US EditionWhy Trump's Threat to Greenland Hinges on NATO's Article 5
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Trump's expansionist pretexts are dangerously permutable.
Agreements or military bases are not enough. Trump wants to own Greenland, he says in a new interview. Whether that goal is more important than NATO's survival, he does not want to answer. - It could be an election, he says about the matter to the New York Times.
How seriously should we take President Trump's threats against Greenland? Journalist and historian Anne Applebaum: "They're actively trying to destroy NATO as we know it."
Trump wants to 'have' Greenland, just as Netanyahu wants to 'have' the West Bank. It contradicts everything NATO stands for.
Trump has often affirmed that the US wants Greenland, but how would that happen, purely legally? Does the US Congress have to agree? Which agreements are at stake? And could Article 5 of the NATO Treaty be applied? Since Donald Trump announced his candidacy for 2024, the NATO allies have been looking for ways to make the alliance "trump-resistant." His threats of withdrawal, which were repeated in the first term, were well known in the event tha…
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