Will a military boost be enough to stop Trump grabbing Greenland? |
When Donald Trump sets his sights on something, it’s hard to prevent him getting what he wants. That hasn’t, however, stopped Greenland and Denmark from trying.
The Danish army has announced that, from today, it is boosting its presence on Greenland. It will be backed up by a cohort of European troops, arriving over the coming days as part of an effort to prove to the US that Copenhagen can secure the island’s defences.
Earlier today, France confirmed that 15 troops had arrived on the island. In the coming hours they will be joined by 13 soldiers from Germany, two from Norway, one from Britain, one from the Netherlands and an undisclosed number from Sweden and Estonia. Further waves of troops are expected. As part of ‘Operation Arctic Endurance’, these soldiers will be conducting a so-called ‘reconnaissance mission’ to scope out ways to bolster Greenland’s security ‘in light of Russian and Chinese threats in the Arctic’. But will this really deter Donald Trump from his ambition to take Greenland for himself?
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