Donald Trump reaffirms ownership of Greenland
US President Donald Trump The USA has once again claimed ownership of the island, which belongs to Denmark Greenland
affirmed. “We need Greenland for national security. We have to have it,” Trump told reporters on Monday. As justification, Trump referred to the role of Russia and China in the Arctic. If you Greenland If you look along the coast, you can see Russian and Chinese ships everywhere, the president said. It’s not about minerals or oil; the USA has enough of that itself.
You can read more about Trump’s claim to ownership of Greenland here.
USA calls for Nicolás Maduro to resign
Trump told the Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro
close to resignation. “It’s entirely up to him what he wants to do. I think it would be wise of him to do that,” Trump replied on Monday when asked by a journalist whether the US government was trying to force Maduro to resign by putting pressure on Venezuela. Shortly before, US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem had called for Maduro’s resignation. “We are not limiting ourselves to intercepting these ships, but also sending a message to the world that Maduro’s illegal activities are intolerable and he must go,” Noem told Fox News.
You can read more about the US government’s demands here.
Trump administration stops construction of wind farms off the US coast
The US government has temporarily suspended all major offshore wind farm projects off the US coast. The Interior Ministry justified this with “national security risks.” The move is a response to complaints from the Defense Ministry. The wind turbines could interfere with radar and navigation systems, US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in a statement. These disturbances would be “caused by the movement of massive turbine blades and the highly reflective towers” and thus, among other things, conceal military objectives. Therefore, the leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction would be in the United States suspended until the Defense Ministry and other authorities have developed technical solutions, it said. This information cannot be verified.
You can read more about the planned stop to construction of wind farms here.
Premium for voluntary departure of migrants increased to $3,000
The USA want to encourage migrants to leave the country voluntarily by tripling the bonus to $3,000. The offer is aimed at people who are in the country illegally USA and decided to leave the country by the end of the year, the Department of Homeland Security announced on Monday. It also includes a free flight to the respective home country. Migrants “should accept this gift and leave voluntarily,” said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. “Because if they don’t, we will find them, we will arrest them, and they will never come back.” Since May, the government had already offered migrants willing to leave the country $1,000 if they used the “self-deportation” function in a ministry app.
Allegations against Trump for interfering in CBS reporting
The US television station CBS aired a critical report about a controversial prison
El Salvador shortly before its scheduled broadcast on Sunday, sparking a debate about political influence. The contribution for the renowned show 60 Minutes should be about the CECOT prison, where the United States detains hundreds of migrants, mostly from Venezuela. deported without trial. Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer made the administration of US President Donald Trump responsible: “Trump and his billionaire cronies are trying to dictate what people see and hear in order to create their own alternative reality,” Schumer wrote on the X platform. While CBS justified the move with the need for additional research, the responsible reporter Sharyn Alfonsi accused the new CBS station management of a “political” decision. Paramount, the parent company of CBS, has recently been owned by the Trump-affiliated Ellison family. It is currently trying to take over the media company Warner Bros. Discovery, which also owns the news channel CNN.
