(Photo:EPA)Europe has struggled to respond to Donald Trump’s second presidency and a crunch point has emerged with the US president’s desire to take ownership of Greenland. Nato would be stronger with Greenland in US hands, the US president declared yesterday on social media adding “Anything less than that is unacceptable”. Rasmussen said that a “ fundamental disagreement” remained about the issue of ownership. Unless Trump is willing to draw back on his demands here, it is hard to see an agreed way forward emerging. Perhaps, its leaders will hope, Trump has been using the familiar tactic of overstating his ambitions in search of a deal.

Source: The Irish Times January 15, 2026 01:27 UTC