{"id":13436,"date":"2026-01-06T05:46:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T05:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/trump-we-need-to-take-greenland-right-now\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T05:46:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T05:46:40","slug":"trump-we-need-to-take-greenland-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/trump-we-need-to-take-greenland-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump: We need to take Greenland &#8211; right now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Donald Trump has doubled down on his territorial ambitions for Greenland &ndash; despite warnings that his plans for the Danish territory could destroy NATO.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>US president<\/strong> has been vocal about his desire to take control of the self-governing, mineral-rich Arctic island since returning to the White House, despite America and Denmark being NATO allies.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after a US raid captured Venezuelan leader <strong>Nicolas Maduro<\/strong>, he told The Atlantic &ldquo;we need it for defence&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maduro in court: Latest updates on Venezuela<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Danish Prime Minister <strong>Mette Frederiksen<\/strong> has since warned that, in the event of a US invasion of the territory, &ldquo;everything stops&hellip; including NATO&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>And though Sir Keir Starmer <strong>has thrown his weight behind his Danish counterpart<\/strong>, Mr Trump has refused to back down, insisting he needs the island &ldquo;right now&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video\" data-testid=\"site-video\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"ui-video-player\" data-component-name=\"ui-video-player\" data-testid=\"video-player\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-orientation data-disable-ads data-disable-post-rolls data-ad-tag=\"20346936\/skynews\/videoplayer\" data-content-source-id=\"2537425\" data-show-captions data-account-id=\"6058004172001\" data-player-id=\"FeuO55X2f\" data-video-id=\"1f4919ab-576f-48c5-9d2e-cc0b23d804cc\" data-auto-change-orientation data-autoload=\"false\" data-pause-if-visibility-changes=\"mobile\" id data-id data-deferred-load data-captions-position=\"lower-third\" data-share-url=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/share\/13490707\">\n          <button class=\"ui-video-player-poster\" title=\"Play Video\" data-testid=\"video-player-poster\">\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>            <noscript>You need javascript enabled to view this content<\/noscript><\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <\/div>\n<p>  <\/p><\/button>\n<div class=\"ui-video-player-body\" inert>\n            <video-js class=\"ui-video-player-tag\" playsinline poster><\/video-js><button class=\"ui-share-button\" data-share-title data-share-url=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/share\/13490707\" data-component-name=\"ui-share-button\" data-could-not-share data-type=\"compact\" data-tracking-label=\"\/share-button\/video\"><br>\n    <noscript>Enable javascript to share<\/noscript><br>\n    <span class=\"ui-share-button-label\" data-role=\"share-label\" aria-live=\"polite\">Share<\/span><br>\n    <svg class=\"ui-share-button-icon\" width=\"20\" height=\"22\" fill=\"none\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 20 22\"><path d=\"m17 0c0.0557 0 0.111 9e-4 0.166 0.0039 0.977 0.0363 1.91 0.553 2.44 1.46 0.266 0.456 0.39 0.954 0.392 1.45 1e-3 0.0314 0.0029 0.063 0.0029 0.0947 0 1.66-1.34 3-3 3-0.699 0-1.34-0.241-1.85-0.643l-9.17 5.25c0.0165 0.128 0.0263 0.258 0.0263 0.39 0 0.132-0.0099 0.261-0.0263 0.389l9.18 5.25c0.51-0.4 1.15-0.641 1.85-0.641 1.66 0 3 1.34 3 3 0 0.0314-0.0019 0.0626-0.0029 0.0938-0.0015 0.492-0.126 0.99-0.392 1.45-0.525 0.902-1.46 1.42-2.44 1.46-0.055 3e-3 -0.11 0.0049-0.166 0.0049-1.66 0-3-1.34-3-3 0-0.106 5e-3 -0.21 0.0157-0.312l-9.23-5.28c-0.5 0.372-1.12 0.596-1.79 0.596-1.66 0-3-1.34-3-3s1.34-3 3-3c0.671 0 1.29 0.223 1.79 0.595l9.23-5.28c-0.0106-0.102-0.0157-0.206-0.0157-0.312 0-1.66 1.34-3 3-3z\" role=\"presentation\"><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"ui-share-button-tick\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" fill=\"none\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\"><path d=\"m15.7 2.69c0.39 0.391 0.39 1.02 0 1.41l-9.8 9.8-0.0762 0.0683c-0.131 0.107-0.283 0.176-0.44 0.206-0.0943 0.0182-0.191 0.0228-0.286 0.0137-0.0321-0.0031-0.064-0.0076-0.0957-0.0137-0.0631-0.0122-0.125-0.0302-0.186-0.0547-0.12-0.0488-0.233-0.122-0.33-0.22l-4.19-4.19c-0.39-0.391-0.39-1.02 0-1.41l0.694-0.694 4.21 4.2 9.81-9.81 0.694 0.694z\" role=\"presentation\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n                <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\" data-testid=\"caption-text\">Starmer &lsquo;stands with Danish PM&rsquo; over future of Greenland<\/span>\n            <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>&lsquo;We need it for national security&rsquo;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Sky&rsquo;s US partner network NBC News on Monday evening, the US president said: &ldquo;We need <strong>Greenland<\/strong> for national security, and that includes Europe.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know I&rsquo;m very loyal to Europe. We need it for national security, right now.