US EditionGreenland Claims: How Close Have NATO Members Come to Fighting Each Other?
NATO remains united despite US threats to seize Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory with strategic Arctic military value, officials said.
- The Trump administration has again threatened to take control of Greenland, citing strategic aims, with President Donald Trump not ruling out military force, testing NATO's unity.
- US interest stems from Greenland's strategic Arctic location and minerals, while Washington already operates the Pituffik Space Base and has a long history of stationing forces on Greenland.
- US General Alexus Grynkewich said Friday that NATO is far from crisis and remains prepared during his visit to Finland, declining to comment on Greenland threats.
- European and Canadian leaders have moved to back Denmark and Greenland, working on contingency plans while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets officials next week under the 1951 treaty.
- Analysts warn the move would be unprecedented and test Article 5's limits, as it has been invoked only once after September 11, 2001, and NATO has survived past rifts like the 2003 Iraq War.
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Top NATO General: Greenland Talk Is ‘No Crisis’
The head of NATO’s forces in Europe, U.S. General Alexus Grynkewich, said on Friday the military alliance was far from being in “a crisis,” following Donald Trump’s threats to bring Greenland under U.S. control. “There’s been no impact on my work at the military level up to this point… I would just say that we’re ready to defend every inch of alliance territory still today,” Grynkewich told reporters during a visit to Finland. “So I see us as fa…
NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, US General Alexus Grynkewich, said on Friday that the military alliance is far from experiencing a crisis, after US President Donald Trump threatened to take control of Greenland.
Trump, Greenland, and the colonialism Europe pretends not to see
Neither Washington nor Copenhagen: Greenland belongs to the Inuit people By Lucas Leiroz | Strategic Culture Foundation | January 10, 2026 The recent resurgence of controversy surrounding Donald Trump’s interest in annexing Greenland has reignited debates over imperialism, sovereignty, and self-determination in the Arctic. The European response – particularly from Denmark and the European Union – has been marked by a moralizing discourse agains…
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