The seize of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, together with latest feedback from the White Home have made clear that US President Donald Trump’s ambition to take over Greenland must be taken very critically. European governments are reportedly discussing contingency plans if he makes good on his threats.
A US army assault on the territory of a pleasant European nation — successfully the tip of the NATO alliance — nonetheless appears unlikely, although can’t be dominated out completely. Whereas there have been proposals to station extra troops in Greenland as a deterrent, for now, European governments appear to view that step as unnecessarily escalatory.
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