Don’s Greenland fixation: Letters | New York Post – Latest News
The Issue: President Trump’s insistence on the United States taking control of Greenland.
It isn’t typically that I agree with The Post’s opinions, however your tackle the “drama” created by the president in his unflinching need to principally annex Greenland is spot-on (“Please Can the Greenland Drama,” Editorial, Jan. 15).
The hazard of destroying the NATO alliance, along with the aggressive taking of one other sovereign’s protectorate — just like the thuggery as soon as displayed by Germany — is alarming.
Lou Maione
Manhattan
President Trump might have approached Greenland in a ham-fisted manner from the outset, however he’s completely right in regards to the menace posed if that vast island is left to Denmark, which has did not keep the West’s enemies from building affect there.
Dierdre Burgman
Manhattan
The purpose is laudatory, however the course of is fouling the arctic air. Trump is right on the national-security worth and strategic significance of Greenland, however his bellicosity is popping Danish, Greenlander and NATO thumbs down. The artwork of this deal has not but made the mark.
Paul Bloustein
Cincinnati, Ohio
If Trump is profitable in buying Greenland, I consider it might be a win for the United States, Greenland and Denmark.
Greenland is a gem — doubtlessly wealthy in natural sources. America has the money and technological capabilities to mine these sources and put them to make use of for the benefit of humanity. US involvement would result in growth of commerce and the creation of high-paying jobs for Greenlanders.
Furthermore, possession of Greenland would give the US geopolitical and strategic benefit within the Arctic area, as we attempt to counter the affect of Russia and China. A stronger America would benefit all our NATO allies, Denmark included.
Tawsif Anam
Madison, Wis.
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Trump says something much less than Greenland within the United States’ arms is “unacceptable.” Not surprisingly, his insistence is starting to tear the GOP aside.
No matter how badly Trump desires to play world tycoon, Republicans would do properly to remind the president that island nations are usually not properties on a Monopoly board. The query is whether or not they may.
Denny Freidenrich
Laguna Beach, Calif.
The Issue: Venezuelan opposition chief María Corina Machado giving President Trump her Nobel.
How is it that former President Barack Obama continues to be lionized for a profitable Nobel Prize nomination that was submitted 11 days into his time period, however President Trump was snubbed for a Nobel following ground-breaking achievements in his first time period (“Peace out, says Nobel winner,” Jan. 16)?
Now, Venezuelan opposition chief María Corina Machado, who devoted her Nobel win to President Trump, has actually gifted her prize to the president, to the howls of the left, nonetheless reeling from Trump’s lightning Freedom Strike in Venezuela that nukes their soft-talk theories.
Will Graves
Winter Park, Fla.
María Corina Machado has handed on her Nobel Peace medal to Donald Trump, who isn’t deserving of it based mostly on his current actions. It is an unworthy political stunt by a determined chief.
Dennis Fitzgerald
Melbourne, Australia
If you had María Corina Machado’s playing cards, would you not additionally use them to steer Trump to endorse you as the following Venezuelan president?
Her “cards” are within the kind of a Nobel Peace Prize, which she gave to Trump within the hopes that he chooses her. As of now, he’s backed Delcy Rodríguez, however Machado’s present to him might change that. Only time and Trump will inform.
Ron Zajicek
Cortlandt
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