Il sequestro della Groenlandia da parte degli Stati Uniti “non avverrà”, afferma David Lammy | Il ministro degli Esteri britannico minimizza l’idea che Trump prenda il controllo, nel discorso che espone le differenze con il presidente eletto
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/09/us-seizure-of-greenland-is-not-going-to-happen-says-david-lammy
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Don’t be so sure. When you’re dealing with a Russian asset, you never know what to expect.
***SUMMARY of the Article:***
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has dismissed the idea of the U.S. seizing Greenland, calling it unrealistic and inconsistent with NATO principles. In interviews and a key speech, Lammy highlighted the differences between the UK and Trump administration positions on defence spending, Arctic geopolitics, and approaches to Russia and China. While acknowledging Trump’s history of provocative rhetoric, Lammy emphasised the need for practical cooperation.
He also defended the UK’s decision not to repatriate Shamima Begum, citing security risks, and revealed British efforts to urge China to reconsider its support for Russia. Despite these differences, Lammy stressed the UK’s commitment to European security and maintaining strategic dialogue with the U.S..
What are they saying about the release of the Jack Smith report showing dump incited an insurrection?
Yeah I wouldn’t put much stock in what David Lammy says. The same David Lammy, who called Trump a “tyrant” and “a woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath”; only to row it back and say [he would be able to find “common ground” with the president-elect](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2z1zm1pk3o).
Neville Chamberlain said something similar about War in Europe once.
I love the way the headline is framed as if it’s a threat like “we’re not going to let this happen” and then you read the article and it’s just “no he wouldn’t do that bc we’ll maintain dialogue and cooperate closely”
why do we have to answer to what trump says?
That’s going to be hard for them to do after Elon comes to liberate them or whatever /s
Denmark doesn’t want to be ukraine nbr. 2…so send some nukes to Denmark before Trump taking the office..nuke is the only thing he (and Kim and Putin) respect
Inb4 UK bad comments
**UK foreign secretary plays down idea of Trump taking control, in speech exposing differences with president-elect**
The UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, has said a US military seizure of Greenland is not going to happen, as he played down Donald Trump’s threats to seize the territory from Denmark.
“No Nato countries have gone to war [with each other] since the establishment of Nato, and I do not envisage that,” he said, adding: “It is not going to happen.”
Lammy’s remarks, in a round of broadcast interviews in advance of a setpiece speech on Thursday, formed part of an array of views that exposed subtle differences with the Trump administration covering defence spending targets, the scale of the threat posed to [Europe](https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news) by Vladimir Putin, the return of the Islamic State-linked detainee Shamima Begum to the UK and the possibility of convincing China not to throw in its lot with Russia.
The differences emerged despite Lammy insisting he was not in the business of condemning the UK’s closest ally, but they underline how taxing it may be for the Labour government to tread an independent course with a demanding Trump administration.
The foreign secretary tried to square off the differences by arguing that much of what Trump said should not be taken literally. He said: “We know from Donald Trump’s first term that the intensity of his rhetoric and the unpredictability of what he says can be destabilising.
“He did it with Nato but in practice he sent more troops to Europe, he sent more Javelins to Ukraine, under his administration.
In [the case of Greenland](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/07/trump-panama-canal-greenland), Lammy argued Trump was “targeting concerns about Russia and China in the Arctic and his concerns about US national economic security”. He said Trump “recognises that in the end Greenland is a kingdom of Denmark”. Asked if there was going to be a violation of Nato territory, he said: “Let us be serious, it is not going to happen.”
On Donald Trump’s call for defence spending to be set at 5% of GDP, he said: “He’s right to emphasise that we have to move, and certainly move beyond 2% now. I heard the 5%. The United States is at 3.38% of GDP, so I assume that he would set out a roadmap to get to that 5%.”
Insisting European security was on a knife-edge, he also challenged the assumptions of some around Trump by saying UK intelligence had not “seen any sense at all that Putin is ready seriously to negotiate”.
He added: “I am absolutely clear Donald Trump is an individual who wants a deal, but he is also an individual who sees himself as a winner and not a loser.”