US EditionTrump touts US support for NATO amid ambitions to acquire Greenland
Trump insists US will support NATO while pushing allies to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP and explores acquiring Greenland amid strategic concerns.
- President Donald Trump says the United States will support NATO amid ambitions to acquire Greenland.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio states he will meet with the leaders of Denmark next week regarding Trump's intention to buy Greenland.
- Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney and multiple European leaders have defended the sovereignty of Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark, in response to Trump's comments about taking it over.
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Nato now wants to respond to the threats of its largest member towards Greenland. The ideas range from military equipment and maneuvers to the Arctic. The NATO diplomats are aware of the existential risk that an invasion of Greenland would represent for the alliance.
"I DOUBT NATO WILL BE THERE IF THE USA REALLY NEEDS THEM." @RealDonaldTrump writes in capital letters when a message needs emphasis. And the US president did just that...
The author notes with dismay the great game that sees her country in front of an epochal turning point: "In the world in which I grew up Washington guaranteed our security. Now NATO can find itself an enemy within it"
Trump says doubts 'NATO would be there for us' if needed
US President Donald Trump, whose renewed threats to seize Greenland from NATO member Denmark have rattled the transatlantic alliance, said Wednesday he doubted allies would "be there for us if we really needed them." FRANCE 24's Gabrielle Nadler reports.
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