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Trump renewed calls for the US to annex Greenland for "national security" reasons during an Oval Office briefing, claiming "I think it will happen."

Greenland's outgoing Prime Minister Múte Egede responded on Facebook: "Enough is enough," and planned to summon all Greenland's political parties for a joint rejection.

Likely incoming Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen also called Trump's statement "inappropriate."

Trump also undermined Denmark's claim to Greenland, saying it was "very far away and really has nothing to do" with the island.

Danish Defense Committee Chairman Rasmus Jarlov warned that US annexation "would mean war between two NATO countries."

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Oh for sure. I just keep seeing Greenland everywhere since it seems to be Trump's flavor of the week, and knowing it's not as big as it look on the Mercator projection, I finally decided to see how large it really is.

For our Aussie friends, it's about the same size as Qld and NSW.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

That's the site I used to show Greenland's size 😂 I'm the parent comment for this thread haha

https://sh.itjust.works/comment/17313900