Russia Eyes Trump’s ‘Extraordinary’ Greenland Grab, Plots Arctic Expansion

The Kremlin said it is closely watching the “extraordinary” situation around the self-governing Danish territory of Greenland, as European NATO allies deploy forces to the Arctic island for military exercises in a show of unity against U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive push to secure control of it for Washington. Russia said it would strengthen its defense capabilities and infrastructure in the Arctic and called NATO’s exercises a provocation, while dismissing Trump’s claim that Moscow or China would eventually take control of Greenland if the U.S. did not. Trump says the U.S. needs Greenland because it is vital to its national…