The White House has released a list of European Union countries whose citizens are now prohibited from entering the United States, following escalating tensions between Washington and Brussels over the President’s proposal to take control of Greenland.
It’s fair to say that political strain inside the United States has reached an unprecedented level.
From Trump’s controversial threats to take over Greenland despite NATO opposition—potentially damaging alliances that have stood for decades—to the deployment of ICE agents across multiple states, public anxiety is widespread.
The U.S. citizen was killed by three consecutive gunshots fired by the officer, a veteran of more than ten years who had received training from immigration enforcement’s special response unit.
After Vice President JD Vance stated that Ross was entitled to ‘absolute immunity‘ from prosecution because the 43-year-old was simply ‘doing his job,’ the FBI subsequently closed its investigation into the incident.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche later confirmed the decision, saying: “The Department of Justice, our civil rights unit, we don’t just go out and investigate every time an officer is forced to defend himself against somebody putting his life in danger. We never do.”
He went on to add: “We investigate when it’s appropriate to investigate and that is not the case here.”
Trump declares ‘it’s time’ to annex Greenland
The President has drawn global attention after introducing steep tariffs on some of America’s closest allies in response to the EU’s rejection of his Greenland proposal.
Several European nations—including France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Denmark, which governs Greenland as a semi-autonomous territory—have strongly opposed the plan.
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