Trump claims only US can protect Greenland from Russia and China – Europe live

US president, in latest social media outburst, says ‘two dogsleds won’t do it’ before Vance’s crunch meeting in Washington with Danish and Greenlandic leaders

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US president Donald Trump has doubled down on his rhetoric on getting control of Greenland, insisting that the US “needs Greenland for the purpose of national security.”

In a social media post, Trump claimed that “Nato should be leading the way for us to get it,” and “if we don’t, Russia or China will, and that is not going to happen!”

“Militarily, without the vast power of the United States, much of which I built during my first term, and am now bringing to a new and even higher level, Nato would not be an effective force or deterrent – not even close! They know that, and so do I.”

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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