The image may have been fake, but with each passing day Canada is coming to terms with the fact that the threat could be real.

After years of shrugging off Trump-era trolling, Ottawa is treating Arctic pressure as a real strategic threat, and reshaping its defence, diplomacy, and alliances accordingly.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is reportedly weighing the possibility of sending a military presence to Greenland for exercises with allies of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) amid escalating tensions over the territory after President Donald Trump said he wants to acquire the Arctic island,

As President Trump continued his quest for Greenland, Prime Minister Mark Carney said great powers were unrestrained and urged medium-size countries to band together.

Prime Minister Mark Carney asserted that Canada “stands firmly” with Greenland, telling attendees at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday that Canada “strongly opposes tariffs over Greenland.”

DONALD Trump now appears to have set his sights on Canada – as the US president leaks private chats with world leaders amid the Greenland row. Trump shared an AI-generated image of himself