{"id":836,"date":"2025-03-25T20:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T20:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=836"},"modified":"2025-03-25T20:42:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T20:42:00","slug":"greenland-accuses-u-s-of-provocation-ahead-of-upcoming-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=836","title":{"rendered":"Greenland Accuses U.S. of &#8216;Provocation&#8217; Ahead of Upcoming Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Welcome back to World Brief, where we\u2019re looking at an upcoming <strong>U.S.<\/strong> trip to <strong>Greenland<\/strong>, <strong>Russia<\/strong> and <strong>Ukraine<\/strong> agreeing in principle to <strong>Black Sea<\/strong> cease-fire deals, and the end to <strong>Japan<\/strong>\u2019s Unification Church.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>\u2018Highly Aggressive\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/united-states-is-putting-unacceptable-pressure-greenland-danish-pm-says-2025-03-25\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=Daily-Briefing&amp;utm_term=032525&amp;lctg=607f1056abd4f461f466319b\">accused<\/a> the United States on Tuesday of exerting \u201cunacceptable pressure\u201d on Greenland ahead of an unsolicited trip by top U.S. officials to the island on Thursday. \u201cThe visit is clearly not about what Greenland needs or wants,\u201d Frederiksen said. U.S. President Donald \u201cTrump is serious. He wants Greenland. Therefore, [this visit] cannot be seen independently of anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Welcome back to World Brief, where we\u2019re looking at an upcoming <strong>U.S.<\/strong> trip to <strong>Greenland<\/strong>, <strong>Russia<\/strong> and <strong>Ukraine<\/strong> agreeing in principle to <strong>Black Sea<\/strong> cease-fire deals, and the end to <strong>Japan<\/strong>\u2019s Unification Church.<\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode-fallback\">\n<h2 class=\"dek-heading\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/category\/world-brief\/\">Sign up<\/a>  to receive World Brief in your inbox every weekday.            <\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-shortcode-newsletter=\"world_brief\" class=\"newsletter-unit-signup newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode email-capture--step-1 newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode-world_brief\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-world_brief newsletter-shortcode-world_brief\">\n<div class=\"show-on-email-capture--signed-up hide-from-newsletter-subscriber newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode--container\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-unit newsletters-page newsletter-row\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-world_brief\">\n<h2 class=\"dek-heading\">Sign up to receive World Brief in your inbox every weekday.<\/h2>\n<p>\n                        <button class=\"button\">Sign Up<\/button>\n                    <\/p>\n<div class=\"grid--flex newsletter-world_brief newsletter-signup-container\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"World Brief sign up form\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"buttons\">\n<div class=\"hide-from-newsletter-subscriber privacy-policy-container\">\n<div class=\"privacy-policy-acknowledge\">\n<p><small>By submitting your email, you agree to the <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/termsofuse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Use<\/a> and to receive email correspondence from us. 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U.S. President Donald \u201cTrump is serious. He wants Greenland. Therefore, [this visit] cannot be seen independently of anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the White House announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/mar\/25\/danish-pm-mette-frederiksen-condemns-us-pressure-greenland-visit\">surprise private trip<\/a> to the semiautonomous Danish territory, led by second lady Usha Vance; White House National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who is currently embroiled in a scandalous <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/03\/24\/trump-cabinet-leaks-war-plans-washington-reactions\/\">national security breach<\/a>; and Energy Secretary Chris Wright. The three-day visit aims to \u201clearn about Greenland, its culture, history, and people,\u201d White House National Security Council spokesperson Brian Hughes said.