German vice chancellor pushes back on harder US Greenland rhetoric

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2026-01-09

Berlin (dpa) - Germany's vice chancellor, Lars Klingbeil, has sharply criticized repeated US threats to annex Greenland, as President Donald Trump emphasized that "ownership" was key for him when it came to the vast Arctic territory. "International law applies. The law that only the strongest survive cannot apply here. And that is why Denmark has our full solidarity and we will make this clear to the US at every point," Klingbeil said on Friday a......

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