The Kremlin would warmly welcome a weakening of the NATO alliance, which has strongly supported Ukraine as the four-year anniversary of the invasion of the Russian Federation approaches. The struggle remains an ongoing one and a distracted Europe could be problematic for Kiev.
Mr. Trump, a longtime critic of NATO, referred to Ukraine during a speech short interview with NBC News on Monday. Mr. Trump indicated that the war in Ukraine was not an American problem and said Europe’s focus should be there and not on Greenland. “Europe should focus on the war with Russia and Ukraine because, frankly, you see what that got them,” Trump said.
Trump also declined during Monday’s phone interview to rule out the use of force to take Greenland — something that could destroy the NATO alliance, a possibility that Russian media and Kremlin officials are salivating over.
The Russian government newspaper, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, led the cheerleading in an article published this weekend, saying Trump’s Greenland plan would be a “historic breakthrough” for the US president.
“If Trump annexes Greenland before July 4, 2026, when America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, he will go down in history as a figure who asserted the greatness of the United States,” the article said.
“Make America Great Again (MAGA) = Make Danmark Small Again (MDSA) = Make Europe Poor Again (MEPA). Has this idea finally sunk in, you fools?” said former Russian President and current Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev an X post on Sunday.
“Collapse of the transatlantic union. Finally something worth discussing in Davos,” Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev said in an X post. Mr Dmitriev is expected to discuss Ukraine with US officials at the World Economic Forum this week. Mr Trump will address the meeting on Wednesday.
Mr Dmitriev, at X, reposted a speech Mr Putin made in which he said it is no surprise that America plans to acquire Greenland. “Putin understands the American rationale on Greenland and shares important historical facts about American efforts to acquire Greenland since the 1860s.”
“The United States has serious plans regarding Greenland,” Putin said in the speech. “These plans have deep historical roots and the US will continue to systematically advance its geopolitical, military-political and economic interests in the Arctic.”
“There are international experts who believe that by resolving the issue of the annexation of Greenland, Trump will certainly go down in history. And not only in the history of the United States, but also in world history,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. said on Monday.
Mr. Peskov said he did not discuss whether it was a good or bad idea, but simply stated it as a fact.
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