Putin warns Trump to BACK OFF Greenland as Don refuses to rule out invasion…so could icy island become WW3 flashpoint?
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VLADIMIR Putin has desperately hit back at Donald Trump after he refused to rule out using military action to potentially seize Greenland. The president-elect has faced backlash from his EU allies but terrorist Vlad has also issued a warning Trump’s way.
![[Donald Trump has been warned over his idea to take over Greenland]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/republican-presidential-nominee-former-u-922299942.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
International tensions have risen after the incoming US leader floated a bizarre plan to take over the autonomous Danish territory. Trump said that US ownership of Greenland is an "absolute necessity" to protect global "national security and freedom". These strong words have ruffled The Kremlin’s feathers as Putin’s men told Trump they were “watching”.
![[Vladimir Putin has told the incoming US leader to back off on the ice island]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/russias-president-vladimir-putin-attends-958539323.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Mad Vlad’s mouthpiece, Dmitry Peskov, attempted to push Russia’s influence over the Arctic region in a desperate warning when asked about the incoming US leader’s remarks. “The Arctic is a zone of our national interests, our strategic interests," he said.
![[Greenland could be a strategically crucial nation in the Arctic Circle]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/2024-ritzau-scanpix-ida-marie-962493456.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
"We are watching this rather dramatic development of the situation very closely," Peskov added. “But so far, thank God, at the level of statements.”. An attempt to take over the resource-rich island for national security reasons might not be as mad as it sounds.
Greenland sits right in the middle of the Arctic Ocean and is among the key trade routes in the region. The Arctic has increasingly become the object of a struggle between international superpowers as Russia and China have both ramped up efforts to take control of the area.
![[Donald Trump Jr. visited Greenland on Tuesday]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/2025-donald-trump-jr-private-962194737_503762.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
