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Jan. 6, 2025
Trump's Greenland plan would mirror Russia's Crimea takeover
Forcibly annexing Greenland wouldn't just violate international law - it would put the U.S. in the same category as Putin's land grabs.
William Slomanson
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Email: bills@tjsl.edu
William Slomanson is also the author of California Procedure in a Nutshell (5th ed. 2014).
This is essentially a concurring opinion regarding Dan Lawton's informative guest column entitled "Greenland bound? Trump's annexation gambit faces legal and logistical icebergs" (Daily Journal, Dec. 26, 2024). Dan accurately notes that: (a) Denmark has refused to sell; and (b) its refusal could lead Mr. Trump to annex Greenland. One would...
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