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DAVOS, Switzerland — President Trump reiterated his determination to take control of Greenland from Denmark during a combative speech at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday — but seemingly ruled out force to do so.
Why it matters: European allies have been bracing for a clash with Trump over Greenland this week in the Swiss Alps.

While there was some hope a market wobble could convince Trump to deescalate, he made very clear that wouldn't happen.
  • "It's the United States alone that can protect this giant piece of land, this giant piece of ice, develop it and improve it," Trump said, saying the U.S. was a "great power" and arguing Denmark simply wasn't.
What they're saying: Trump said that if the U.S. decided to take Greenland by force it would be "unstoppable," but "I don't want to use force. I won't use force. All the United States is asking for is a place called Greenland."
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You can never trust a single word he says.
 
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Greenland: Trump signals deal, rolls back tariff threats

US President Donald Trump calls announced framework for a deal on Greenland "complex" as details remain unclear. DW has the latest.
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Renegotiating the 1951 treaty, which has been pointed out was a post WWII treaty that basically gave Trump everything he could want, minus actual ownership.
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Denmark 'can't negotiate its own sovereignty' says PM as Trump pushes to renegotiate 1951 treaty

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As sources familiar with talks between US President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte say Denmark and the US are set to renegotiate a 1951 Greenland defense agreement, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says the issue of Arctic security concerns the whole of NATO.

In a statement released Thursday, Frederiksen voiced approval for discussions on the issue, adding that she remains in close contact with Rutte.

The prime minister said she is interested in continued dialogue on all aspects of Arctic security — including the so-called "Golden Dome" missile defense system — as long as this is "done with respect for our territorial integrity."

Frederiksen's statement confirmed that Denmark is willing to negotiate on security, investment and economic issues, but she added, "we cannot negotiate on our sovereignty" while noting that only Denmark and Greenland can make decisions on the kingdom and territory.


WATCH: Analyst on Trump's Greenland threats, 'Damage has been done'

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Sardines said:
It would be funny (in a very not funny way) if Trump decided to use the military to take Greenland only to have given the order to attack Iceland and we end up conquering Iceland instead and afterwards Trump tries to trade Iceland for Greenland like they're Pokémon cards.
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All we really need to do is take trump on a plane to alaska and when he arrives have the governor of alaska pretend they are the president of greenland and then have them sign some fake made up documents saying that trump is acquiring greenland and then give him a medal or a trophy or something and we could move past this.
 
Ungrateful jerk. “Trump avoided military service 5 times," Ed Davey, leader of Britain's centrist Liberal Democrats, wrote on X. "How dare he question their sacrifice." Trump has always been a coward.

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NATO veterans say Trump 'crossed red line' questioning their Afghan service

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s official spokesman condemned the remarks and said Trump was “wrong” to diminish the role of NATO and British troops in Afghanistan.
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Veterans from across Europe hit back at U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that they had stayed "a little off the front lines" in Afghanistan, saying on Friday that hundreds of their comrades had died fighting alongside American forces.

Senior politicians joined the criticism, with the British prime minister's office saying Trump had been "wrong to diminish the role of NATO troops" during two decades of war.

Trump told Fox News on Thursday the United States had "never needed" the transatlantic alliance and accused allies of staying "a little off the front lines" in Afghanistan.

His remarks added to already strained relations with European allies after he used the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos to again signal his interest in acquiring Greenland.

"We expect an apology for this statement," Roman Polko, a retired Polish general and former special forces commander who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, told Reuters in an interview.

Trump has "crossed a red line", he added. "We paid with blood for this alliance. We truly sacrificed our own lives."

Britain's veterans minister, Alistair Carns, whose own military service included five tours in Afghanistan, called Trump's claims "utterly ridiculous".

"We shed blood, sweat and tears together. Not everybody came home," he said in a video posted on X.

Stuart Tootle, a retired British colonel who commanded the first British battle group sent to Helmand, Afghanistan's largest province, in 2006, said Trump should apologise.

He also said that while he had "some sympathy" for Trump's criticism of what he described as under-investment in NATO by Britain and other Western European nations, he had none for the president's "really unfortunate, inaccurate and totally unjustified" remarks.

Even Richard Moore, the former head of Britain's MI6 intelligence service, weighed in, saying he, like many MI6 officers, had operated in dangerous environments with "brave and highly esteemed" CIA counterparts and had been proud to do so with Britain’s closest ally.

Under NATO's founding treaty, members are bound by a collective-defence clause, Article 5, which treats an attack on one member as an attack on all.

It has been invoked only once - after the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. European allies responded by joining the U.S.-led mission in Afghanistan.

Some politicians noted that Trump had avoided the draft for the Vietnam War, citing bone spurs in his feet.

"Trump avoided military service 5 times," Ed Davey, leader of Britain's centrist Liberal Democrats, wrote on X. "How dare he question their sacrifice."

Poland's sacrifice "will never be forgotten and must not be diminished", Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said.

"Poland is a reliable and proven ally, and nothing will change that," he said on X.

Trump's comments were "ignorant", said Rasmus Jarlov, an opposition Conservative Party member of Denmark's parliament.

The United States lost about 2,460 troops in Afghanistan, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. A total of 457 British military personnel were killed from the more than 150,000 who were deployed.

More than 150 Canadians were also killed along with 90 French service personnel, while Denmark - which has been under heavy pressure from Trump to sell its semi-autonomous region of Greenland to the U.S. - lost 44 troops, one of NATO's highest per-capita death rates
 
Congratulations to president trump on stopping his own invasion of Greenland.
That's now 9 wars he has ended!
 
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