US EditionThe Painful Questions for Nato and the EU if Trump Takes Greenland
Trump insists Greenland is vital for U.S. national security and does not rule out force, raising fears of NATO collapse and European security risks, analysts say.
- On Sunday, President Donald Trump reiterated determination to annex Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, citing its Arctic strategic importance amid foreign naval presence.
- The administration's resource-driven logic reflects Trump’s 'Donroe Doctrine', asserting US intervention rights in the Western hemisphere and focusing on Venezuela’s more than 300 billion barrels of oil.
- At the Paris meeting, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen sat opposite US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner while European leaders issued a communique saying `Greenland is part of Nato`.
- Europe faces a choice between preserving Danish sovereignty over Greenland or NATO cohesion, while condemning US action risks Trump's wrath or exposing European hypocrisy, deepening the dilemma.
- Analysts urge Europeans to reduce US security reliance and speak with one voice as Greenland recently pledged $4bn for defence while US Arctic personnel dropped to around 200.
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The White House said that “using the U.S. military is always an option available to the commander-in-chief.”
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Trump threats against Greenland pose new, potentially unprecedented challenge to NATO
U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest threats against Greenland pose a new and potentially unprecedented challenge to NATO, perhaps even an existential one.
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 centered on external threats that could now face an armed confrontation involving its most powerful member. The White House says the government assesses “options” that could include military action to take control of the island, which has a strategic location and an abundan…
US President Donald Trump tries to take the Europeans' doubts about the reliability of the US as a NATO alliance partner – and at the same time pulls out an all-round envelope. In the dispute over Greenland, his spokesperson had previously threatened a military operation.
Trump touts US support for NATO amid ambitions to acquire Greenland
President Trump touted US support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Wednesday amid concerns from member countries over his administration’s ambitions to acquire Greenland. “We will always be there for NATO, even if they won’t be there for us. The only Nation that China and Russia fear and respect is the DJT REBUILT U.S.A.,” Trump said in a TruthSocial post. In the [...]
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