NUUK, Greenland — The notion that Denmark alone, or Europe together, could defend Greenland against an American force had become the source of relentless mockery within the White House. The Danish were dismissed as “irrelevant,” while Europe was portrayed as a shadow of its former self. If President Trump chose to take control of this Arctic island,…
NUUK, Greenland — One year ago, days before Donald Trump reclaimed power, the head of Denmark’s People’s Party took a trip to Mar-a-Lago. Morten Messerschmidt thought he and Trump shared a common view on the perils of European integration. Together, he told local media at the time, they could make the West great again. In Europe, just…
By Steve Holland, Andrea Shalal and Bo Erickson ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Jan 22 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed a noticeable bruise on his left hand to his high intake of aspirin. The bruise appeared after he bumped a table at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump told reporters…
WASHINGTON — President Trump delivered a sharp critique of U.S. allies and rivals alike during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland on Wednesday, questioning Europe’s political direction, casting doubt on NATO’s reliability and reiterating his intent to push to acquire Greenland. Speaking before an audience of global political and business leaders, Trump said European…
NUUK, Greenland — President Trump retreated Wednesday from his most serious threats toward Denmark, easing transatlantic tensions and lifting Wall Street after rejecting the prospect he would use military force to annex Greenland, a Danish territory and the world’s largest island. Instead, the United States struck a “framework” agreement in talks with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s…
WASHINGTON — An unconstrained U.S. president has sided with Russia in its war of conquest in Europe, seized Venezuela’s dictator from his bed in an attempt to take control of that country’s oil, threatened military strikes against America’s closest neighbors and sent tariffs soaring on its friends. Donald Trump has gotten away with it all — but…
U.S. stock futures dropped late Monday after global equities sold off as President Donald Trump launches a trade war against NATO allies over his Greenland ambitions. Futures tied to the Dow Jones industrial average sank 401 points, or 0.81%. S&P 500 futures were down 0.91%, and Nasdaq futures sank 1.13%. Markets in the U.S. were closed in observance of…
LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Britain’s populist Reform UK party won another defector from the country’s once dominant Conservative Party on Sunday, attracting lawmaker Andrew Rosindell, part of the Conservatives’ foreign policy team, who said it was time “to put country before party”. With Reform UK well ahead in the opinion polls before a national…