European Troops Won’t Change Trump’s Greenland Goals, White House Says

The deployment of European troops in Greenland has not dissuaded U.S. President Donald Trump from pursuing his goal of acquiring the Arctic island, the White House said. “I don’t think troops in Europe impacts the president’s decision-making process or impact his goal of the acquisition of Greenland at all,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday when asked whether the arrival of European boots on the ground would impact Trump’s decisions regarding the semi-autonomous Danish territory. Several European nations, including France, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and the Netherlands, said they would send small numbers of troops to Greenland to take part in a Danish military exercise, with some already having arrived there....