Denmark, Greenland and Trump
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A bipartisan, bicameral group lawmakers traveled to Denmark to reassure NATO ally amid President Donald Trump's push for the U.S. to acquire Greenland.
U.S. senators are in Denmark this weekend to meet with officials, as President Trump announces tariffs against NATO members to pressure them over his designs on Greenland.
A bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation is seeking to reassure Denmark and Greenland after President Donald Trump threatened tariffs if nations don’t support a U.S. takeover of Greenland
President Trump said the United States will impose new tariffs on several European countries unless a deal is reached for the US to purchase Greenland. In Denmark, thousands turned out in the cities of Copenhagen,
A bipartisan congressional delegation met with Danish and Greenlandic officials Friday to show support for Greenland's territorial integrity despite President Trump's push to acquire the island.
Denmark's foreign minister said the closed-door meeting was a "frank but also constructive" discussion. He said a high-level working group would be formed "to explore if we can find a common way forward.
WASHINGTON/NUUK, Jan 14 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump reiterated on Wednesday that the U.S. needs Greenland and that Denmark cannot be relied upon to protect the island, even as he said that "something will work out" with respect to the future governance of the Danish overseas territory.
Yesterday, after Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, vowed to cast his lot with Denmark over the United States, Trump said that he didn’t “know anything about” Nielsen but that such a choice would be a “big problem for him.”