Trump aide Stephen Miller says US could seize Greenland in interview
'Nobody’s going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland,' the Trump aide said.
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Greenland
Editor’s note How coverage of the Trump administration’s push to acquire Greenland escalated, peaked in Davos, and faded.
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White House discussing ‘options’ to acquire Greenland and says military use isn’t off the table
The White House said Tuesday that it is “discussing a range of options” to acquire Greenland, noting that using the US military is not off the table.
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Using military in Greenland 'always an option,' White House says
The Trump administration has reignited threats against the Danish territory and refused to rule out military force, according to a White House statement.
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Analysis: Why Trump wants to take Greenland
America’s next conquest might become Trumpland.
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Trump's 'big stick' approach unnerves U.S. allies: From the Politics Desk
Plus, the latest from Minneapolis.
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Analysis: What Donald Trump has learned about imposing global power
It took Donald Trump five years behind the Oval Office desk to reach an epiphany that could rock the world.
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Who's next? Trump hints at military intervention beyond Venezuela
After arresting Venezuela's president, Trump and top U.S. officials warned other countries could be the targets of American intervention next.
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Greenlanders ‘don’t want to be Americans’, say political leaders amid Trump threats
Five parties issue joint statement after US president warned it would occupy island ‘the nice way or the more difficult way’
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Trump’s iron grip on congressional Republicans is weakening
President Donald Trump this week lashed out at congressional Republicans like he rarely has before.
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US will take Greenland the ‘hard way’ if it can’t do it the ‘easy way,’ Trump says
President Donald Trump continued his threats towards Greenland on Friday, as he insisted that if the United States did not act Russia or China would occupy it in the future.
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Greenland's political parties respond to Trump's threats
The country's five political parties issued a joint statement rejecting Trump's attempts to acquire the island.
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‘Fundamental disagreement’ remains after Denmark, Greenland, US talks
Earlier on Wednesday, Denmark said it would increase its military presence in Greenland in cooperation with NATO.
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Senate Republicans defeat Venezuela war powers resolution
Two of the five GOP senators who joined with Democrats to advance the resolution last week flipped.
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75% of Americans oppose US attempting to take control of Greenland, CNN poll finds
Three-quarters of Americans say they oppose the US attempting to take control of Greenland, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, indicating that President Donald Trump’s push to expand America’s territory fa…
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Most Americans do not want US to acquire Greenland, polling says
As President Donald Trump ratchets up threats to take Greenland from Denmark, a series of polls say most Americans are not supportive of his efforts.
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How Republicans criticize Trump without criticizing him: From the Politics Desk
Plus, some cracks in GOP support for Trump's foreign policy agenda.
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Analysis: The GOP’s non-interventionist phase is over
We’re still waiting to find out whether President Donald Trump follows through and strikes Iran after the country violated his red line by killing lots of protesters. While Trump said he’s received assurances that “th…
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Trump’s push for US control of Greenland is mostly about his ‘ego’: Global politics expert
Eurasia Group president Ian Bremmer assesses President Donald Trump’s foreign policy moves on ‘Barron’s Roundtable.’
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UK politicians condemn Trump’s threat to impose tariffs over Greenland
US president says 10% levies will hit the UK and other Nato countries unless deal reached to buy the Arctic island
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Video: Trump Threatens New Tariffs To Force Sale of Greenland
On Saturday morning, President Trump announced in a social media post his latest strategy to seize control of Greenland: He is slapping new tariffs on a group of European nations until they come to the negotiating tab…
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Starmer to address Trump’s Greenland threats in No 10 press conference
PM to speak to reporters this morning amid crisis over the territory and US president’s tariff threats to those who oppose him
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Has Trump's control over the GOP in Congress waned? It's complicated.
Recent votes have made it clear: While the hold of Trump and GOP leaders on Republican rank-and-file remains strong, it's slipping in notable ways.
