The Finnish President Alexander Stubb has issued a warning that the Greenland crisis “is not over yet” even though the US President has said he will not take military action.
The Finnish President gave three scenarios, Euronews reported that Stubb said, “the good, the bad and the ugly.”
Stubb said, “The good would be to find an off-ramp and create a process to improve Arctic security through NATO.
“The bad one would be to have a tariff war continue, and the ugly one would have been military intervention.”
He added, “we’ve now de-escalated, but obviously it’s not over yet.”
Today Sir Keir Starmer is to host the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and the Labour leader said o Wednesday the UK “will not yield” to Donald Trump over Greenland.
Starmer said during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, “I have made my position clear on our principles and values.
“The first of those is that the future of Greenland is for the people of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark alone. The second is that threats of tariffs to pressurise allies are completely wrong.”
Trump said on Wednesday at Davos, Switzerland, “we need Greenland for strategic national security and international security.
The island is part of North America, it is our territory. It is the US alone that can protect this great piece of ice and make it that it is safe and good for Europe.”
Trump said he is seeking immediate negotiations to discuss the acquisition of this territory.”
On Wednesday evening President Trump said he will not go ahead with the tariffs on the UK and European countries.” Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic region.”
“Additional discussions are being held concerning The Golden Dome as it pertains to Greenland. Further information will be made available as discussions progress,” he added.
