Charming Trump is a dangerous repetition of past mistakes

Will flattery and good words make Donald Trump forget the demand for the takeover of Greenland? The Danes have tried before. Throwing oneself on Adolf Hitler's back did little good.

Most people were shocked to see that under Donald Trump, the United States is increasingly aggressively asserting its claim to full control of Greenland, even though they are actually just getting back into the game. But what do the Greenlanders want, why are they so obsessed with natural resources, and what is everyday life like on this suddenly very important island of 57,000 people? We asked Gréta Zsanett Papp, a geopolitical expert and clima…

US President Donald Trump reiterated his desire to buy Greenland or annex it to the US at a meeting on 13 March with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. It caused a shock in Western Europe and dismay in Denmark, which felt threatened by the very superpower that had guaranteed Danish sovereignty and security since 1949: the United States. Denmark suddenly found itself at the zenith of geopolitics. The US presi...