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In reply to the discussion: Batsh*t Crazy Psychopath Trump "no longer feels an obligation to think purely of Peace" after Nobel statement [View all]Ocelot II
(129,442 posts)"It is new that we within the NATO alliance have a country that claims territory from another country. And do not rule out that it will happen with military force. What happened this weekend is also new, that Trump is coming up with punitive tariffs as a political tool against seven countries that have sent military personnel to Greenland as part of NATO's work and planning for security in the Arctic
There were two colonels from the Armed Forces' operational headquarters in Bodø who went [to Greenland] with colleagues to plan. Trump comments on this as a threat to world peace. He is imposing a 10 percent tariff on Norway and the other countries from February 1, it is said, and an increase later this year if he does not get Greenland. This is unacceptable. We must say that clearly. Norway supports the Kingdom of Denmark, and Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is up to the Danes and Greenlanders to decide the future of Greenland.
Over the past year, the seven countries in NATO have been working on an Arctic strategy that the other NATO countries have nodded to. They have also nodded to the fact that these militaries are going up to map out possible planning. So has the United States. That is necessary to say. As I told President Trump the first time I met him: 100 kilometers from my border to the north is the world's largest nuclear arsenal. It is not aimed at me, Mr. President, but at you.
We will work to ensure that tariffs do not come. It has happened before that Trump has announced tariffs that will not come. We are at work for you, and we will work to ensure that this does not happen."