{"id":14394,"date":"2026-01-21T17:37:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=14394"},"modified":"2026-01-21T17:37:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:37:23","slug":"farage-says-trump-should-respect-greenlanders-wishes-but-territory-would-be-safer-under-us-control-uk-politics-live-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=14394","title":{"rendered":"Farage says Trump should respect Greenlanders\u2019 wishes but territory would be safer under US control \u2013 UK politics live | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Farage says Trump should respect Greenlanders’ right to self-determination, even if world would be safer if they joined US<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

Nigel Farage<\/strong>, the Reform UK leader, has said that the world would be \u201cbetter\u201d and \u201cmore secure\u201d place if Greenland was part of the US. But he has also said that, as a believer in self-determination, he was opposed to Donald Trump suggesting the US should have it regardless of the wishes of Greenlanders. \u201cYou must respect the rights and views of the Greenlanders, because that is what national self-determination is,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Speaking at an event at Davos, he said:<\/p>\n

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<\/svg>I have no doubt that the world would be a better, more secure place if a strong America was in Greenland, because of the geopolitics of the High North, because of the retreating ice caps and because of the continued expansionism of Russian icebreakers, of Chinese investment.<\/p>\n

So yes, would America owning in Greenland be better for the world in terms of safety and stronger for Nato? It would.<\/p>\n

However, if you believe in Brexit, and if you believe in celebrating America\u2019s 250th birthday, if you believe in the nation states and not globalist structures, you believe in sovereignty.<\/p>\n

And if you believe in sovereignty, you believe in the principle of national self-determination.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Farage went on:<\/p>\n

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<\/svg>That\u2019s a key part for those of us at Davos that are fighting the globalists: belief in national self-determination is at the root of what people like me, albeit the minority here, believe in.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Farage, a big supporter and ideological ally of Trump, also made a point of saying that he disagreed with the US president on another point \u2013 Trump\u2019s claim in his speech this afternoon that Nato members would not support the US if it were attacked.<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/svg>[Trump] said Nato have never given us anything back. I would object to that politely by saying this: when the decision was made to go into Afghanistan, we went in with America and the coalition of the willing.<\/p>\n

We stayed by America for the whole 20 years, we proportionately spent the same money as America, we lost the same number of lives as America pro rata, and the same applies actually to Denmark and other countries too.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s not quite fair. Yes, in money terms, America has provided more. In terms of surveillance equipment et cetera, America still provides more, but we have when it comes to honouring our commitments to America more than done our bit in terms of action over the last 20 years.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n