Europe is scared of Trump: “This time he is serious”

Senior officials in Denmark are expressing concern and panic over Trump’s recent statements regarding the takeover of Greenland, and believe that “he is serious this time”, CNN reported this morning (Thursday). This is not the first time that Trump has brought up this possibility, and he did so in his first term as US President, but while at the time it was called “absurd” in Copenhagen, this time things look completely different there.Senior officials in Denmark said that Trump’s advisers and associates have conveyed the messages to the Danish government in recent days that “this time Trump is serious” regarding Greenland. “The atmosphere supporting this idea is completely different now compared to what it was when Trump first proposed it in 2019,” said a senior Danish official. “It looks much more serious,” another senior official said.

In Denmark, which controls Greenland, which is governed as an autonomous region in most areas, they are very concerned about the situation, and according to the report, they are considering how to respond without creating a sharp confrontation with an important ally and a key member of NATO. It is not for sale.

“People don’t even know if Denmark has a legal right to the island,” Trump said two days ago. “But if she does have it – she should give it up, since we need it for our national security.” Trump refused to rule out the possibility that he would use military force to take control of the island, saying he might impose high tariffs on Denmark over the issue.

Greenland operates as an almost completely independent entity, but is subject to the decisions of the Danish government in all matters related to security and foreign relations. Recently, the Ministry of Defense of Denmark announced an investment of more than a billion dollars in the security of the largest island in the world. Trump is interested in it for many reasons – from its strategic location on the road between North America and Europe, to its great wealth in natural resources, as well as its importance to the entire Northern Ocean region against the backdrop of global warming and the melting of snow in the region – which will make the region an important strategic focus.

Trump doesn’t just stop with his statements regarding Greenland, and tonight he said at the end of a meeting with Republican members of Congress that “China runs the Panama Canal, and this cannot continue.” In Panama they reiterated that the claims about China’s involvement in the management of the canal are not true.

Report: Musk discusses impeachment of the British Prime Minister

Billionaire Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and Trump’s top associate, recently held talks on how he could bring about the ouster of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. In recent weeks, Musk, a US citizen with unprecedented influence over hundreds of millions of people, has been increasingly interfering in the internal politics of many European countries, including Germany, Great Britain and others.

According to the report in the Financial Times, Musk wanted to see if it was possible to build support for alternative political movements in the UK, most likely the “Reform” party of the extreme right populist in the UK led by Nigel Farage. Musk seems to be interested in forcing a political upheaval in Britain with the aim of ousting the Labor government, which was only elected in July, even before the next parliamentary elections.

The Labor Party in the United Kingdom controls the Parliament with a firm hand, with an absolute majority of the MPs. Over the past few days, Musk has shown active involvement in what is happening in politics in the United Kingdom, in part when he brought up the issue of Grooming Gangs, criminal gangs that over the years have raised voices and claims that they lured minors for sexual purposes. Yesterday, the Parliament in the United Kingdom decided by a large majority to reject the proposal of the leader of the Conservative Party, Kami Bednock, to open a national commission of inquiry, and it was decided, in accordance with the calls of Minister of the Interior Jess Phillips, to leave it at the municipal level – a step that is portrayed as an attempt to shun the investigation of the truth and a fear of creating inter-racial tensions in the country .

Among other things, Musk accused Starmer of “raping Britain”, and even called for him to be thrown in prison. Starmer attacked Musk’s words this week, but avoided confronting him directly, saying that “anyone who calls for a national commission of inquiry is not interested in the victims, but only in himself.”

On the European continent, Musk’s recent statements are being criticized, as he also expressed enthusiastic support for the far-right party in Germany, AfD, two months before the country’s elections. Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez attacked him sharply yesterday, saying: “The richest man in the world attacks our institutions, encourages hatred and supports the heirs of the Nazis in Germany.”