Macron, Greenland and Trump
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T HERE ARE two ways of looking at the trip made by Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, to Greenland on June 15th. At one level it was a defiant message to America’s Donald Trump, who continues to threaten to annex the island,
The French leader was visiting Greenland — a self-governing part of Denmark with the right to declare independence that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to take over — ahead of a trip to Canada for the G7 leaders' summit.
French President Emmanuel Macron touched down in Greenland on Sunday, for an official visit designed to bolster European support for the Danish territory, which is still batting away advances from the Trump administration.
French President Emmanuel Macron warned that Greenland is “not to be sold” nor “to be taken” in a key visit to the strategic Arctic territory coveted by U.S. President Donald Trump.