{"id":1350311,"date":"2026-01-28T11:11:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/stopped-at-the-last-minute-why-trump-abandoned-plans-for-greenland\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T11:11:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:11:58","slug":"stopped-at-the-last-minute-why-trump-abandoned-plans-for-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/stopped-at-the-last-minute-why-trump-abandoned-plans-for-greenland\/","title":{"rendered":"Stopped at the last minute: why Trump abandoned plans for Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>US President Donald Trump has halted preparations for a military takeover of Greenland after members of Congress warned him they were ready to launch impeachment proceedings, prompting the administration to urgently defuse tensions and lift tariffs against European allies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Political scientist Oleg Sahakyan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rjCb54fQQts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">confirmed<\/a> on &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221; that American lawmakers actively called Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other White House officials, demanding that they stop their aggressive intentions.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;This was the first precedent when Congress gave Trump a real fight. Although the confrontation took place mostly behind closed doors, everyone now knows: Parliament was able to change the president&#8217;s mind on where he was going to end up,&#8221; Sahakyan noted.<\/p>\n<p> https:\/\/youtu.be\/rjCb54fQQts?t=49<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/a-one-man-show-why-does-trump-need-greenland\/\">Greenland, Please: Trump\u2019s One-Man Geopolitical Show<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p> According to the political scientist, more than 80% of American voters opposed the armed campaign, seeing no point in such an accession. Big business also joined the resistance, as tariff wars with Europe began to harm the US economy.<\/p>\n<p> When European partners switched to symmetrical anti-coercive measures, the pressure on the White House became critical, and the deterrence system worked at the last line, protecting the subjectivity of the parliament, &#8211; Oleg Sahakyan summarized.<\/p>\n<p> Earlier, Western media reported that the US administration had abandoned the idea of a force scenario regarding Greenland due to <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/zahroza-impichmentu-zminyla-pozytsiiu-trampa-shchodo-hrenlandii-zmi\/\">the risk of impeachment<\/a> of President Donald Trump. According to Reuters, since early January, Trump and his team have increasingly mentioned the possibility of using force regarding Greenland, both publicly and in private conversations.<\/p>\n<p> Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/rozmishchennia-raket-ta-korysni-kopalyny-shcho-peredbachaie-uhoda-trampa-z-nato-shchodo-hrenlandii\/\">have agreed on a framework agreement<\/a> to strengthen security in the Arctic, with a focus on Greenland. The agreement includes the deployment of US missiles, an expanded NATO presence and an economic component related to mineral extraction.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow \u201cPryamim\u201d on Facebook, Twitter, Telegram, and Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump has halted preparations for a military takeover of Greenland after members of Congress warned him they were ready to launch impeachment proceedings, prompting the administration to urgently defuse tensions and lift tariffs against European allies. Political scientist Oleg Sahakyan confirmed on &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221; that American lawmakers actively called Secretary of State Marco [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1347176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872],"class_list":["post-1350311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1350311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1347176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1350311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1350311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}