The US president mentioned Ottawa opposes his plans to arrange a missile protection system in Greenland
China will “eat up” Canada if Ottawa refuses to cooperate with Washington, US President Donald Trump mentioned on Friday.
Writing on his Fact Social platform, Trump mentioned Canada opposes his deliberate Golden Dome missile protection system, which is impressed by Israel’s Iron Dome.
“Canada is in opposition to The Golden Dome being constructed over Greenland, although The Golden Dome would defend Canada. As an alternative, they voted in favor of doing enterprise with China, who will ‘eat them up’ throughout the first 12 months!” Trump wrote.
The president mentioned he desires the Golden Dome to cowl Greenland, which he has threatened to annex from Denmark, and argued that management over the Arctic area would permit the US to counter the affect of Russia and China.
Talking in Davos earlier this week, Trump mentioned Canada needs to be grateful to the US for its protection and claimed that “Canada lives due to the US.”
In a rebuke, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney denied that his nation owed its success to its southern neighbor and mentioned the world order constructed on “American hegemony” was “within the midst of a rupture.”
Trump later responded to Carney’s remarks by disinviting him from his ‘Board of Peace’, a brand new physique designed to resolve world conflicts.
Beijing has denied searching for to undermine different nations’ pursuits within the Arctic. “The so-called ‘China risk’ is groundless. China opposes fabricating baseless narratives and utilizing China as a pretext for searching for egocentric good points,” Chinese language International Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun mentioned on Thursday.
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