<\/p>\n<p>But the governments of Denmark and Greenland have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/2025\/03\/25\/trump-usha-vance-greenland\/82647721007\/\">disputed<\/a> the Trump administration\u2019s claim. \u201cYou cannot make a private visit with official representatives from another country,\u201d Frederiksen said. Outgoing Greenlandic Prime Minister Mute Egede went a step further, labeling the visit a \u201cprovocation\u201d and \u201chighly aggressive,\u201d as it comes just days before Nuuk holds coalition talks and municipal elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the record, the Greenlandic government has not issued any invitations for visits, either official or private,\u201d the government said in an official statement. \u201cThe current government is acting as an interim government pending the formation of a new coalition, and we have kindly requested all countries to respect this process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Trump appears to be working on his own timeline. On Monday, the U.S. president <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5210976-trump-on-greenlands-fury-over-visit-this-is-friendliness-not-provocation\/\">reiterated<\/a> his desire for the United States to acquire Greenland, saying the upcoming trip is \u201cfriendliness, not provocation\u201d and falsely adding that Nuuk authorities invited Washington to visit.<\/p>\n<p>Trump maintains that U.S. control of the island is an \u201cabsolute necessity\u201d for <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/02\/26\/trump-rare-earth-critical-mineral-resource-ukraine-greenland-canada\/\">U.S. national security<\/a>, and he has refused to rule out using military force or economic coercion to get what he wants. The White House is interested in Greenland\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/01\/17\/trump-greenland-denmark-rare-earths-china-mining-independence\/\">vast mineral wealth<\/a> as well as its geographic opportunities; the island is strategically located for U.S. ballistic missile systems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne way or the other, we\u2019re going to get it,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2025\/03\/05\/trump-greenland-panama-canal-control\/\">said<\/a> this month.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>Today\u2019s Most Read<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>What We\u2019re Following<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Black Sea diplomacy. <\/strong>The White House announced on Tuesday that it had made deals with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefings-statements\/2025\/03\/outcomes-of-the-united-states-and-russia-expert-groups-on-the-black-sea\/\">Russia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefings-statements\/2025\/03\/outcomes-of-the-united-states-and-ukraine-expert-groups-on-the-black-sea\/\">Ukraine<\/a> regarding military action in the Black Sea in a step toward a future peace agreement to end the three-year conflict. The deals were the result of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/ukraine-us-meet-riyadh-after-russia-us-black-sea-ceasefire-talks-2025-03-25\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=Daily-Briefing&amp;utm_term=032525&amp;lctg=607f1056abd4f461f466319b\">back-to-back<\/a> separate U.S. meetings with Russian and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia over the past three days.<\/p>\n<p>According to White House statements, both Moscow and Kyiv have agreed to \u201censure <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/03\/24\/us-russia-ukraine-black-sea-cease-fire-signal-hegseth-yemen-atlantic\/\">safe navigation<\/a>, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea.\u201d Both countries also agreed to develop measures to implement a <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/03\/19\/trump-zelensky-call-putin-russia-ukraine-energy-strikes\/\">30-day pause<\/a> on energy infrastructure strikes to eventually secure a \u201cdurable and lasting peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The United States said it also agreed to help restore Moscow\u2019s access to the global market for its <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2023\/03\/17\/russia-ukraine-black-sea-grain-deal-war-fertilizer-food-crisis\/\">agriculture and fertilizer exports<\/a>, lower maritime insurance costs, and enhance Russian access to ports and international payment systems.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters on Tuesday that the United States had told the Ukrainian delegation that the cease-fires would be effective immediately. However, the Kremlin said it would only agree to a Black Sea deal if Washington <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russia-us-are-studying-outcome-talks-ukraine-riyadh-kremlin-says-2025-03-25\/\">issued<\/a> an \u201corder\u201d to Zelensky to respect it. \u201cWe will need clear guarantees,\u201d Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin also said it would only implement the Black Sea agreement after the United States lifted sanctions on Russian banks involved in the international trade of agricultural exports. The Kremlin withdrew from the Black Sea Grain Initiative in 2023 over the West\u2019s alleged failure to do so. The White House statements on Tuesday did not specifically mention lifting sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear if such caveats will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/news\/zelensky-says-us-deal-with-ukraine-and-russia-the-right-steps-838594db\">derail the agreements<\/a>. \u201cIt is too early to say that it will work, but these were the right meetings, the right decisions, the right steps,\u201d Zelensky said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>With the Ukrainians, the White House reiterated its commitment