01/19/2026
KEVIN MAGUIRE: "Gangster Donald Trump’s great Greenland grab is a blessing in disguise for Keir Starmer. The PM need no longer demean himself and us pretending the US machine gun-totting mobster is a hoodlum he can do business with. Trump isn’t. He’s a menacing racketeer deploying blackmail and threats of violence to demand what he wants. New York’s notorious five families would recognise Don Trumporleone as head of a sixth.
"Starmer’s criticism of job-destroying, recession-plunging economic sanctions against Britain unless Trump’s served Greenland on a silver salver lacked French President Emmanuel Macron’s bite yet signals a serious breaking point. All that Trump whispering, bending over backwards, turning blind eyes and tongue-biting by the PM, topped by prostituting the King, to keep deranged Donald sweet was demeaning but now thankfully ends.
"The deal-breaker in the White House unilaterally slapping a 10% trade tariff rising to 25% on the UK and other European and Nato defenders of Denmark and Greenland’s sovereignty is a hostile assault.
"Bullies understand only strength and Starmer talking tough, retaliating in concert with the European Union by imposing matching taxes on US imports, would return fire unless Trump surrenders. As for King Charlie’s proposed States-side, cancer treatment could be a gold-embossed diplomatic cancellation card sent direct to the Oval Office."