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>&ldquo;I think that Greenland is very important for the national security of the United States, Europe, and other parts of the free world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He also said he had &ldquo;no timeline&rdquo; for taking action, but maintained that he is &ldquo;very serious&rdquo; in his intent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/05\/768x432\/skynews-nuuk-greenland_6910858.jpg?20250509100116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/05\/384x216\/skynews-nuuk-greenland_6910858.jpg?20250509100116 380w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/05\/768x432\/skynews-nuuk-greenland_6910858.jpg?20250509100116 760w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/05\/1600x900\/skynews-nuuk-greenland_6910858.jpg?20250509100116 1024w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/05\/2048x1152\/skynews-nuuk-greenland_6910858.jpg?20250509100116 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"Greenland is a semi-autonomous Danish territory. File pic: Kyodo via AP\n\n\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption\"><span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption-text\">Greenland is a semi-autonomous Danish territory. File pic: Kyodo via AP\n<p>        <\/p><\/span><br>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>US has no right to Greenland, says Danish PM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In her statement on Sunday, Ms Frederiksen said: &ldquo;It makes absolutely no sense to &#8288;talk about the US needing to take over Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The US has no right to annex any of the three countries in &#8203;the Danish Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would therefore strongly urge the &zwnj;US to stop the threats against a historically close ally and against another country and another people, who have very clearly &#8203;said that they are not for sale.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Responding, <strong>Sir Keir told Sky News<\/strong>: &ldquo;I stand with her. She&rsquo;s right about the future of Greenland.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He said: &ldquo;Denmark is a close European ally, a close NATO ally. And the future therefore has to be for Greenland, for the Kingdom of Denmark, and only for Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sir Keir is set to meet fellow international leaders on Tuesday for the first time since the Venezuela raid. France&rsquo;s president, Emmanuel Macron, is hosting a summit of Ukraine&rsquo;s Coalition of the Willing allies in Paris.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/12\/768x432\/skynews-denmark-greenland_7117384.jpg?20251222105610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/12\/384x216\/skynews-denmark-greenland_7117384.jpg?20251222105610 380w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/12\/768x432\/skynews-denmark-greenland_7117384.jpg?20251222105610 760w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/12\/1600x900\/skynews-denmark-greenland_7117384.jpg?20251222105610 1024w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/12\/2048x1152\/skynews-denmark-greenland_7117384.jpg?20251222105610 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"Frederiksen and Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen. Pic: Reuters\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption\"><span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption-text\">Frederiksen and Greenland&rsquo;s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen. Pic: Reuters<br>\n        <\/span><br>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><br><strong>Where could US strike next?<br>Why Trump may not stop with Venezuela<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Echoing the Danish prime minister, former defence secretary <strong>Ben Wallace told Sky News&rsquo; Politics Hub<\/strong> that the US annexing Greenland &ldquo;would be a very, very severe crisis for NATO&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>He also warned Vladimir Putin could be emboldened by Mr Trump demonstrating that &ldquo;legality doesn&rsquo;t matter&rdquo; if &ldquo;you&rsquo;re the biggest boy in the playground&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Ben added: &ldquo;If the biggest backer of NATO, the man who currently provides 70% of the capability of NATO, decides that he&rsquo;s not for that any more, or indeed isn&rsquo;t going to be triggered by the breach of the sort of alliance, that&rsquo;s much more dangerous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video\" data-testid=\"site-video\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"ui-video-player\" data-component-name=\"ui-video-player\" data-testid=\"video-player\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-orientation data-disable-ads data-disable-post-rolls data-ad-tag=\"20346936\/skynews\/videoplayer\" data-content-source-id=\"2537425\" data-show-captions data-account-id=\"6058004172001\" data-player-id=\"FeuO55X2f\" data-video-id=\"5c066325-2b59-4a19-af91-9945583f65cf\" data-auto-change-orientation data-autoload=\"false\" data-pause-if-visibility-changes=\"mobile\" id data-id data-deferred-load data-captions-position=\"lower-third\" data-share-url=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/share\/13490903\">\n          <button class=\"ui-video-player-poster\" title=\"Play