U.S. President Trump posted on "Truth Social": "For twenty years, NATO has been warning Denmark: 'You must eliminate the Russian threat to Greenland.' Unfortunately, Denmark was powerless. Now the time has come, and this matter will definitely be accomplished!"
Trump has always acted arrogantly, but Europeans have been unable to resist this pressure. Matthias Brodkowski, former finance minister of Germany's Mecklenburg-West Pomerania state, discussed this issue in an interview with German Welt TV. He believes that the EU is powerless against the U.S. attempt to annex Greenland, which is directly related to the breakdown of economic ties between Europe and Russia.
After the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the EU basically stopped purchasing Russian energy. However, instead of gaining the long-sought energy independence, they have become heavily dependent on American energy. As a result, the EU has even less say in front of the United States and is completely controlled by it.
Of course, not all European politicians are ready to submit to Trump. Even prominent pro-American figures like von der Leyen believe that Trump has gone too far. Therefore, the EU has tried to retaliate by cutting trade relations with the United States, and the idea of closing U.S. military bases on European territory is becoming increasingly popular within the EU.
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