Trump refuses to rule out military force in Greenland; Canada and nations object

U.S. President Donald Trump says he wouldn’t rule out taking over Greenland by force on Monday.

Meanwhile, Canada was lining up with its NATO allies to resist Trump and his latest tariff threats over Greenland, while Trump says he wants the island because he didn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize.

This new statement about Greenland from Trump comes in a surprise text message to Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stare of Norway.

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In light of his obsession with the Nobel Peace Prize – seen when Venezuela’s opposition leader presented her prize at the White House recently – Trump’s message blames the Norwegian government for not giving him the prize.

This is despite the prize winner being decided by an independent committee and the Norwegian government not being involved in the decision-making process.

Trump tells Norway’s Prime Minister that since he didn’t get the prize he doesn’t feel “an obligation to think purely of Peace” and the US must have “Complete and Total Control of Greenland” for world security.

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But, people in Denmark remain defiant.

“We’re not willing to give up sovereignty and hand over 57,000 Danish citizens to become Americans against their will,” says Rasmus Jarlov, a member of Denmark’s parliament.

Canada is joining Greenland, Denmark and other areas of Europe in resisting Trump and his latest threat to put tariffs on European countries to back up his Greenland takeover.

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“We’re concerned about this escalation, to be absolutely clear,” says Prime Minister Mark Carney.

“The use of tariffs against allies is completely wrong,” says British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

“The European Union has tools at its disposal and is prepared to respond because we will do everything necessary to protect EU economic interests,” says Olof Gill, a spokesperson for the European Commission.

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International Relations Professor at the University of Toronto, Jack Cunningham says the European decision to fly armed forces to Greenland stopped Trump from sending American troops.

But says Europeans could feel the pain of resisting Trump through threatened higher tariffs.

“If you get into an economic conflict with the US you’re likely to see more damage than you inflict. But it’s not really a contest over who can inflict the most damage, It’s who’s willing to endure the most pain,” says Cunningham.

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Professor Tim Sayle of the University of Toronto studies NATO and Canada-US relations and says Trump is putting strains on NATO that weaken the alliance and undermine international security.

“The main issue here is that it’s breaking down the sense of what an alliance is, that states are able to trust each other to work together in times of crisis. It’s deeply worrying for the alliance,” says Sayle.

Greenland’s Prime Minister said his island won’t be pressured into giving in to Trump, while Trump said no comment when he was asked if he would use his military to take over Greenland.

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