Democrats hammer Trump over Greenland-Nobel letter: 'Unhinged and embarrassing'

Democrats on Capitol Hill criticized and mocked President Trump’s letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Storey, in which the President detailed his objectives for acquiring Greenland. In the letter shared with several European ambassadors, Trump questioned why Denmark has “ownership rights” over the semi-sovereign territory. He also cited the Norwegian Nobel… Source link

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America's top Catholic clerics denounce militaristic US foreign policy

The three highest-ranking Catholic cardinals who lead archdiocese in the United States issued a statement Monday criticizing U.S. foreign policy as overly militaristic, citing President Trump’s recent operation in Venezuela and threat to take Greenland by force. In a joint statement, Cardinals Blaise Cupich, Robert McElroy and Joseph Tobin, Archbishop of Chicago, Washington,… Source link

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Trump links Greenland push to Nobel Peace Prize slight

In a letter to Norway’s leader over the weekend, President Trump suggested that the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s decision to award last year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was a factor in his continued effort to acquire Greenland. In a letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Storey that was shared…

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