DONALD Trump has shared a mock-up image of himself planting the US flag on Greenland in his latest threat to seize the coveted Danish island.
The US president said there is “no going back” on his plans to take over the territory – as scrambling European leaders organised crunch talks with him in Davos on Wednesday.
The US president said there is ‘no going back’ over GreenlandCredit: Reuters
Trump posted a fake image of himself planting a US flag on GreenlandCredit: Truth Social
In a fresh round of claims to acquire the mineral-rich isle, Trump warned on Tuesday that Denmark “can’t protect” Greenland.
He claimed Nato allies would not “push back too much” on his words, while shrugging off European deployments to the territory as “not a military”.
President Trump said: “Nato has been warning Denmark for 20 years now… they’ve been warning Denmark about the Russian threat, it’s not only Russia, it’s also China.
“We have to have it. They have to have this done. They can’t protect it, Denmark.”
On Truth Social, Trump shared an AI-generated drawing of himself, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, standing on Greenland planting an American flag in the ground.
A sign next to the group read: “GREENLAND – US TERRITORY EST 2026.”
The US leader also posted another fake image of himself – seemingly hinting at following through on previous claims that he wants to seize Canada.
The picture shows him during talks with European allies, including Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky, in the oval office.
He appears to be speaking at the leaders while sat next to a map of North and South America – where both Canada, Venezuela and Greenland have US flags plastered over them.
The US president will meet with world leaders for crunch talks in Davos on Wednesday.
Trump revealed he had held a “very good phone call” with Nato chief Mark Rutte, where the pair agreed to meet “various parties” at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland this week.
Trump said: “Greenland is imperative for National and World Security.”
“There can be no going back – On that, everyone agrees!”
He added: “We are the only POWER that can ensure PEACE throughout the World – And it is done, quite simply, through STRENGTH!”
The US president has also lashed out at the UK in another Truth Social tirade – this time aimed at British plans to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
He said: “Shockingly, our ‘brilliant’ NATO Ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital U.S. Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER.”
He branded the move a “GREAT STUPIDITY” before explaining why this it was “another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired”.
President Trump spoke with Euro leaders on plans to take Canada in another AI-generated spoofCredit: Truth Social
Danish Army soldiers at a shooting range in Greenland on MondayCredit: Avalon.red
Under the pact, for 99 years to maintain a lease on the key military base at Diego Garcia.
Trump also went on to share screenshots of his messages with world leaders including Rutte and Emmanuel Macron.
In the texts, Nato Secretary General Rutte said: “Mr. President, dear Donald – what you accomplished in Syria today is incredible.
“I will use my media engagements in Davos to highlight your work there, in Gaza, and in Ukraine.
“I am committed to finding a way forward on Greenland. Can’t wait to see you.”
Posting his private chats with Macron, the French president appears to have told his US counterpart: “I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland.”
He then offered to help whip up a G7 meeting in Paris on Thursday and asked him to have a meal with him.
Protests in Nuuk, Greenland, over Trump’s threatened annexationCredit: AP
Nato General Secretary Mark Rutte offered to set up a meeting with world leaders in Davos for WednesdayCredit: Getty
Despite the kind dinner invitation, Trump has threatened to slap Macron’s wine and champagne industry with huge 200 per cent tariffs.
The move came in response to Macron reportedly snubbing Trump’s offer for him to join his new Board of Peace – an international initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts.
Trump said: “I’ll put a 200 percent tariff on his wines and champagnes. And he’ll join. But he doesn’t have to join.”
Frantic EU leaders will hold an emergency summit in Brussels on Thursday as the Nato alliance hangs in the balance.
President Trump has also refused to rule out taking Greenland by force after revealing in a bombshell letter that his Nobel Peace Prize snub prompted him to push for a US takeover.
Sir Keir branded Trump’s tariff threats as ‘completely wrong’Credit: EPA
The US president said “no comment” when asked if he would .
He told NBC News: “Europe ought to focus on the war with Russia and Ukraine, because, frankly, you see what that’s gotten, them.
“That’s what Europe should focus on – not Greenland.”
Trump also confirmed that he will “100%” slap tariffs on European countries if he can’t .
Denmark’s foreign minister warned Trump that some “red lines that can’t be crossed”.
Lars Lokke Rasmussen said that tariff threats are “not the way forward”.
Get out your Green
By Jack Elsom
AMERICA would have to stump up half a trillion pounds to buy Greenland in the event of a sale.
Experts calculated a £520billion price based on the island’s strategic location, minerals and oil.
That is more than Ireland’s entire economy and would swallow up 85 per cent of the US annual defence budget.
It is much more than the £75million US President Harry Truman offered for the territory after World War Two, which works out at £1.2billion in today’s money.
He told Sky News : “You can’t threaten your way to ownership of Greenland.
“You have a desire, you have a vision, you have a request, but you will never be able to achieve that by putting pressure on us.”
The US president also dismissed suggestions that Norway’s government does not hold sway over Nobel Peace Prize nominations.
Trump said: “Norway totally controls it, despite what they say. They like to say they have nothing to do with it, but they have everything to do with it.”
It comes after the note that caused President Trump’s was revealed.
Trump wrote: “Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America.”
The tariffs, announced by the president in a Truth Social post on Saturday, will come into force on February 1, if a deal has not been done to secure the Danish island of Greenland for the US.
The taxes could rise to 25 per cent if Trump still does not have the island by June.
Scrambling European leaders are to try and hit back at the tariff threats.
Macron has been threatened with 200 per cent tariffs on French wine and champagneCredit: AFP
Trump messaged Norway’s prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre saying he no longer feels obligated to focus ‘purely on peace’Credit: PBS
It follows spiralling fears over Nato’s future if the US tries to take the arctic island by force.
The US president has insisted that his first choice would be to do a deal to buy the island from Denmark, but has refused to rule out military action to bring the territory under US control.
Yet Putin could use a , the tyrant’s ideologist has warned.
Alexander Dugin – dubbed Putin’s “brain” due to his influence in the Kremlin – wants Russia to reconstruct the Soviet Union by invading seven countries.
Dugin called for Russia to take Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan by force.
It comes after a that Greenland could even vote to join Russia, thought to be an attempt to goad the US president into invading the island.
Beijing has also responded to Trump’s latest threats to take Greenland, accusing the US of using a “China threat” as an excuse to annex the territory.
They said: “We urge the United States to stop using the so-called ‘China threat’ as an excuse to pursue its own interests.”
Trump has repeatedly claimed and has previously vowed to take the territory “the easy way” or “the hard way”.
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