PARIS, Jan 21 (Reuters) – France has requested for a NATO train in Greenland and is able to contribute to it, French President Emmanuel Macron’s workplace stated on Wednesday.
Information of the request comes as U.S. President Donald Trump barrels into Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, the place he’s seemingly to make use of the World Financial Discussion board to escalate his push for buying Greenland regardless of European protests within the greatest fraying of transatlantic ties in a long time.
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Talking in Davos on Tuesday, Macron stated Europe wouldn’t give in to bullies or be intimidated, in a scathing criticism of Trump’s menace to impose steep tariffs if Europe doesn’t let him take over Greenland.
NATO leaders have warned that Trump’s Greenland technique may upend the alliance. Trump has linked Greenland to his anger at not receiving a Nobel Peace Prize.
Reporting by Elizabeth Pineau, Inti Landauro and Dominique Vidalon; Modifying by Tom Hogue
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