Trump's Interest in Greenland Poses Serious Threat

(MENAFN) International policy analysts are issuing stark warnings that US President Donald Trump's persistent focus on acquiring Greenland represents a genuine geopolitical danger, particularly when examined alongside his recent military actions in Venezuela and broader foreign policy trajectory.

Three prominent scholars—Mark Kersten of Canada's University of the Fraser Valley, Rasmus Sinding Sondergaard, a senior analyst at Denmark's Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), and Trita Parsi, vice president of the Quincy Institute—provided assessments to media addressing Trump's escalating statements about the Danish territory.

Kersten contends that the possibility of American military aggression against Greenland constitutes an authentic danger requiring urgent global attention. Trump's conduct in world affairs fundamentally undermines established international legal frameworks, he asserted.

The Canadian academic identified a disturbing pattern connecting Trump's praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin amid Ukraine's annexation, his backing of Israeli operations in the West Bank, and his annexation threats targeting both Greenland and Canada. These incidents form a cohesive strategy rather than random provocations, Kersten warned.

Trump exploits perceived vulnerabilities to establish dominance, making unified international support for legal norms essential, according to Kersten.

European Discord Over Response Strategy
Sondergaard acknowledged that Danish capital Copenhagen largely dismisses immediate military action as improbable, yet Trump's unpredictability renders complete dismissal impossible—a reality that heightens anxiety.

He referenced the European Union's Venezuela statement calling for international law adherence as merely baseline expectations. European nations remain internally fractured regarding appropriate responses to American force projection lacking clear legal authority, Sondergaard observed.

Abandonment of Legal Principles
Parsi delivered harsher criticism of European positioning, asserting that most European governments have effectively renounced their international law commitments, particularly visible in their Gaza crisis management. Their failure to comprehensively condemn blatant violations completed this abandonment, he argued, cautioning that such passivity will ultimately prove self-destructive.

Should Trump advance Greenland annexation efforts, Global South nations might mirror Europe's own equivocating language—expressing monitoring concerns while sidestepping legal discourse, Parsi predicted. Europe would then confront repercussions of its own paralysis.

Trump has continuously declared Greenland must fall under American sovereignty, characterizing it as strategically indispensable for protecting democratic nations. Greenlandic authorities and international figures have condemned these pronouncements.

Trump's most recent comments labeled Greenland exceptionally strategic, alleging Russian and Chinese naval forces currently encircle the territory.

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