E-mails show the Privy Council had Global Affairs push Canadian diplomats multiple times to have Bennett accepted by Denmark and installed months ahead of schedule
What drives the United States’ bold geopolitical ambitions toward Greenland and Canada? It boils down to economic and national security.
The government has not offered a rationale for asking Denmark to expedite its approval of Bennett's appointment, which came a week before her resignation as MP.
In his 2nd term as president, Donald Trump has entertained proposals to acquire Greenland from Denmark, make Canada the 51st US state, and seize control of the Panama Canal - Anadolu Ajansı
It may be too extreme for Canada or Denmark to view the U.S. as an enemy in the wake of Trump annexation threats, but the line between enmity and amity is currently blurred.
The Danish government is investing in the defence of Greenland. It plans to allocate 15 billion kroner (approximately 2.9 billion CAD), which will be used, among other things, for three Arctic warships and two long-range drones.
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Moreover, Canada is closer to Greenland than Denmark and shares a land border on Hans Island. Existing ports, airfields and other facilities in Newfoundland & Labrador and Nunavut could help to serve Greenland and vice versa, the op-ed adds.
However, the Duke of Sussex will not be alone, as it has been announced that Denmark's Prince Joachim and Princess Marie will also head out during the Games. The news was confirmed in a release by the Danish Palace, which stated that the royal couple would arrive at the Invictus Games on 15 February, a day before its closing ceremony.
Norway, which is NATO's monitor for a vast 2 million sq km area of the North Atlantic used by the Russian Northern Fleet's nuclear submarines, says it will invest in long-range surveillance drones for a planned Arctic base.
It is now a weapon being used against us.” Trump’s skepticism about U.S. support for Ukraine and Taiwan, his eagerness to impose tariffs, and his threats to retake the Panama Canal, absorb Canada, and acquire Greenland make it clear that he envisions a return to nineteenth-century power politics and spheres of interest,
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