— I don't think sending troops will work on Trump. I just think that tensions will only increase then, Bolton admitted on Monday in an interview with the Danish broadcaster Radio IIII.
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Why does John Bolton warn Denmark?
What does Bolton think about sending troops to Greenland?
What are the tensions around Greenland?
What does Bolton think about Trump and his decisions regarding Greenland?
When asked whether the United States would invade Greenland, Bolton said he did not believe Trump would decide to use the military. He called the president's statements like this a “bluff.” “Trump is a departure from the general attitude in the US, Greenland means a lot to him but little to many others who are not on his payroll,” he stressed.
Tensions around Greenland
On Sunday, Bloomberg reported that a group of European NATO countries is considering sending armed forces to Greenland. Earlier, Trump sharpened his rhetoric towards the Danish-dependent island, claiming that he would take it over “one way or another.”
Bolton was national security adviser during Trump's first term, but now he is his critic. The former White House official was accused of unlawfully providing his wife and daughter with classified information, which Bolton denies and calls political persecution.
