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“Americans play to win all of the time. I wouldn’t give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That’s why Americans have never lost nor will ever lose a war; for the very idea of losing is hateful to an American,” said former US army general George S Patton to his…
TOI correspondent from Washington: Hours after top Trump aide Stephen Miller audaciously asserted US “right” over Greenland, leaders of eight European nations on Tuesday stood up for Denmark and its self-governing constituent, bringing the 75-year old transatlantic alliance to a crossroad.“Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to…
Trump (left) & Representative AI image (right) Several European leaders on Tuesday pushed back US President Donald Trump‘s threat of seeking an American takeover of Greenland, issuing a joint statement saying that the mineral-rich Arctic island “belongs to its people.” Leaders from France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom joined Danish prime minister…
US President Donald Trump and Denmark PM Frederiksen (File photo) Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Monday strongly rejected US President Donald Trump’s renewed claims about Greenland, the autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.Frederiksen dismissed Trump’s repetitive assertions that the US “needs” Greenland for “security reasons”, calling it an “unacceptable pleasure.” Speaking to a…
US President Donald Trump has issued a series of blunt warnings to multiple countries over the past few hours, signalling an increasingly confrontational posture across regions.The remarks came a day after an audacious US military operation in Venezuela that led to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his transfer to New York to face…
TOI correspondent from Washington: Greenland is next. One doesn’t have to be a geopolitical genius to divine that Trumpian America will make a grab for the Danish territory. “Soon” according to Katie Miller, the wife of President Trump’s deputy chief of staff and immigration czar Steven Miller.Katie Miller, who served as a communications director for…
The US bombardment of Venezuela and the capture of its president, Nicolás Maduro, has sent fresh shockwaves far beyond Latin America — all the way to Greenland — where Donald Trump’s latest remarks are being read as an ominous signal of what could come next.Trump, in Florida, said, “We need Greenland for national security, not…
Deep down, beneath the icy edges of the Greenland Sea, a remarkable and previously undiscovered geological and biological complex has been found by scientists. The existence of this topographic anomaly deep down in the sea, where light, high pressure, and low temperature are prevalent factors, extends our understanding of what is known about the oceanography…
The TOI correspondent from Washington: US president Trump is moving in on Greenland. After a brief lull that calmed European disquiet over his coveting the resource-rich territory in Denmark’s realm, the MAGA supremo on Monday appointed Louisiana governor Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland, reviving a long-standing and controversial effort to bring the Arctic…
