Diplomatic dogs Trump has bothered Greenland

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The scene of two giant Hercules planes that take off gunfire cars to the runway in Nuk has transported President Donald Trump’s obsession with Greenland to a new and dangerous stage.

The American National Security Adviser, the wife of the Vice President, Minister of Energy and other officials, is apparently later this week.A private visitTo see the national dog competition on the vital geological island. A trip to the American military base in the far north Greenland It is also possible.

It is an explanation that is not found in Greenland or its current Denmark ruler. Surprise and confusion in Trump’s repeated interest In this huge frozen mass in the frozen North Pole, which includes only 57,000 people, the way to anger in both Nuk and Copenhagen – as well as fear.

“What is happening now is that it reminds us of time before the inclusion of the Crimea,” said Klaus Mattisen, the former military attache in Ukraine and is now a lecturer at the Royal Danish Defense College, in reference to the accumulation of the Russian presence in the peninsula in 2014.

The northern diplomat added that the excuse of latch dogs is the worst excuse for a trip because two Russians are suspected of being a poisoning attack in Salisbury who claimed that they went to the English city to visit its famous cathedral.

Perhaps the double comparison with the recent Russian aggression seemed to have been exaggerated only months ago for the actions of the United States, an ally of NATO in Denmark and Greenland. But European North officials say they are justified after Trump continued his threat to Greenland’s acquisition, and perhaps by force, with a series of increased provocations. One of them said: “He is more brutal than buying it.”

Greenland in a particularly sensitive period, which makes the visit more exceptional. The autonomous island is trying to form a new coalition government and will hold local elections next week. Greenland officials have made clear that there could be no meetings with the United States delegation until they form a new government.

Anger in the comments can be felt on Sunday night by MúTE EGEDE, the outgoing Prime Minister. “The American pressure is very aggressive against the Greenland Association now so dangerous that the level cannot be raised,” he told the Sermitsiaq newspaper. He added that the time has ended as Greenland could trust in the United States because of good mutual relations and cooperation.

The general tone of Copenhagen was less intense, but the sub -text was the same. Lars Lukik Rasmussen, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, said on Monday that the visit showed disrespect and “inappropriate appetite” from the Americans.

Silently, previous attempts to understand and open up to the United States’ desire to obtain more cooperation in the Arctic, the inconvenience in managing coarse riding on diplomatic standards.

The main guarantor of the security in Denmark and Greenland, the military resource, and the NATO ally makes it difficult to take. Many believe that Trump and the United States are mistaken in reading the situation and expecting the protests to charge the last visit.

For both Copenhagen and Nuk, they were ready to discuss everything – an American military increase in Greenland as well as rare land investments – except for the only thing Trump wanted above all: Earth.

Trump has repeatedly said that he wanted Greenland for “national security”, noting the increase in the Russian and Chinese presence in the Arctic. “Maybe you will see more and more soldiers (we) go there,” said earlier this month at the White House, as he wanders in the presence of an American military in Greenland, which decreased from its peak from 15,000 to about 200 currently.

Greenlanders who initially believed that Trump’s interest can help to push them to gain independence from Denmark now see the risks. Demokraatit, the sudden winner of the national elections for this month in Greenland, may want independence but at a much slower pace than some of its competitors. The leaders of all five parties in the Greenland Parliament are currently She joined Trump’s condemnation And they repeat that they do not want to be Americans or Danish, but Greenland.

However, EGEDE stressed, it is clear that Greenland needs help from abroad to bear the increasing American pressure. Perhaps Metty Friedrixen, Prime Minister of Denmark, has published a picture of her enjoying a comfortable dinner with other North leaders after Trump’s previous initiatives, but there was little preparation for them or other allies to speak against the United States.

Ed added: “The fact that our other allies in the international community feel that they are hiding in a small corner and whispering almost that they support us, has no effect,” Ed added. “If they don’t talk out loud about how the United States deals with Greenland, the situation will rise day after day.”

Usually it is a source of national pride, the Avannaata Qimusseru Dogledding competition for this year leads to anxiety over Greenland about its future.