Greenland, Trump’s new threat (and it’s not military)

Then, speaking to journalists in front of the White House, he reiterated: ”Yes, we are talking to NATO” about Greenland, ”we desperately need Greenland for national security” because ”if we didn’t have it, we would have a hole in national security”.

Trump is ”serious” about Greenland and his special envoy Jeff Landry is convinced that ”there will be an agreement” because ”the foundations are already there” to make it happen. Interviewed by Fox News, Landry explained that Trump ”has already laid the foundations. He told Denmark what he’s looking for and now it’s about getting Secretary Rubio and Vice President J.D. Vance to come to an agreement.”

General Denmark: “US invited to exercises”

The head of Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command told AFP that the United States had been invited to participate in military exercises in Greenland together with NATO allies. “Of course, the US as part of NATO is invited here,” said Major General Soren Andersen, aboard a Danish Navy ship in the port of Nuuk, the Greenlandic capital. Andersen stressed that the exercises are about “what is happening in Ukraine” and noted that having never seen Russian or Chinese ships near the Arctic island, which is an autonomous Danish territory.

Kremlin: “Greenland is Danish territory, international law is not a priority for the USA”

Meanwhile, the Kremlin has once again made itself heard: Greenland “is the territory of Denmark”. Faced with the US claims on the island, spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the situation “unusual and extraordinary” with regards to international law, which for the United States is “not a priority”.

Crosetto: “Sending soldiers from different nations seems like a joke”

Some European countries have already sent soldiers to Greenland, although not many. The US has around 200 soldiers stationed on the island, which is seven times the size of Italy. That he won’t send anyone. “The Defense has been interested in the Arctic for some time, with the Navy, the Air Force, the Army with exercises that have not started now and which are certainly not 15 soldiers sent to Greenland, I wonder what to do? A trip? Imagine, 15 Italians, 15 French, 15 Germans: it seems like the beginning of a joke. I think it is in our interest to keep the Western world together, always thinking from a NATO, UN perspective. I am for enlargement, not divide an already too fragmented world into nations”, said the Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto, during the conference presenting the strategic document on the Arctic.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajanispoke about the situation in Greenland ”in a long and cordial telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio”. As Tajani himself explained on ‘X’, ”on Greenland I reiterated the importance of guaranteeing the security of the Arctic region within the framework of NATO”.

“Greenland is an island of great strategic importance, today we presented the Italian strategy for the Arctic. The issue of Greenland’s security is a problem that interests us and which must absolutely be guaranteed by NATO, because Greenland is part of it. We must not underestimate the risks of Greenland in the future too and therefore it is good that NATO is present. It is also good that Europe does its part, but It is not by sending 10-15 soldiers that the security problems are solveda strategy is needed, beyond the choices of sending someone. We won’t send anyone“, said Tajani in Catania, on the sidelines of a meeting with the editorial staff of La Sicilia in the new headquarters of the newspaper.

Rutte receives ministers from Copenhagen and Nuuk on Monday

Next Monday, January 19, NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, will receive the Danish Defense Minister, Troels Lund Poulsen, and the Greenland Foreign Minister, Vivian Motzfeldt, at the headquarters of the Atlantic Alliance in Brussels. NATO communicates this, specifying that no meetings with the press are planned.