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European leaders have lined up to condemn Donald Trump’s “new colonialism” and warn that the continent was facing a crossroads as the US president said there was no going back on his goal of controlling Greenland.

After weeks of aggressive threats by Trump to seize the vast Arctic island, which is a largely autonomous part of Denmark, Emmanuel Macron, the French president, said on Tuesday he preferred “respect to bullies” and the “rule of law to brutality”.

Macron told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that now was “not a time for new imperialism or new colonialism”, criticising the “useless aggressivity” of Trump’s pledge to levy tariffs on countries that opposed a US takeover of Greenland.

The US was seeking to “weaken and subordinate Europe” by demanding “maximum concessions” and imposing tariffs that were “fundamentally unacceptable – even more so when they are used as leverage against territorial sovereignty”, he said, wearing sunglasses because of an eye condition.

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[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

An anti-colonial Europe. Never thought we'd see the day. Guess it's different when it's your soverign territory that's the potential colony.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 13 minutes ago

An anti-colonial Europe.

I never thought the Leopard would eat my face!

[–] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 31 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Macron, call sign Maverick. I don't know if not looking like you could buzz the tower at any given moment is technically a medical condition but the glasses are working.

[–] HowRu68@lemmy.world 20 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (4 children)

glasses are working.

Yeah, his funny mirror glasses. Rumours say he's had them for a few days now, because of a red eye condition.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh, shit he got the pink eye? Not fun.

Edit: Don't touch your eye and then someones eye. Not good.

[–] Uruanna@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Popped blood vessel, he said.

[–] Imhotep@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago

Not a rumour, there are pictures without his glasses. Sorry if I missed a joke

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 17 hours ago

Normally you have to take a trip to Amsterdam to end up with red eye condition

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 13 points 19 hours ago

DANGER ZONE!

[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 11 points 18 hours ago

I was reading The Invisible Doctrine when Trump said he was taking over Venezuela and Greenland. It is a history of capitalism and neoliberalism that is pretty insightful. It was an OMG moment as I thought I was reading Trump’s playbook.

https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-invisible-doctrine-9781802062694

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 19 hours ago

Europe has been sleepwalking