Is annexing Greenland next for Trump? From Erkin Oncan at strategic-culture.su:
Greenland is poised to become the next hot topic after Venezuela in Washington’s new foreign policy based on “hard power.”
While the world was still talking about U.S. forces bombing Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores to be “tried,” U.S. President Donald Trump, without taking a breath, began listing America’s “other targets.”
In the hours when the repercussions of the Venezuela operation were still unfolding, Trump targeted Mexico and President Claudia Sheinbaum, claiming that the country was “run by cartels,” and said, “Something will have to be done.”
He attacked Colombian President Gustavo Petro by saying, “They have factories that produce cocaine, they produce cocaine and send it to the United States,” and claimed that Delcy Rodríguez, who took over Venezuela’s leadership after Maduro, could “pay a heavier price than Maduro” if she “does not do the right thing.”
Meanwhile, among Trump’s statements—which could in fact be described as “expected”—the most striking was that he once again put Greenland on the agenda.
What happened?
In fact, Trump was not the first person in the American public sphere to wedge Greenland into the Venezuela “victory.” The issue first surfaced through a post by Katie Miller—who is also the wife of Stephen Miller, Trump’s Deputy Policy and Homeland Security Advisor—showing Greenland wrapped in a U.S. flag, accompanied by the note “Soon.”
The reaction to Miller’s post was swift. Denmark’s Ambassador to Washington, Jesper Møller Sørensen, wrote on X:
“U.S. security is also the security of Greenland and Denmark. Greenland is also a NATO member. The Kingdom of Denmark and the United States work together to ensure security in the Arctic. We expect full respect for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark.”
Trump, however, reopened the Greenland debate in an interview with The Atlantic magazine.
Karl “Turd Blossom” Rove is loving it.