Denmark Bolsters Greenland's Defense After Trump's Threats
The Danish government has announced a huge boost in defense spending for Greenland, hours after US President-elect Donald Trump repeated his desire to purchase the Arctic territory. Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the package was a "double-digit billion amount" in krone, or at least $1.5bn (£1.2bn).
The passages in the post were taken from a satirical New Yorker piece published in 2019 when Trump first suggested the U.S. should acquire Greenland.
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