to exchanging prisoners of war, releasing civilian detainees, and returning <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2024\/02\/23\/ukrainian-children-kids-russia-abducted-kidnapped-war-crimes-putin\/\">forcibly transferred Ukrainian children<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Disband order. <\/strong>A Japanese court on Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/japan-unification-church-dissolution-d5e1fdf3cb671d6ffeb45d75620ef8b2?user_email=6b04284e4d00370f16d3dac0a626e01bf24d86e4d6995646867da6aa680488d0&amp;utm_medium=Morning_Wire&amp;utm_source=Sailthru_AP&amp;utm_campaign=Morning%20Wire%20_25%20Mar_2025&amp;utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers\">ordered<\/a> the Unification Church to dissolve following a yearslong investigation into its finances and tactics. In 2023, Japan\u2019s education ministry accused the South Korea-based sect of manipulative fundraising and recruitment strategies that harmed its members, including convincing its followers to make massive donations.<\/p>\n<p>Following the assassination of former Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2022\/07\/08\/shinzo-abe-assassinated-obituary-japan-legacy-abenomics\/\">Shinzo Abe<\/a> in 2022, media reports <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2022\/08\/29\/shinzo-abe-killing-unification-church-japan\/\">uncovered<\/a> extensive ties between the Unification Church and Japan\u2019s Liberal Democratic Party; the man accused of killing Abe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/25\/world\/asia\/japanese-court-church-disband.html\">blamed the church<\/a> for his family\u2019s financial woes and <a href=\"https:\/\/english.kyodonews.net\/news\/2024\/06\/f1df95846cdc-psychiatric-exam-finds-ex-japan-pm-abe-shooter-mentally-fit.html\">said<\/a> he targeted Abe because of his perceived support for the church.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s ruling will strip the organization of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cge1lr7225yo\">legal status<\/a>, taking away its tax-exempt privilege and requiring it to liquidate its assets. The court argued that disbandment was necessary because it did not believe that the Unification Church would voluntarily reform. The organization is expected to appeal the ruling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bolsonaro\u2019s uncertain future. <\/strong>Brazil\u2019s Supreme Federal Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/brazil-top-court-weigh-whether-bolsonaro-will-stand-trial-2025-03-25\/\">began deliberations<\/a> on Tuesday to determine whether former President Jair Bolsonaro and his allies should stand trial for allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/02\/21\/bolsonaro-brazil-coup-plot-lula-alckmin-trump-moraes\/\">staging a coup<\/a> to try to oust President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva after the latter won the 2022 election. The five-judge panel is expected to decide by Wednesday. If the court rules in favor, then Bolsonaro will face a criminal trial.<\/p>\n<p>Bolsonaro denies the charges and has called on his supporters to rally behind him.<\/p>\n<p>The former president is already barred from running for reelection until 2030 for <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2022\/12\/11\/brazil-us-election-fraud-lessons-trump-bolsonaro\/\">falsely claiming<\/a> that Brasilia\u2019s voting system was susceptible to fraud. Bolsonaro maintains that he will still seek the presidency during the country\u2019s next election in 2026, saying any attempt to prevent him from doing so amounts to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c5y0nkz2g06o\">political persecution<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>Odds and Ends<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. That\u2019s good news for <em>Psychrolutes marcidus<\/em>, aka the \u201cworld\u2019s ugliest animal.\u201d Last week, New Zealand named the smooth-headed blobfish its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/voters-crown-the-worlds-ugliest-animal-as-new-zealands-fish-of-the-year-180986287\/\">fish of the year<\/a>. Known for its distinctive appearance and slow-moving behavior, the bottom-feeder has become a regular fixture in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/e\/tech-science\/blobfish\/\">meme culture<\/a>. Conservationists hope the award will help bring attention to deep-sea trawling\u2019s impacts on sensitive ecosystems and vulnerable fish populations.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/03\/25\/greenland-denmark-frederiksen-egede-us-visit-delegation-vance-waltz\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to World Brief, where we\u2019re looking at an upcoming U.S. trip to Greenland, Russia and Ukraine agreeing in principle to Black Sea cease-fire deals, and the end to Japan\u2019s Unification Church. \u2018Highly Aggressive\u2019 Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen accused the United States on Tuesday of exerting \u201cunacceptable pressure\u201d on Greenland ahead of an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politcical-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}