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Starmer: ‘We don’t want a trade war’
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss Keir Starmer’s emergency press conference on Greenland
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Starmer’s calm diplomacy makes mistake of assuming Trump is a sentient being
PM’s effort to take heat out of Greenland situation is yet another humiliation in his relationship with The Donald
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5 big takeaways from CNN’s poll of Trump’s first year
President Donald Trump is one day away from the one-year mark of his second term. Over the past week, CNN has rolled out a series of poll findings on where Americans stand on his performance so far.
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Even some Trump advisers are wary of a military pursuit of Greenland. Is an off-ramp possible?
Flying home this month from an extended Christmas vacation in Palm Beach, President Donald Trump was momentarily taken aback when a reporter asked him about the ice-covered island he’s openly trying to annex.
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Davos: Von der Leyen, He, Macron and Carney to speak as Greenland crisis looms over WEF
Rolling coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos
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Analysis: Europe may need to adopt Trump’s brass-knuckle methods to save Greenland
Donald Trump fights as dirty as the UFC cage fighters he’s invited to slug it out on the South Lawn of the White House to mark America’s 250th birthday.
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Trump Warns There's 'No Going Back' on Greenland
The President also risked further alienating European allies by lashing out at the United Kingdom.
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Fact check: The false claims in Trump’s extraordinary message to Norway
In an extraordinary message to Norway’s prime minister, President Donald Trump linked his pursuit of the self-governing Danish territory of Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize. He repeated his long-d…
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Trump set to face a diplomatic intervention on Greenland in Davos
An urgent diplomatic intervention is awaiting President Donald Trump in Davos after days spent hurling threats at US allies over Greenland.
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Analysis: Trump’s Davos hosts might abhor him — but he’s worth listening to
Dean Acheson, the revered US diplomat, described his role as an architect of the post-World War II world in a blockbuster memoir called “Present at the Creation.”
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Analysis: Trump says he’ll ‘acquire’ Greenland. Here’s what the Constitution says
President Donald Trump has made very clear his desire to “acquire” Greenland from Denmark, no matter the damage to NATO or to the US alliance with Europe.
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Fact check: Trump’s barrage of false claims in Davos about Greenland and NATO
President Donald Trump’s Wednesday speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland was filled with inaccurate claims – notably including false and misleading statements about NATO and Greenland, the self-governing D…
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Trump just backed off on using military force to take Greenland. What does it mean?
President Donald Trump’s quest for control of Greenland took a significant turn on Wednesday, when he backed off on using d military force — an option he and This team had previously reserved.
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No military force for Greenland, a historical pitch for controlling the island and other takeaways from Trump’s Davos speech
President Donald Trump’s winding, antagonistic speech to business moguls and government officials in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday was hardly a salve to concerns the Western Alliance is at its breaking point.
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Trump mingles with global leaders in Davos for World Economic Forum
President Donald Trump attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. See him speak and mingle with global political and business leaders.
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Analysis: Trump’s latest TACO moment puts his increasingly erratic temperament in the spotlight
President Donald Trump’s climbdown on Greenland capped one of the most erratic episodes involving a modern president on the world stage.
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Analysis: Twice within a week, Trump is forced to tone down big second-term power grabs
Even President Donald Trump’s push for total, unchecked power may struggle to overcome the potent combination of political reality and moral outrage.
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Confrontational politics is here to stay. It’s time Europe got on board.
It’s time to stop complaining about America First and get on with putting Europe First.
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The Blind Spot at the Top of the World
Slashing Arctic climate science will limit how clearly the U.S. can understand the region.
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Rubio says U.S., Europe ‘belong together,’ despite rifts over Trump policies
Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared that the United States and Europe “belong together” in a speech Saturday seeking to unify the Western alliance.
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Trump says he’s sending a hospital boat to Greenland
President Donald Trump said Saturday that he is sending a hospital boat to Greenland, the Arctic island and Danish territory he has sought to acquire.
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Trump cites health care issues in Greenland saying he’s sending a hospital ship. His claims are off
President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post Saturday that he would deploy a hospital ship to Greenland, alleging many people there are sick and not receiving care, even though both of the…
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EU Nordic expansion: why would Iceland and Norway want in?
Trump’s tariffs and threats to seize Nato ally Greenland are fuelling support for joining the bloc, with its implied security as well as economic benefits
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