COPENHAGEN: Greenland should hold direct talks with the US government without Denmark, a Greenlandic opposition leader told Reuters, as the Arctic island weighs how to respond to President Donald Trump’s renewed push to bring it under US control. Trump has recently stepped up threats to take over Greenland, reviving an idea he first floated in 2019 during his first term in office. Greenland is strategically located between Europe and North America, making it a critical site for the US ballistic missile defense system.

The US president has made repeat takeover threats - drawing condemnation from the island's leaders and Denmark.

COPENHAGEN: Denmark’s prime minister warned Monday that any US move to take Greenland by force would destroy 80 years of transatlantic security links, after President Donald Trump…