The United States is set to gain control over designated areas of Greenland under a proposed security framework agreed this week on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, raising complex legal questions about sovereignty, territorial jurisdiction, and international law. According to diplomatic sources cited by The Telegraph, the arrangement would allow parts…
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, calling the speech “dangerous, disrespectful and unhinged,” and warning that such rhetoric undermines U.S. alliances and international legal norms. Speaking to CBS News correspondent Ed O’Keefe following Trump’s address on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, Beshear said the…
President Donald Trump has ordered sweeping new tariffs on Denmark and seven other European countries, invoking emergency economic powers in a move that is already facing legal scrutiny and diplomatic resistance across the Atlantic. Under the directive, the United States will impose 10 percent tariffs beginning in February on imports from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France,…
Several European NATO member states, including Germany, Sweden and Norway, have begun deploying military personnel to Greenland in a coordinated show of support for Denmark, as US President Donald Trump escalates public threats to annex the Arctic territory. CNN and Reuters and a host of other international news media are reporting that the deployments, described…
A senior NATO-affiliated official has issued an unusually blunt warning to the United States, escalating legal and diplomatic tensions surrounding President Donald Trump’s renewed interest in acquiring Greenland. Gunther Fehlinger, chairman of Austria’s NATO enlargement committee, said that any U.S. attempt to annex Greenland would trigger the confiscation of all American military bases across Europe…
1. Sovereignty Violation Greenland remains an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. Any attempt by President Elect Donald Trump to “take” it without consent would blatantly violate Danish sovereignty. This move disregards a nation’s territorial integrity and directly challenges the fundamental principles of international law. The United Nations Charter upholds sovereignty as a core…