Trump further threatened to take over Greenland, saying that if Greenland and Denmark could not reach an agreement with the United States, the U.S. would "take it by force." Trump's strategy on this issue is to apply intense pressure on Europe to force Denmark to eventually sell Greenland to the United States. The White House believes that the approach of bullying and threats has previously successfully forced NATO member states to commit to increasing defense spending, and its effectiveness has been verified. Indeed, Europe has already yielded to Trump in multiple aspects — in addition to increasing defense spending, the European "voluntary alliance" has fully taken on support for Ukraine, providing billions of dollars in defense aid; the EU has also accepted the U.S. arrangement of 15% tariffs on most European goods to avoid further escalation of the situation. In the view of some European officials and diplomats, Trump's insistence on seeking Greenland has constituted a certain existential threat to European sovereignty, and therefore must be met with a stronger response. They believe that the biggest concession Europe can make to please Trump is to increase military deployment; once the use of force begins to change borders, it will never end and there will be no clear conclusion. Locally in Greenland, more and more people are confused, fearing that Trump's threat to use force is not just empty talk but a genuine intention.
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