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Murkowski, Nordic Diplomats Bristle at Trump’s Talk of Obtaining Greenland

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The senator from Alaska joined officials from Denmark, Greenland, and Norway to discuss the Arctic.

Murkowski, Nordic Diplomats Bristle at Trump’s Talk of Obtaining Greenland

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) speaks during a hearing to review the President’s fiscal year 2024 budget request for the National Guard and Reserve in Washington on June 1, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Nathan Worcester

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WASHINGTON—Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and diplomats from several other countries in the Arctic Council voiced opposition on Thursday to President Donald Trump’s statements about Greenland.

“I am not one who believes that threatening another country is a good diplomatic tool,” said Murkowski, whose Arctic state borders Canada and Russia.

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