John Fetterman Breaks With Democrats Over Donald Trump Greenland Plan
John Fetterman broke with a majority of House Democrats by saying Greenland "must not be taken by force" and proposing it could be bought, following renewed proposals from Donald Trump to buy or seize the island.Reuters reported White House staff privately discussed one-time payments of $10,000 to $100,000 per person and commentators cited U.S. precedents from the Louisiana Purchase and Alaska to the 1917 purchase of the U.S. Virgin Islands for $25 million in gold.Allies in Brussels placed the matter on the
NATO agenda after the
Pentagon closed its Arctic and Global Resilience Policy Office, staffing was cut by almost three quarters, Denmark pledged 88 billion Danish kroner for defence and Greenlanders protested in
Nuuk.
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