French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said that European pressure forced US President Donald Trump to back down from his threats to take control of Greenland, as EU leaders gathered to chart a new course in transatlantic relations.
“Europe can make itself be respected, and that’s a very good thing,” Macron told reporters, as he arrived in Brussels for an emergency summit. “When we use the tools that we have at our disposal we get respect and that’s what happened this week.”
On the eve of the EU meeting, Trump dramatically backed away from his insistence on “acquiring” Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark. For the first time, he said that he would not use force to seize the island. Trump also dropped his threat of slapping tariffs on European nations that support Denmark.
The EU’s tools included a nonaggressive deployment of a few dozen troops to Greenland on a reconnaissance mission to prepare for future exercises and to send Trump a message that Europe is taking​French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said that European pressure forced US President Donald Trump to back down from his threats to take control of Greenland, as EU leaders gathered to chart a new course in transatlantic relations.
“Europe can make itself be respected, and that’s a very good thing,” Macron told reporters, as he arrived in Brussels for an emergency summit. “When we use the tools that we have at our disposal we get respect and that’s what happened this week.”
On the eve of the EU meeting, Trump dramatically backed away from his insistence on “acquiring” Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark. For the first time, he said that he would not use force to seize the island. Trump also dropped his threat of slapping tariffs on European nations that support Denmark.
The EU’s tools included a nonaggressive deployment of a few dozen troops to Greenland on a reconnaissance mission to prepare for future exercises and to send Trump a message that Europe is taking ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
