European leaders expressed their confusion and pushed back Wednesday against President-elect Donald Trump's refusal to rule out using military force to take over Greenland.
His remarks came in a media conference as his son Donald Trump Jr. visited Greenland's capital, Nuuk.
That said, “the simple fact is that Europe depends on the U.S. for the foreseeable future and it will have to live with Trump either way,” he added.
Donald Trump Jr. after arriving in Nuuk, Greenland, on Tuesday.
Still, Denmark “wants to avoid a public confrontation with Trump, which could hurt U.S.-Danish relations in the longer term,” Rahbek-Clemmensen said.
Persons:
Donald Trump's, Olaf Scholz, “, ” Scholz, ”, Donald Trump Jr, Trump, Scholz, Jean, Noël Barrot, Barrot, Steffen Hebestreit, Vittoriano Rastelli, ” Jon Rahbek, Anitta Hipper, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Emil Stach, Múte Egede, Lokke Rasmussen, Muriel Domenach, —, Denmark “, Clemmensen
Organizations:
European Union, USA, Trump, France Inter, Organization for Security, Cooperation, Denmark’s Institute for Strategy, Studies, NBC News, ”, Getty, Copenhagen —, Wednesday, NATO
Locations:
Greenland, German, Berlin, Danish, Nuuk, United States, Europe, European, Vittoriano, Denmark, AFP, Copenhagen, U.S