Even though he hasn’t formally taken up the office of US President, Donald Trump already has plenty to say and is certainly rattling a few cages across Europe.
Former Norwegian Prime Minister and Head of NATO Jens Stoltenberg advises Norwegian businesses on how to deal with Donald Trump
One man who seems to have a very good idea of how to deal with the idiosyncratic returning president is former Norwegian Prime Minister and long serving Head of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg and he has shared his view on how best to achieve the best results when dealing with President Trump.
He shared his opinion at a recent Oslo based conference hosted by Norway’s national employers’ organization NHO and confirmed that he had been invited to the upcoming inauguration of the president which will take place in Washington DC on Monday January 20.
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Stoltenberg advises that to deal with Donald Trump you need to flatter him and massage his ego
Without going as far as agreeing with many Norwegian business leaders who consider the President Designate an out of control imperialist, Stoltenberg certainly believes that the way to deal with him is be engaging as well as wherever possible flattering his ego without giving in to his demands.
The matter of annexation of Greenland has made Norwegian politicians fear for the area of the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, which Norway administers under an international treaty.
At the end of the day, no-one knows whether some of the more outrageous comments made by Donald Trump prior to becoming president are simply made to ‘unbalance’ NATO allies in Europe and around the world and that when he does become president, some of them will simply disappear, such as the claim that Canada should become the US 51st State.
When looked at clinically, the demand for Greenland, is not really that different from the Russian demand for Ukraine although it seems hardly likely that the USA will invade the world’s largest island especially as Greenland is part of the NATO family due to its relationship with Denmark.