He’s like the annoying kid in the back seat who keeps asking for ice cream.
Trump said on Tuesday that Greenland should be controlled by the United States, not Denmark, reaffirming a stance that has caused tensions among NATO allies just as leaders of the alliance gathered for a summit in Turkey.
Trump’s assertions that the U.S. must acquire or control Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, have long strained relations between Washington and Copenhagen — both founding NATO members — and more broadly U.S. ties with Europe. The issue has since moved to a diplomatic track.
Trump should be controlled by jailors, not Republicans.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she expected allies to respect the sovereignty of the Danish kingdom and accept that Greenland was not for sale.
“It is a well-known position of the United States that it wants to own and take over Greenland. I hope that it is equally well-known everywhere that this is not going to happen,” Frederiksen said.
Now of course if it’s just a question of who has the power, that’s not true, but it’s not just a question of who has the power. If things go badly it will end up that way, but so far it’s not that simple. We can only hope it remains not that simple until his presidency ends or he drops dead.
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