Trump’s Words On Greenland And Borders Ring Alarms In Europe

January 11, 2025 4:16 am

PARIS (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has tossed expansionist rhetoric at U.S. allies and potential adversaries with arguments that the frontiers of American power need to be extended into Canada and the Danish territory of Greenland, and southward to include the Panama Canal. Trump’s suggestions that international borders can be redrawn are particularly inflammatory in Europe, especially for Ukraine. But many European leaders have been measured in their response. Some are taking a nothing-to-see-here view rather than vigorously defend European Union member Denmark. Still, analysts say that even words can damage U.S.-European relations ahead of Trump’s second presidency.