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Russia says closely watching Trump’s Greenland claims
Al Jazeera ^ | 1/9/2025 | Staff

Posted on 01/09/2025 1:02:08 PM PST by marcusmaximus

Russia is closely monitoring Donald Trump’s territorial claims to Greenland, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said, after the US president-elect refused to rule out the possibility of using military force to acquire the Danish territory.

“We are following this rather dramatic development closely. Thankfully, for now, it remains at the level of statements,” Peskov told a news conference in Moscow on Thursday.

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“The Arctic zone is an area of our national and strategic interests. We are present in the Arctic and will continue to be. Maintaining peace and stability in the region is paramount, and we are open to cooperation with all nations to achieve this goal,” he noted.

Peskov also criticised European leaders’ response to Trump’s comments. “Europe reacts very timidly – it is clear they are hesitant to challenge Trump’s words,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at aljazeera.com ...


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To: NorthMountain
Maintaining peace and stability anywhere is not a Russian foreign policy goal.

Slight correction:

Maintaining chaos and war everywhere is an American foreign policy goal.

41 posted on 01/09/2025 3:09:23 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: Arcadian Empire
Greenland is cool.

One or two days a year, maybe. The rest of the time, it's just really, really cold.

42 posted on 01/09/2025 3:10:08 PM PST by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: dfwgator

One could cherry pick LA, too.


43 posted on 01/09/2025 3:11:52 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: Paladin2

The USA needs a couple of new, yuge Icebreakers.


Finland can make them faster, cheaper, better, and state of the art than any shipyard in the US.


44 posted on 01/09/2025 3:21:42 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF

I have no doubt.

I’ll tell Trump.


45 posted on 01/09/2025 3:24:58 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: rdcbn1
The fact that the EU has chimed in to arrogantly and incorrectly assert that they “own” Greenland is not making them popular with the Greenlanders. Trump may just surprise on this one.

He might. It's obviously something he has given some thought over several years. While annexing Greenland might not happen in the short term, I could see a sovereign Greenland joining a Union of sorts with the USA and maybe Canada, with economic, financial and defense treaties. Geographically, it makes sense, as Greenland is part of North America, separated from Canada by 12 miles, Denmark by 1200. In the mean time, Trump can get much of what we want through negotiating treaties with Denmark, who's FM has already started speaking of being ready to make concessions. But they need to learn English. Greenlandic isn't gonna work...

46 posted on 01/09/2025 3:25:18 PM PST by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: PGR88
Trump will say to Putin - you can have Ukraine and Baltics. We take Greenland. What will Zeepers say then?

This FReeper says you're nuts.

47 posted on 01/09/2025 3:36:37 PM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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UKRAINE: One of the Left's Favorite Obsessions

48 posted on 01/09/2025 5:30:52 PM PST by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
How many countries has the CIA destabilized and overthrown now?

The West is being overrun by "refugees" from Libya and Iraq, and now they want to do the same thing to Iran.

Thanks for rebutting the swill from that arrogant zeeper you were debating.

49 posted on 01/09/2025 6:29:14 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

zeeper logic:

“If I capitalize and italicize, I win the argument!”

That dude is a clown.


50 posted on 01/09/2025 6:31:11 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: Karl Spooner

You’re entitled to your opinion, of course ... at least, you are in America. Russia, not so much.

But you have not offered a “correction”. You haven’t even offered a disagreement. You’ve only offered a distraction.


51 posted on 01/09/2025 6:52:12 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Campion

Lol. Do you think that threatening and cursing your wife is the best way do ensure fidelity?


52 posted on 01/09/2025 11:53:22 PM PST by NorseViking
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