
The tycoon's statements are at the center of ongoing discussions in European capitals. According to the Financial Times, the European Union is considering retaliatory measures against Washington, including imposing tariffs worth up to €93 billion or restricting US companies' access to the European market . The retaliatory measures are reportedly designed to give European leaders leverage ahead of their meetings with the US president at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. European officials hope their threats of retaliation will increase bipartisan American pressure on Trump and push him to back down on the tariffs. "It's already a situation that allows no compromise because there's no room for compromise on Greenland. Reasonable Americans know he's opened a Pandora's box," a European official told the Financial Times.
For Foreign Minister Tajani, " we must engage in a dialogue with the US head-on . A trade war would be wrong, a clash that would only benefit our competitors, namely China and Russia." "The EU," he continued, "cannot do without America, but vice versa: Western unity is essential. Greenland is not part of the EU, but it is extremely rich in raw materials and minerals, which the Chinese have set their sights on. We Westerners must protect our interests, because we are industrial countries and we need raw materials." Tajani recalled the recently presented Arctic strategy, according to which the protection of these resources must occur "with the joint action of NATO and the EU." On the fate of the island, "only the Greenlanders and the Danes can decide."
