Trump: World not safe until US has Greenland

US PRESIDENT SAYS NO NEED TO THINK ‘PURELY OF PEACE’

- 

Danish soldiers during shooting practice at an undisclosed location in Greenland.

(AFP)

Donald Trump no longer needs to think “purely of peace” after being snubbed for a Nobel, the US president said in comments published yesterday, adding the world will not be safe until Washington controls Greenland.

Trump has put the transatlantic alliance to the test with threats to take over Greenland “one way or the other”, with European countries closing ranks against Washington's designs on the vast Danish territory. German and French leaders denounced as “blackmail” weekend threats by Trump to wield new tariffs against countries which oppose his plans for the Arctic island, and said yesterday that Europe was preparing trade countermeasures.