“Borders cannot be moved by force,” warned the German government on Wednesday, when questioned about Donald Trump’s expansion plans targeting in particular Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark.
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The United States must apply the principles of the United Nations, “everyone sticks to them and it will certainly stay that way,” commented the spokesperson for the German government, Steffen Hebestreit, when asked about the threatening remarks made Tuesday by the president American elected official During a conference from his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, Mr. Trump repeated his ambitions to annex the Panama Canal and Greenland, refusing to rule out the use of force, during a conference of press in a provocative tone, eliciting firm responses from the countries concerned.
When asked if he could guarantee that he would not use the armed forces to annex the Panama Canal, a vital artery of global maritime transport, and Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, Donald Trump replied: “I I can’t assure you of either of them.”
He had also threatened to use “economic force” against Canada, this ally “subsidized” by the United States for its protection, according to him.
Mr. Hebestreit declined to comment on whether the German government was taking Trump’s threats against NATO allies Denmark and Canada seriously.
“I don’t want to qualify” these statements, Mr. Hebestreit said, adding simply that the German government was “taking note” of them.
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