EU chief says Europe needs to abandon caution after US treasury secretary calls Denmark ‘irrelevant’ – Europe live

Scott Bessent replied to a question on Danish investments by saying that ‘Denmark’s investment in US treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant’Curiously, Rutte also pointedly says that “the main issue [for Nato] is not Greenland, … it’s Ukraine.”“The risk here is that you focus, of course, on Greenland, because we have to make sure that that issue gets solved in an amicable way.But the main issue is not Greenland. Now, the main issue is Ukraine.”“And as we speak, Russian missiles and Russian drones are attacking the energy infrastructure in Ukraine. We know that it is now -20 degrees in Kyiv. We know that Ukraine can only take care of 60% of its own electricity.And yes, it is true the Russians have lost in December 1,000 people dead – not seriously wounded, but dead - a day. That’s over 30,000 in the month of December. In the 1980s, in, Afghanistan, the Soviets lost 20,000 in 10 years. Now they lose 30,000 a month in one month. But they still continue the attack, they still increase the attack.“So last night in his presser he was doubtful whether the Europeans would come to the rescue if Article Five will be trigger. And I tell him yes, they will, as they did on the on the 11 September in 2001, when for the first and only time, the Article Five was triggered. Continue reading...