Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is advising the world not to waste a lot of time on what President-elect Donald Trump has been saying about Greenland.

In Paris, the two officials acknowledged potential strains on alliances with the return of Donald J. Trump to power, but said their countries would try to maintain strong ties.

PARIS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday dismissed President-elect Donald Trump's interest in taking over Greenland, saying it was "obviously not a good" idea and that it would not happen.

Blinken is in Paris as part of a farewell tour meant to highlight US alliances but which saw Seoul gripped by a democratic crisis, Tokyo wounded by Biden’s blocking of Nippon Steel Corp.’s bid to buy US Steel and right-wing parties ascendant in Europe.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's comments came a day after US President-elect Donald Trump threatened to use “economic force” and not military force to take over Canada.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken dismissed President-elect Trump’s idea of the U.S. owning Greenland, saying it’s “obviously” not going to happen. “The idea expressed about Greenland is obviously not a good one,

Despite bellicose language from President-elect Donald Trump, a US takeover of Greenland will never occur, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday in Paris.

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