US EditionDanish PM says US attack on Greenland would be the end of NATO
Denmark's Prime Minister warns a U.S. military attack on Greenland would halt NATO operations and undermine decades of European security, highlighting Greenland's strategic importance.
- On January 6, 2026, Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark, warned, `If the United States chooses to attack another NATO country militarily, then everything stops`.
- President Donald Trump renewed calls to seize Greenland after the Venezuelan raid, with Katie Miller's SOON post and Stephen Miller's remarks amplifying alarm.
- Greenland's strategic location and resources make it attractive to Washington, while the Danish parliament approved wider US base access and F-35 fighter jets purchases last year.
- European leaders organized diplomatic outreach this week to dissuade Washington, expressing solidarity with Denmark and urging Europe to outline punitive countermeasures if the US attacks a NATO ally.
- Greenland's premier Jens-Frederik Nielsen appealed for calm, saying Greenlanders should not panic and that the US cannot simply conquer Greenland, while analysts warned Washington might try coercion or buy off about 56,000 people.
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Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen holds a press conference on Tuesday. REUTERS Trump wants Greenland. Europe’s tepid response is putting Nato and global security at risk, Shannon Brincat and Juan Zahir Naranjo Caceres write.
Greedy Eyes On Greenland
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on January 6, 2026. (Photo by Yoan Valat/AFP via Getty Images.)This article is brought to you by American Purpose, the magazine and community founded by Francis Fukuyama in 2020, which is proudly part of the Persuasion family.The U.S. intervention in Venezuela has prompted a flurry of diplomatic activity in Europe, aimed at dissuading the Trump administration from acquiring Greenland, as it has repeated…
By LORNE COOK BRUSSELAS (AP) — The recent set of threats by U.S. President Donald Trump against Greenland poses a new, potentially unprecedented and perhaps even existential challenge for NATO, an alliance focused on external threats that could now face an armed confrontation involving its most powerful member. The White House says that the government evaluates “options” that could include military action to take control of the island, which has…
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24heures.caThe hypothesis of an American military intervention in Greenland, referred to by the White House as one of the "options" on the table, puts the Atlantic Alliance under unprecedented pressure.
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