{"id":498039,"date":"2026-01-19T14:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T18:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/trump-on-whether-he-considers-using-force-to-take-greenland-no-comment\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T14:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T18:41:08","slug":"trump-on-whether-he-considers-using-force-to-take-greenland-no-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/international\/trump-on-whether-he-considers-using-force-to-take-greenland-no-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump on whether he considers using force to take Greenland: \"No comment\""},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>New York.- <\/strong>The President of <strong>the United States, Donald Trump<\/strong>, refused to clarify this Monday if he considers using force to take Greenland shortly after warning in a letter to the Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re, that <strong>\"he no longer feels the obligation to think only of peace\"<\/strong> after he was not awarded the Nobel Prize.\n\n\n<p><strong>\"No comment,\"<\/strong> he said in a phone interview with NBC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/Trump says he is following situation in Venezuela \u00abwith great interest\u00bb and does not want \u00abits oil\u00bb\">http:\/\/Trump says he is following situation in Venezuela \u00abwith great interest\u00bb and does not want \u00abits oil\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe leader defended his intention to annex the Danish autonomous territory a few days after threatening a 10% tariff, starting February 1, on products from <strong>Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands and Finland sent to the U.S. <\/strong>for opposing his plans.\n\nThe levy, which would affect Washington's allies in NATO, will be extended to 25%, starting June 1, 2026, and will be <strong>\"enforceable and payable until an agreement is reached for the complete and total purchase of Greenland\".<\/strong>\n\nAsked if he will proceed with his tariff plans if an agreement is not reached beforehand, Trump said: \"Yes, 100 %.\"\n\nThe leader attacked the European leaders who have opposed his expansionist plans because, according to him, they are necessary to protect the security of the U.S. from external threats.\n\n\n<p><strong>\"Europe should focus on the war with Russia and Ukraine because, frankly, you can already see what it has brought them,\"<\/strong> he declared. \"That's what Europe should focus on, not Greenland.\"<\/p>\n\n\nThe Norwegian Prime Minister and the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, sent a letter to Trump to explain \"their position on the increase in tariffs\" and point out \"the need to de-escalate the exchange of words.\"\n\nIt was then that the American warned the Norwegian that since his country \"decided not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped eight wars, and more\", he no longer feels \"the obligation to think only of peace\"\n\n\"Although it will always be predominant, I can now think about what is good and appropriate for the United States,\" he wrote in a message leaked by PBS News correspondent Nick Schifrin.\n\nAlthough the Prime Minister defended that the decision to award the prize to the Venezuelan opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado depends on the \"independent Nobel Committee and not the Norwegian Government\", Trump rejected it.\n\n\"Norway controls it totally, despite what they say,\" he affirmed in the interview. \"They like to say they have nothing to do with it, but they have a lot to do with it.\" ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York.- The President of the United States, Donald Trump, refused to clarify this Monday if he considers using force to take Greenland shortly after warning in a letter to the Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re, that &#8220;he no longer feels the obligation to think only of peace&#8221; 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