Macron Offers French Defense Support To Greenland

Bloomberg News reports:

President Emmanuel Macron said France would be available to conduct joint exercises to improve security in Greenland, the Danish territory coveted by US President Donald Trump.

“Greenland is subject to preying ambitions,” Macron told reporters in Nuuk, Greenland, Sunday alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. “Everyone thinks — in France and in the EU — that Greenland shall neither be sold nor taken.”

The BBC reports:

In a sign of Greenland’s growing importance, French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the Arctic island today, in what experts say is a show of European unity and a signal to Donald Trump.

Stepping foot in the capital Nuuk this morning, Macron will be met with chilly and blustery weather, but despite the cold conditions, he’ll be greeted warmly.

“This is big, I must say, because we never had visits from a president at all, and it’s very welcomed,” says veteran Greenlandic official, Kaj Kleist. Nuuk is a small city of less than 20,000 people, and the arrival of a world leader and his entourage, is a major event.

Agence-France-Presse reports:

Macron on Sunday criticised US President Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland, as he made a visit to the Danish autonomous territory. “That’s not what allies do,” Macron said as he arrived in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital.

Denmark has also repeatedly stressed that Greenland “is not for sale.” Macron said his visit was aimed at conveying “France’s and the European Union’s solidarity” for “the sovereignty and territorial integrity” of Greenland.

Trump will surely scream.