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| Denmark announces $2.1 BILLION Arctic military project in response to Donald Trump wanting to buy Greenland |
| 2025-01-28 |
| [DM] The European Union is seeking to beef up its military presence in Greenland just one week after President Donald Trump took office and threatened to seize the vast land mass. It came after Denmark said on Monday it plans to spend $2.05 billion to boost its military presence in the Arctic. While the Scandinavian country is responsible for Greenland's security and defense, Copenhagen has limited military capabilities on its island territory. After his November election win, Trump reupped his offer to purchase Greenland, which Denmark has repeatedly denied any interest in accepting. During a press conference in Mar-a-Lago weeks before his second term, Trump did not rule out the possibility of using force to take the island territory. Now, Gen. Robert Brieger of Austria, the top EU military official, has said the group should deploy troops to Greenland. Greenland holds military significance for Washington, D.C. There are currently 200 American troops stationed at the Pituffik Space Base, which is part of a missile early warning system. The base also serves as a space and satellite surveillance command hub. Brieger, current Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (CEUMC), wants the bloc to send in troops to beef up presence amid concerns that Trump will take swift action to gain control of the autonomous Danish region. The general, however, said the move is meant to send a 'strong signal' and serve as a deterrent against Russian and Chinese activity in the strategic location. Trump said this month that Greenland is vital to U.S. security and has demanded Denmark give up control of the Arctic island. Amid the threats, Denmark has now decided to up its defense spending in Greenland. It's a drastic reversal after for more than a decade Denmark has cut defense spending it sends to Greenland. Last year Denmark allocated $26 billion – when converted to USD – for its military spending. And now it wants to use more than $2 billion of that to be allocated to the Arctic. Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said at a press conference that the latest deal includes funding for doubling the number of long-range surveillance drones to four total and three new Arctic Navy vessels. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #10 Too busy trying to sent troops to Ukraine, but they should have had some to spare since they were getting kicked out of Africa (unless that was more recent than three years ago). |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2025-01-28 17:01 |
| #9 Danish PM marshals European support against Trump's threats to Greenland |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-01-28 16:39 |
| #8 Saw somewhere France offered to send troops to Greenland. As a deterrent to Russia? Why was this not done three years ago? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-01-28 15:13 |
| #7 I hope Trump spit out his Diet Coke laughing at that. Like anybody listens to Germany's "leader". |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2025-01-28 14:43 |
| #6 Germany's leader appears to issue 'back off' warning to Trump as he visits Danish PM amid row over US obtaining Greenland |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-01-28 14:33 |
| #5 EU and Denmark have been ignoring the artic security from Russia and China for way to long. Trump is pretty much saying "Get in gear or we buy/take it". Seems in gear is the choice. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2025-01-28 13:09 |
| #4 EU military chief says it would make sense to put European troops in Greenland, Welt reports |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-01-28 10:29 |
| #3 Google, the company that essentially runs the entire world, is changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico on all of its maps to the Gulf of America after President Donald Trump issued an executive order to make the change. I don't think 'Orangeland' has the same ring. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-01-28 10:05 |
| #2 It is time to read "The Art of the Deal". |
| Posted by: SteveS 2025-01-28 09:55 |
| #1 Couldn't find that before for your NATO commitment? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-01-28 07:26 |