BELFAST — Amid renewed rhetoric from senior Trump administration officials that Greenland should be part of the US, a trio of Europe-based analysts said they are not convinced the US will opt for military action, at least, to secure the semi-autonomous island that sits within the Kingdom of Denmark, potentially plunging Europe into a disastrous security crisis.
On Tuesday the heads of state from several major European nations issued a joint statement encouraging Washington to respect Greenland’s sovereignty, but that didn’t stop White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt from maintaining that “utilizing the US military is always an option at the commander-in-chief’s disposal” for accomplishing the “important foreign policy goal.”
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