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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
World
Bernadette B. Tixon

Trump Greenland Annexation Sparks WW3 Warnings from Poland as Russia Threatens Nuclear Armageddon

Trump’s push to annex Greenland sparks apocalyptic warnings, NATO troop deployments, and fears of World War Three. (Credit: WikiMedia Commons)

President Donald Trump's aggressive push to annex Greenland has triggered warnings from European and Russian leaders about potential nuclear conflict, with Poland's prime minister declaring the seizure would spell 'the end of the world as we know it' while a senior Kremlin ally warned of nuclear armageddon. The escalating crisis has forced European NATO members to deploy troops to the Arctic island as fears mount that the dispute could shatter the Western alliance and potentially trigger World War Three.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk issued his stark warning as military personnel from France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the Netherlands began arriving in Greenland for reconnaissance missions and training exercises. Speaking at a press conference, Tusk told reporters that 'an attempt to take over part of a NATO member state by another NATO member state would be a political disaster'. He added: 'It would be the end of the world as we know it, which guaranteed a world based on NATO solidarity, which held back the evil forces associated with communist terror or other forms of aggression.'

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