The parties have to find a way to work the avalanche of Ozempic profits into the mix and we can have some sort of comprehensive agreements going forward.
From the New York Post, January 12:
Danish leaders have sent private messages to President-elect Donald Trump’s team in recent days in a bid to pacify his ambitions for taking over Greenland, according to a new report.
Copenhagen is allegedly open to allowing US military presence on the autonomous island to boost security and appease Trump, who claimed “military coercion” could be deployed to bring Greenland under US rule, sources familiar with the talks told Axios.
The Danish government, which is responsible for Greenland’s defense, wants to avoid clashing with the US and hopes to assure Trump that Greenland will be safe from Russia and China without the need for American annexation, the sources added.
Copenhagen has also asked Trump’s team to clarify the incoming president’s comments after he shocked the world by suggesting that the US could invade the longstanding NATO ally.
One European diplomat told Axios that Denmark was widely seen as America’s closest ally in the European Union, and that no one could have imagined it’d be the first Trump would pick a fight with.
Greenland had been a colony of Denmark since the 18th century and became a self-governing Danish territory in 1953.
In 2009, the island won the right to secure independence if they ever voted to do so — something that Greenland’s prime minister, Múte Egede supports.
Egede, however, does not support the annexation of Greenland into the US....
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