“You want to know the truth? Greenland. We want Greenland, they don't want to give it to us, so I said, 'Bye-bye,'” Trump said.
He again called NATO a “paper tiger” several times.
According to him, allies such as Japan, South Korea and Australia are not providing the necessary support to American troops.
“We have 45 thousand troops in South Korea to protect against [лидера КНДР] Kim Jong-un, with whom I get along well. He once called [бывшего президента США] Joe Biden is a “mentally retarded person.” He was so cruel to Biden, he was terrible, and he was very nice to Trump,” he said.
Trump said that the illegitimate president of the aggressor country of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, allegedly does not fear NATO, pointing to the leading role of the United States in ensuring world security.
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Trump has repeatedly repeated that the United States must gain control of Greenland, otherwise it will allegedly be captured by China and the Russian Federation. He also said that the US could use military force to take over Greenland.
Against the backdrop of statements by the American president, a number of countries, including Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and Finland, sent military personnel to Greenland for reconnaissance purposes in preparation for military exercises. The media wrote that Danish troops were ready for battle in the event of a US attack on Greenland.
On January 21, the FT wrote that Republicans in Congress may prohibit Trump from attacking Greenland. Republican House of Representatives member Don Bacon noted that Trump's attempt to seize Greenland would be “the end of his presidency.”
The media reported that Denmark could grant the United States “sovereignty over small areas” of Greenland for the construction of American military bases.
