Conflict & Security April 7, 2026 511 stories in this edition

‘Paper tiger’: what’s behind Donald Trump’s renewed Greenland threat?

SCMP Asia / Asia / 1m ago / Fan Chen
‘Paper tiger’: what’s behind Donald Trump’s renewed Greenland threat?

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US President Donald Trump’s renewed threat to take Greenland when America is bogged down in a war with Iran will only deepen the fracture with Washington’s European allies, according to analysts. Trump has repeatedly criticised Europe since returning to the White House. He has derided Nato as a “paper tiger” that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “not afraid of” and last week threatened to withdraw the US from the...

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US President Donald Trump’s renewed threat to take Greenland when America is bogged down in a war with Iran will only deepen the fracture with Washington’s European allies, according to analysts. Trump has repeatedly cri...

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