ERROL BARNETT:
00:00:00
Meanwhile, Holly, the president also signed a new defense deal with Denmark and Greenland at the UN. You've reported from Greenland. Update our viewers on how significant this may be. Well, Errol, I think it's significant that the US is expanding its military footprint in the Arctic, in the high north, with two new bases in Greenland. There is no question that Arctic security is a serious issue. Climate change means that new shipping routes are opening in the Arctic, new opportunities for mining. And the US is competing there with Russia. Russian military activity, hybrid warfare, and espionage in the Arctic, they're all concerns. We've reported on that extensively. However, in apparently trying to address those concerns, President Trump caused fear and outrage amongst some of America's key allies, NATO allies. If, from the outside, President Trump had negotiated, said directly that what he wanted was more US bases in Greenland, that would not have been a major problem. In fact, many people in Greenland and in Europe would actually have welcomed it. Instead, the president talked about ownership of Greenland. And that way of talking, which many people in Europe saw as an insult or a threat, potentially erodes trust, not just with Greenland and with Denmark, but more broadly with America's key allies.
ERROL BARNETT:
00:01:18
Really important issues there. Holly, we appreciate your reporting, joining us from Dubai.