Video\" data-testid=\"video-player-poster\">\n<p>            <noscript>You need javascript enabled to view this content<\/noscript><\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/26\/01\/768x432\/3f0b7258d107228b6811c64138ad55bf77b1b63be57f79ae32116b85fe6ad0a3_7127515.jpg?20260105195007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/26\/01\/768x432\/3f0b7258d107228b6811c64138ad55bf77b1b63be57f79ae32116b85fe6ad0a3_7127515.jpg?20260105195007 700w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/26\/01\/384x216\/3f0b7258d107228b6811c64138ad55bf77b1b63be57f79ae32116b85fe6ad0a3_7127515.jpg?20260105195007 360w\" class=\"ui-video-player-poster-image\" alt data-testid=\"video-player-poster-image\"><\/div>\n<p>  <\/p><\/button>\n<div class=\"ui-video-player-body\" inert>\n            <video-js class=\"ui-video-player-tag\" playsinline poster><\/video-js><button class=\"ui-share-button\" data-share-title data-share-url=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/share\/13490903\" data-component-name=\"ui-share-button\" data-could-not-share data-type=\"compact\" data-tracking-label=\"\/share-button\/video\"><br>\n    <noscript>Enable javascript to share<\/noscript><br>\n    <span class=\"ui-share-button-label\" data-role=\"share-label\" aria-live=\"polite\">Share<\/span><br>\n    <svg class=\"ui-share-button-icon\" width=\"20\" height=\"22\" fill=\"none\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 20 22\"><path d=\"m17 0c0.0557 0 0.111 9e-4 0.166 0.0039 0.977 0.0363 1.91 0.553 2.44 1.46 0.266 0.456 0.39 0.954 0.392 1.45 1e-3 0.0314 0.0029 0.063 0.0029 0.0947 0 1.66-1.34 3-3 3-0.699 0-1.34-0.241-1.85-0.643l-9.17 5.25c0.0165 0.128 0.0263 0.258 0.0263 0.39 0 0.132-0.0099 0.261-0.0263 0.389l9.18 5.25c0.51-0.4 1.15-0.641 1.85-0.641 1.66 0 3 1.34 3 3 0 0.0314-0.0019 0.0626-0.0029 0.0938-0.0015 0.492-0.126 0.99-0.392 1.45-0.525 0.902-1.46 1.42-2.44 1.46-0.055 3e-3 -0.11 0.0049-0.166 0.0049-1.66 0-3-1.34-3-3 0-0.106 5e-3 -0.21 0.0157-0.312l-9.23-5.28c-0.5 0.372-1.12 0.596-1.79 0.596-1.66 0-3-1.34-3-3s1.34-3 3-3c0.671 0 1.29 0.223 1.79 0.595l9.23-5.28c-0.0106-0.102-0.0157-0.206-0.0157-0.312 0-1.66 1.34-3 3-3z\" role=\"presentation\"><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"ui-share-button-tick\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" fill=\"none\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\"><path d=\"m15.7 2.69c0.39 0.391 0.39 1.02 0 1.41l-9.8 9.8-0.0762 0.0683c-0.131 0.107-0.283 0.176-0.44 0.206-0.0943 0.0182-0.191 0.0228-0.286 0.0137-0.0321-0.0031-0.064-0.0076-0.0957-0.0137-0.0631-0.0122-0.125-0.0302-0.186-0.0547-0.12-0.0488-0.233-0.122-0.33-0.22l-4.19-4.19c-0.39-0.391-0.39-1.02 0-1.41l0.694-0.694 4.21 4.2 9.81-9.81 0.694 0.694z\" role=\"presentation\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n                <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\" data-testid=\"caption-text\">Wallace warns over Greenland takeover<\/span>\n            <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>To justify his actions on the international stage, Mr Trump has used the Monroe Doctrine &ndash; named for former US president James Monroe, who asserted the right of the US to intervene in foreign affairs across the Americas in its own interest.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump has now renamed it the Donroe Doctrine, proclaiming &ldquo;we have superseded it by a lot&rdquo; and &ldquo;American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/12\/768x432\/skynews-greenland-nato_7117392.jpg?20251222110412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/12\/384x216\/skynews-greenland-nato_7117392.jpg?20251222110412 380w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/12\/768x432\/skynews-greenland-nato_7117392.jpg?20251222110412 760w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/12\/1600x900\/skynews-greenland-nato_7117392.jpg?20251222110412 1024w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/12\/2048x1152\/skynews-greenland-nato_7117392.jpg?20251222110412 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"NATO allies take part in military drills in Greenland. Pic: Reuters\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption\"><span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption-text\">NATO allies take part in military drills in Greenland. Pic: Reuters<br>\n        <\/span><br>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The US has a military base in Greenland, but its people have shown no appetite for a full American takeover.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance was given the cold shoulder <strong>during a visit last year<\/strong>, and the head of the US base <strong>was sacked after criticising comments he made during his trip<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Trump: We need to take Greenland &ndash; right now<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump has doubled down on his territorial ambitions for Greenland &ndash; despite warnings that his plans for the Danish territory could destroy NATO. The US president has been vocal about his desire to take control of the self-governing, mineral-rich Arctic island since returning to the White House, despite America and Denmark being NATO allies&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/trump-we-need-to-take-greenland-right-now\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Trump: We need to take Greenland &#8211; right now&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}