PRESIDENT EMMANUAL MACRON MEETS PRIME MINISTER METTE FREDERIKSEN

Written by Michael Thervil

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[President Emmanual Macron meets Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen] Despite the wishes of American President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron is making plans to visit Greenland over the course of next weekend. President Macron's visit comes at a time when the Trump Administration is considering annexing Greenland by either payment or by force. Neither outcome is something Greenlanders nor the Dutch government is willing to accept. Both Greenland Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and President Macron are looking to meet face-to-face in Greenland on June 15th.

While Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is seeking to demonstrate to the world that Greenland has some of the strongest political backers backing them in the region; President Macron is looking forward to sending the message to the world that countries within the European Union are willing to unify against the aggressive stance and threats of annexation of President Trump. During the weekend visit to Greenland by President Macron, it was released to the press that the two leaders will be addressing the security needs of both countries as well as how to strengthen the trade and economic ties of both countries. It is suspected that both countries are seeking ways to circumvent President Trump's reciprocal tariffs.

Other topics both leaders will be discussing are the development of advancement of energy production as well as climate change and sustainability. While President Trump has been announcing to the world that world leaders have been “lining up to kiss his ass”, it seems that the opposite is starting to reign true. What we mean by this is that it seems as if the tariff and trade world launched by President Trump is bringing countries together in ways that would not have been created before. The strengthening of Greenland and France appears to be an example of the unintended consequences of President Trump’s global trade war.