Trump says ‘there can be no going back’ on Greenland as private messages from Macron leaked – Europe live

Flurry of posts on Truth Social firmly set out Trump’s Greenland stance to European leaders Trump cites UK’s ‘stupidity’ over Chagos Islands as reason to take over GreenlandIt seems like the US president, Donald Trump, has had a busy evening US time with his phone in his hand.Overnight, he:Attacked the UK, mockingly calling it a “brilliant” ally, for “shocking” plan to hand over sovereignity of the Chagos islands to Mauritius (despite previous US support), saying it’s among a “long line” of reasons why Greenland “has to be acquired”Leaked private text messages from France’s Emmanuel Macron and Nato’s Mark Rutte discussing his latest policy movesThreatened France with 200% tariffs on French wine and champagne over Macron’s refusal to join the Gaza “board of peace”, said of Macron that “nobody wants him because he’s going to be out of office very soon”Reiterated his intention of taking over Greenland as “imperative for national and world security,” saying “there can be no going back”Posted a meme planting the US flag on Greenland, saying it’s “US territory, est. 2026,” days after the US delegation agreed with Danish foreign minister for talks to be conducted behind closed doors, and not through threatening messages on social media. Continue reading...