T HERE ARE two ways of looking at the trip made by Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, to Greenland on June 15th. At one level it was a defiant message to America’s Donald Trump, who continues to threaten to annex the island,

The French president stated that the situation in the Danish autonomous territory, which Donald Trump has been coveting, was 'a warning sign for Europeans.'

OSLO - French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday criticized the United States for its repeated assertions about acquiring Greenland, calling such statements "wrong" and reaffirming France and the European Union's support for Greenland's autonomy and Denmark's sovereignty.