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Trump says he could punish countries with tariffs if they don’t support the US state that controls Greenland

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Trump says he could punish countries with tariffs if they don’t support the US state that controls Greenland

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Friday that he could punish countries with tariffs if they do not support U.S. control of Greenland, a message that came as a bipartisan congressional delegation sought to ease tensions in the Danish capital. Trump has insisted for months that the US should control Greenland, a … Read more

Defending a territory already on the way out

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Defending a territory already on the way out

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN, Jan 10 (Reuters) – When U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets his Danish and Greenlandic counterparts next week, Denmark will be defending a territory that has drifted steadily away from it and steadily moved toward independence since 1979. President Donald Trump’s threats to occupy Greenland have sparked … Read more